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24.04.2018
5. Dienstbesprechung GS 15.45 Uhr
5. Primary School Meeting 3.45 pm
25.04.2018
GK 5 Beginn 15.45 Uhr
5th Teachers Conference beginning at 3.45 pm
27.04.2018
Schwimmfest
Swimming festival
30.04.2018
Schulfrei, Brückentag
No School (bridge day)
01.05.2018
Tag der Arbeit - unterrichtsfrei
Labour Day - No School
03.05.2018
LEG II (kein Nachmittagsunterricht)
Learning development talks (No afternoon lessons)
06.05.2018
Firm-und Konfirmationsgottesdienst GSELC
Confirmation Service GSELC
11.05.2018
Muttertagsfeier Kindergarten
Mother's Day celebration, Kindergarten
12.05.2018
Kunstaustellung
Art exhibition
14.05.2018
PA/FA- Sitzung
PA/FA- Meeting
New ways of substance abuse prevention at the GSN
04.05. - Antidrug Day 2016
The best weapons against drugs are a profound knowledge and a strong personality
Photo gallery here
Auch This year, like every year, the drug prevention day was involved in the curriculum of the different classes and subjects.
We students still remember last year’s “Antidrug Day”, which was an informative day with plenty of talks with interesting people from outside of our school and classes. Mr. Wendland, Anna-‐Lena, Ms. von Rensburg, Mrs. Moßmann, Patrick, Alex, Augostin, Michael and Mr. Busch organised the “Antidrug Day” with the representatives of the Star Kids School and the workers from Banana Hills.
4th May was a day fully focused on drug prevention. We (Classes 8 to 11) worked together with “Our” Star Kids secondary school students in 4 different workshops.
The first two groups worked on music and art projects, lead by Mrs. Moßmann, Ms. von Rensburg and Patrick,
the third group, led by Mr. Busch, worked on the physiological effects of drugs and the identification of drugs in a lab
and the fourth group, with Augustin and Michael, took a closer look at diseases like HIV, Hepatitis B and a few sexually transmitted diseases.
All these workshop groups worked with a focus on:
“A strong personality and in depth knowledge are the best weapons against drugs”.
The results of our workshops can be understood well through the photos. Many discussions and group actions took place.
Summary:
When we have problems, it’s good to talk to friends and people, who you trust out them. We know who to talk to and who will stand by us and give us good advice. We can recognize dangerous situations and overcome them with our profound knowledge on the subject. We can speak to younger students and pass on our knowledge, so as to help the future.
We will develop this pilot project with Kamau (person of reference) and the Star Kids to a part of the curriculum, which will hopefully also be integrated into the Kenyan school system to help prevent drug consumption. In the name of all the students from classes 8 to 11, we would like to thank the organizers of this project and hope to continue working constructively with the Banana Hills Drug Prevention Center.
The students of class 11
The Beginning
A new substance abuse prevention programme will be introduced at the GSN.
The focus of this new concept will lie in the combination of several subjects which deal with social and scientific education. A further aspect will be the broader discussion of reasons that result in drug consumption.For example, in the science subjects and in Ethics,by using age-appropriate methods, we will address the theory about personality change due to problems in school, at home or amongst friends.We will also look at the effect of drugs on the body and the mechanisms that can be used to deal with social co-existence.
In order to expose our students to life beyond the school gates, in other words to see life in the “real world”, we will attempt to bring our students closer to the people of our host country, and to discuss problems in the context of various cultures. The school’s management team has managed to get in touch with a Kenyan help-organisation, which helpsaddicted teenagers and young adults to find their way back into society. 2 pastors and 2 social workers rent rooms in a small house for this purpose in Banana Hills in Ruaka, and their doors are always open to anyone with any kind of problem.
In these rooms, which incidentally have the characteristics of a small library, people can discuss their problems and urgencies, they can read books, and they can find others who are simply willing to lend an ear.
Additionally they can get tips on how to overcome problems via group discussions, and in some cases they also get support from the authorities.
Members of the German School’s Management team (Mr Boddenberg and Mr Busch) accepted the invitation of one of the leaders of this project, Kamau, (who leads the substance abuse prevention programme) to visit the centre, and discussed the possibility of working together at different levels.
We hope to create a concept which will include discussions with both parties, mutual lesson observations and further training sessions for social workers as well as combined workshops.
An agrrement for the co-operation was signed.
The first project will be called the “anti-drug day”, which will take place on the 3rd of June at the school under the guidance of Ms Weber-Bernardo, Mr and Mrs Busch.
Students from the German School and from our African partner school, as well as people from the Banana Hills Programme will get together in workshops and group discussions based on the most varied of topics on the prevention and on the problems of drug abuse in our host country Kenya.
Rainer Busch