02/2017

School is finished and you have qualifications under your belt. But what happens next? Students are weighing up future life choices for themselves earlier and more often. Read our special feature on the multitude of options once school is over: Phorms alumni offer advice, everything you need to know about applying and going to university, four pathways to training, time out after school or unusual careers.
  • Educators with the heart in the right place

    A conversation with the three sisters Christina, Janina and Katharina Hecker who work as nursery teachers at the ‘Schatzinsel’ nursery school
    AUTHOR: LUISE MARON | PHOTO: PHORMS EDUCATION SE | 2017/2
  • School’s over – now what?

    School is finished and you have qualifications under your belt. But what happens next? Students are weighing up future life choices for themselves earlier and more often
    PHOTOS: LISA JOHANNA THIELE | ILLUSTRATIONS: KARIN LUBENAU | 2017/2
  • What I wanted to be when I grew up...

    Phorms teachers describe their childhood dream job
    PHOTOS: PRIVATE | 2017/2
  • Hello, future!

    When young people leave school, they have the world at their feet. Yet many of them are plagued by fear of change. How can they keep their fear of upheaval and new beginnings under control?
    AUTHOR: STEFANIE MAECK | ILLUSTRATIONS: KARIN LUBENAU | 2017/2
  • Everything you need to know about going to university

    Eight reasons to study
    PHOTO: PIXABAY | 2017/2
  • Everything you need to know about applying to university

    Andrea Lutz and Dr. Veronika Schmideder from the student advice centre at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich answer key questions on applying to university
    PHOTO: LMU | 2017/2
  • Alumni share tips

    Three former Phorms students talk about their experiences after their graduation
    PHOTOS: PIXABAY, PRIVATE & PHORMS EDUCATION SE | 2017/2
  • Unusual careers

    The only qualified LEGO model builder om Germany and a violin maker describe their remarkable careers
    PHOTOS: PIXABAY & PHORMS EDUCATION SE | 2017/2
  • Training instead of studying?

    Training instead of studying? An interview with Meike Al-Habash, head of the training advice department of the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce
    PHOTO: PHORMS EDUACTION SE | 2017/2
  • Four pathways to training

    Training
    PHOTO: PIXABAY | 2017/2
  • Time out after school

    Many students still don’t know exactly what they want to do by the time they leave school. Many find that taking time out after school to find yourself or to pursue your interests can be helpful. It’s also OK to shift gear after leaving school and to find out what really revs your engine. Here are a few options:
    PHOTO: PIXABAY | 2017/2
  • Celebrating 10 Years Phorms Campus München

    The location is celebrating its 10-year anniversary – a look back
    PHOTOS: PHORMS EDUCATION SE | 2017/2
  • Phorms Campus Hamburg – New space for research

    STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) are becoming increasingly popular everywhere, including Phorms
    AUTHOR: JASMIN WILCZEK | PHOTO: PHORMS EDUCATION SE | 2017/2
  • Phorms Campus Hamburg – Beethoven’s Ninth

    A political fanfare for the G20 summit in the Elbphilharmonie
    PHOTO: PIXABAY | 2017/2
  • Phorms Schule Frankfurt – Extra rooms for 350 students

    Building extensions: More space at Phorms Schule Frankfurt
    AUTHOR: JASMIN WILCZEK | PHOTO: PHORMS EDUCATION SE | 2017/2
  • Sunburn and a ravioli song.

    Students take on the ‘Challenge & Responsibility’ project in Thuringia
    AUTHOR: LUISE MARON | PHOTO: PRIVATE | 2017/2
  • Phorms Campus Berlin Mitte – Heavyweight round

    In July, students from the Phorms Campus Berlin Mitte organised an exciting political discussion with general election candidates for Mitte and Steglitz-Zehlendorf
    PHOTO: PHORMS EDUCATION SE | 2017/2
  • Kids teaching kids

    An innovative learning and teaching method by Ellen Küttelwesch takes off in year 4 at JSS
    PHOTO: PHORMS EDUCATION SE | 2017/2
  • Emerging author at Phorms Campus Berlin Süd

    Jana is 11 years old and is in year 6 at the Phorms Campus Berlin Süd. In 2015, she decided to write a book, which has been released with the title ‘ELMA on NORDSTROM’.
    PHOTO: PHORMS EDUCATION SE | 2017/2
  • Recipe for snowman cupcakes

    The food blogger "Law of Baking" delighted us with a simple recipe for delicious snowman cupcakes for kids of all ages
    AUTHOR & PHOTOS: KEVIN BUCH | 2017/2
  • A school day in Portugal

    Looking to the wider world with Maria Brandão, 13 years old, year 8, from Braga, Portugal
    AUTHOR: ANLING RICHTER | PHOTO: PRIVATE | 2017/2