Berlin Bilingual School

Throw back to the Friday two weeks ago: our grade 12 & 13 Spanish students visited the wonderful exhibition "Spanische Dialoge" which showcased some of Picasso’s paintings in the Bode Museum. What a beautiful way to finish off a busy school week 💛

Last Friday, our basketball team (secondary school) took part in a tournament with the theme of "Sports Week for Everyone," where inclusion was the most important pillar of the day.

These photos captured significant moments of the tournament, where our students showcased their talent and passion for sports. They also reflected the spirit of inclusion and diversity that we promote in our school community 🙌🏻
- Alejandro
(Sport Lehrer)

Some impressions from our grade 13th class trip to Weimar. They are back to Berlin now and only have a few months left until their Abi exams!

Berlin Bilingual School wish you all a wonderful and fun-filled holiday! ⭐️❄️⭐️ und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr 🎆

Newly installed sound-proof ceilings and new lightings in our secondary school! Looking amazing 🤩

‘In my opinion, long and intense study of the human figure is the necessary foundation for a sculptor.’ - Henry Moore.
Pictured artworks by our Secondary school students 🤍

Our secondary students won 2nd place 🥈 at the & preliminary basketball tournament, category WKI Jungen Rookie II. So very proud of them! Swipe left to see them in more actions ⛹️

More artworks from our secondary students on display at the Winterfest last Wednesday. We have plenty of emerging artists in da house 🎨🎨

It always feels wonderful to give 💛 these cute little presents awaiting our hard-working teachers, Erzieher:innen and admin staff to take them home 🎄🍬🎁 We appreciate the work that they have been doing for making BBS thrive!

The Winterfest at our Secondary school yesterday was a great success! Although the temperature was subzero, everyone enjoyed themselves nonetheless! Students from all grades performed a piece of music with their respective classes, orchestrated by our one and only Ms Anderson 💛Brillant performances and we are so very proud of them! Students‘ art works were also shown at the event! A wonderful day ended with warm punch and yummy snacks made by our parents 💕

While the rest of the world is busy preparing Christmas, here in our Secondary school, a series of professional green talks was launched by our green parent group 💪🏻 pictured here was one of the sessions designated to our 7th graders, hosted by Peter Fuchs, the topic was “gerechte Mobilität “ and “Sichere Schulzonen” which fits right into our Politics Program! Thank you Peter for motivating our students and sharing your expertise! More talks will take place throughout the rest of the school year, so stay tuned!

Do you know our BBS parents (Diversity Group) worked tirelessly for months to create this stunning cultural calendar for our families and friends? In each month, there are 5 special dates/cultural celebrations from around the world, beautifully illustrated and explained its significance and origins 🌟 Every single aspect of this project (from the design, illustrations to printing) was organised and implemented by our talented and devoting parents! We can’t be more proud! And you know what, you can get your hands on a copy at our Secondary school Winter Concert (14th) or at the primary school Winterfest on the (15th). It makes great gift for this festive season! So bring your cash 💵 and don’t miss out 🤗

Meet Janel Galvanek -the founder of Growing Tree Liberia, together with partners in the country, Janel is in the process of establishing a child-care complex that will serve as a much-needed home to street children and orphans in Liberia. A charity that we BBS has been supporting for years!
Last week, our 10th graders had the honour to talk with Janel and gained valuable insight about the ongoing projects that the has been doing! This year, BBS has donated €1800 to Growing Tree Liberia from our annual school charity run! Because we believe that every child deserves a caring-home and an equal opportunity to a bright future!

Can’t wait for our Winterfest next week🤗🎄☃️🍭
Primary school: 15.12
Secondary: 14.12

Das war ein Basketball Tournier von den Berliner Wasserbetrieben und ALBA in der Kategorie WKII (8 und 9 Klasse) 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

I think the art show that happened last Friday and Monday at our primary school deserves some more credit! Our art teacher Harriet did really a fantastic job 🙏🏽
A big thank you to all the helping hands 🙌

Grade 9 is currently exploring the challenging topic of early 20th century Expressionist poetry in their German lessons. In order to get a more visual experience of the era they went on a little culture Wandertag to Dahlem's excellent Brücke-Museum, where they "translated" the work of some of the greatest Expressionist painters into their own sonnets.

The most amazing art work is on display at the primary at the moment. Our art fair is still happening until Monday!

The digitalisation of organisations can be seen all over the world 🌎 . In both primary and secondary school we continue to hold assemblies online. This is our way to update our staff and students at the same time!

Yesterday was an exciting day for our 6th graders!

The German reading contest by the German Börsenverein - round 1 Schulentscheid. 🏆

We are immensely proud of our students from grade 1 to grade 11 who participated in our annual charity run as well as we are just as grateful to the generous donations we received! Almost 6000€ were collected! 🙏🏽

The money will go to:
1. Berliner Obdachlosenhilfe
2. Seashepard Germany
3. Growing Tree Liberia

Our 7th grade visited the Jewish Museum last week - our students were learning about Jewish culture & traditions but also about the cruel parts of Germany’s history.

You guys rock! 👊🏽🤟🏿
Congratulations 🎉 Again first place 🥇

On Friday, eight of our 6th grade students went to the Vorrundenturnier of ALBA Grundschulliga 2022/23 (section WK IV Jungen & Mixed II Rookie).

We won all the three games and we were rewarded 1st place! We will therefore play the second phase in 2023 in the Junior school group.

Teamwork! BBS is proud of its community consisting of our staff, students and parents. During the last weekends, some of our members were working hard at Granitzstr to make our yard beautiful 🤩

One of the most popular workshops for our older students is bouldering. We go to the bouldering hall in Pankow every Monday and Tuesday afternoon.

It’s so nice that the alba association sponsors schools to see their games first hand! 🏀

Thanks to the wonderful support of our pedagogical staff at BBS, the admin team was able to have a creative team building activity today as the offices stayed closed!

Meet the women who help our school run smoothly. 😍

Our dance factory is getting some impact protection, so that nobody can get hurt when falling down!

Check out the latest art work from our 8th graders! 🌈

Today we have been learning about Dia de los Muertos during the first of our 'Diversity Days' for this year.

We have broadcast interviews with members of our community, undertaken a variety of activities and discussions to understand the meaning behind the celebration...and one class even had the opportunity to view the Ofrenda at the Mexican Embassy this morning!

Thank you to everyone who has taken part!

Did you know that BBS is the only school in Berlin offering Leistungskurs Art in English? Well done to Mr Greaves and all the teachers in the background helping to make this possible!

Please, tell us - how often do you read to your child?
Let's educate together

Wer vorgelesen bekommt, lernt später in der Schule leichter, sagen Bildungsexperten. Immer mehr Kinder bekommen einer Studie zufolge aber selten oder nie vorgelesen.

During the holidays not only our Hort team was busy but also our parents and janitor were giving some fresh paint to our secondary walls! 🙏🏽

Unser letzter Tag in der Hort City. Nächste Woche Montag (7/11/22) haben wir geschlossen für unseren Teamtag und am Dienstag geht es wieder mit der Schule weiter.

On the menu today: Belgian waffles 🇧🇪.
Who doesn’t have a sweet tooth 🍭 🦷 (or two or three or four)?

Every city has its own paper and so does our own Hort City. The Hort Report is just fresh out of the press!
Thank you to the reporters and editors of Hort City.

Let the party begin! Halloween is upon us 🎃 Stay tuned for some more Halloween pics this week 👻

Strict dresscode in the Bank of Hort City 🏙 But let’s put it this way, we are not a normal bank - we are creative and sustainable- if you don’t have a tie, you recycle and make one!

No magic carpet ride here… just the entrance to the BBS HCYS (aka Hort City Yoga Studio)
OK a little magic can be found - the fortune teller🔮 shares the room ❤️🤍