On October 6th, our students participated in a "Terry-Fox-Run" at NMS.
We named this run after Terry Fox, a Canadian, who was diagnosed with cancer when he was 19 years old. Despite his diagnosis, Terry Fox ran all across Canada in order to raise donations for cancer research. In order to honor his legacy and continue to raise donations, schools in Canada have a "Terry-Fox-Run" each year.
It’s that time again! Registration for Year 1 in Berlin schools starts on October 9th, 2023 and runs until October 20th, 2023.
If you want to register your child for the Nelson Mandela School, click here to learn about the process and to download the registration form.
The students of 9a have a lot "written on their faces" - in this case, song lyrics or lines that the portrayed students have chosen. Fascinating self-portraits in writing have been created at the beginning of this school year 2023_2024, which show a high sensitivity and expressiveness.
Enclosed is a small selection...enjoy!
Our exchange students from Seville arrived on September 18, 2023! We all are so excited to have them! A mother wrote: "It was wonderful to see our kids full of excitement, waiting for them with all their signs at the airport. We, of course we’re very nervous, but as soon as the children came through the security, hugs were exchanged and everyone was sooo happy."
On the 29th of August set off on our trial expedition to Grünheide Mark. We mapped out 28km route ourselves and used only our compass and homemade maps to guide us. We carried our clothes, cookers and tents ourselves on our backs which was definitely taxing. Despite some challenges, like having only brought pasta and having it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Or struggling through rainy weather. In the end we persevered and successfully made it back to the station, we would definitely recommend the program to others - just make sure you're up to the hike! Now that we've done this we all feel much more prepared for the much more challenging real expedition ahead of us.
Amelia, 11d
For the first time ever our school’s students' zines have been displayed during the Zine
Festival!
Queer Zine Fest Berlin is a yearly celebration of zine culture, community, and diversity. This
year’s festival took place on Saturday 10th September at the Jugendclub Schloßstraße and
featured our students' work. The whole chill area was dedicated to zines made by our
students. The festival itself featured not only many zinisters selling their work, but many
workshops about zine history, screen-printing, zine crafting table and Berlin Mobile Zine
Library.
Visitors of the festival truly enjoyed discovering zines made by NMS students and learned a
lot from their unique perspective.
ALSO FOR YEARS 5 AND 6 IN THE PRIMARY
The competition is aimed at all students in grades 5 to 13.
For years 7-13, there will be a voluntary short information on Thursday 14th th September from 13:05 until 13.25 in room N 1.8.
One year ago, in May 2022, Nelson-Mandela-Schule joined the "Schule der Vielfalt" network to publicly commit itself to being a school where people of all genders and sexual orientations can feel comfortable and welcome. On 10 July 2023, Lisa Paus (Member of the German Bundestag and Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth), Laura Neugebauer (Member of the Berlin House of Representatives and spokesperson for queer issues), and Corinna Balkow (Member of the Bezirksverordnetenversammlung Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf) visited us to get to know the "Schule der Vielfalt" network and to get an impression of what it means when a school is committed to increasing acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA+) people.
A team of students from Ms Lichtenstein's 11b basic biology course took part in the MINT-Make@thon 2023 "Sustainable Textiles" organised by the University of Osnabrück in cooperation with the Siemens Foundation and won the Innovation Award.
The aim of the competition was to develop innovative, creative and sustainable ideas that solve the problems of the textile industry. The group developed a sustainability score for buyer-oriented assessment of the sustainability of garments across four categories. In addition to ecological criteria, ethical and economic categories also play a role with the aim of creating more transparency for the consumer. With the establishment of the label, sustainable purchasing decisions should be made easier in everyday life.
More information about the project can be found on the website and in the team's video.
The next Make@thon will take place in autumn on the topic of "Energy-charged into the future".
On 21 June 2023, the German Olympics of the 10th classes took place and provided a lot of fun! The 10th grade students put their language skills to the test in various disciplines. They told stories, acted, rewrote, and rhymed, and all the participants did a fantastic job.
The proud winners were the pupils of class 10a. Congratulations on this outstanding achievement! All teams made the German Olympics a wonderful event and their commitment and creativity were impressive.
The annual Debating Matters Competition, which took place on 15 May 2023 is a project of the Battle Of Ideas Charity and hosted by the University Of Europe, Applied Sciences, Berlin. The competition is aimed at Upper School Students and all the competitors came from 11 Berlin Gymnasiums. The NMS team of debaters which consisted of Yara grade 9, Siri and Trisha Grade 10 and Yaje , Lydia & Segey Grade 11, convincingly defended our title of‘‘Debating Matters ‘champions. The students were in teams of two and had to win their individual debates to progress into the next round. Each team had to debate different motions ranging from billionaire ownership of media companies, contact sports, surrogacy laws in Germany and the final debate which was on cancel culture and its effects on free speech. The students delivered speeches on their topic and had to answer questions from the judges, the opposition and the audience. Our students who had diligently prepared themselves were able to defend their positions with sound arguments as well as strategically dismantle the arguments of the opposition.
They did so with ease and confidence and with the aplomb of seasoned debaters. In addition, Lydia and Sergey won commendations for their participation in the debates as members of the audience.
Monday 5 th of June 2023, NMS learners in grade 10 to 12 accompanied by their subject teachers attended the movement theatre discourse - Tongue Smell Color - https://hdl.handle.net/2333.1/b2rbp9fk created by Dr. Brenda Dixon-Gottschild and Hellmut Gottschild, in 1999. Through the lens of a historical and cultural perspective, it examines how race, sex and power have played a role in their experiences as an interracial couple. "Tongue Smell Color" combines dance, mime, choreography, and words and provokes audiences to interrogate racism in their own lives.
