Ms Sajid had the idea of collecting messages from our students, and the NMS staff created a collage of all the lovely photos that we received and would like to show it on the website. This is zoomable.

 It is the NMS students (and a few teachers) sharing the message that we are staying home, in their native language. We think that this collage by and for our students illustrates the strength and creativity of the global NMS community. We hope that everyone takes the message seriously and stays at home, for themselves and for others.

This picture came a little later. It is also zoomable (message in Hindi). We have room for more of your messages here!!

NMS has created a Padlet with material for online learning.  The NMS staff will share apps and tools that may be useful for online learning purposes. Descriptions in German, English, or both

The Padlet will be  continuously updated with new material and can be found by using the padlet embed below, clicking the title above, or at
https://padlet.com/Shelearner/NMS_online

Informationen der Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie

Anlässlich der zunehmenden Verbreitung des Coronavirus hat die Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie eine Informationsseite eingerichtet, die ständig aktualisiert wird: http://www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/aktuelles/

Last summer, one of our students was diagnosed with cancer and had to stay in the hospital for treatment. An opportunity, however, became available for the student to continue to participate in lessons at school; in the form of a little robot called `Ivy`. Ivy could be used as an avatar. There are 43 of these robots in Germany, 8 of them in the Berlin Charité.

After getting in contact with the Charité and having solved all issues regarding data protection, insurance, storage and permission letters of the students and teachers involved, the NMS school management cleared the use of Ivy with the school authorities… who agreed immediately. From that point on, Ivy the Robot took part mainly in English and Math lessons. A big thanks to the teachers involved who right away supported the use of `Ivy` in their lessons.

by Lena Kirchner MUN- Student Officer

Last week, a group of NMS students participated in the Berlin Model United Nations (BERMUN) conference at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Over the course of three days,more than 150 students from Berlin, other parts of Europe as well as Mexico, explored thetopic of “Protecting the Freedom of Expression while confronting Censorship”.

At this year’s Bermun2, hosted by the John F. Kennedy School, students from NMS served as delegates to the United States and Azerbaijan in a variety of panels.

Our school’s Bauhaus Class consisting of 18 Y10 students, continued to work at Bauhaus Temporary interactively. After having developed the actual exhibition DAS BAUHAUS WAR EINE SCHULE, they created short tutorials at work stations, explaining selected exercises of the preliminary course of the Bauhaus of the 1920s.

There is now an opportunity open to struggling students in German, English and Sciences as part of the electives offered by the school.

If you feel your child can benefit from extra support in these subjects, kindly request them to register for these classes. The students still have a week to change their electives.

Nihal Adler/ HoD English

SHOULD THE NELSON MANDELA SCHOOL DECLARE A CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY (CEE)?

The European Union has done it, Berlin, London and Paris have done it and the Berlin Senat has just announced that all in-land business trips will be flight-free.

Should our school set an example as to how we should behave in order to help ensure a sustainable future for our pupils, for our staff, for all in the world, wherever they live?

Read all about it here.

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That’s how fast the carbon clock is ticking. The MCC Carbon Clock shows how much CO₂ can be released into the atmosphere to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5°C and 2°C, respectively.

The Bauhaus Temporary published a contest calling for participants to upload a tutorial on how to fold a camera bellows.

 Jakob Führ, one of our  Y10 students and participant in the Bauhaus Class installed in cooperation with the Bauhaus Temporary Berlin, has won the competition. Congratulations! Here is his short video tutorial.

On Wednesday, a right-wing terrorist killed 10 people in Hanau. This attack comes only days after another right-wing terrorist group was arrested for planning to attack mosques all over Germany.

We are a "Schule ohne Rassismus - Schule mit Courage". With a minute of silence and our flags at half-mast, we would like to express our solidarity with the victims and the communities threatened by right-wing terrorism in Germany.

Best regards/ Mit freundlichen Grüßen  Katja Sajid Acting Principal

Wir sind unendlich traurig dass Markus am 4. Januar von uns gegangen ist.

 Markus hat sich als Vater von Aidan und  Damian seit 2003 bis 2019 mit Herz und Seele für die Community der Nelson-Mandela-Schule engagiert. Zahlreiche Feierlichkeiten und Events unserer Schule hat er mitorganisiert und moderiert. Er war schon im „I-Ball” Komitee dabei und hat 2009 die „Boogie Nights“ mit initiiert. Markus war unser „MC“ - Master of Ceremonies, und das auch gern bei FoN für die Silent Auction.  Als er schon krank war, sagte er  “Mein Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Leben und dem Lebendigen”.

IB13 Biology students visited the Julius Wolff Institute to learn about the interdisciplinary field of Biomechanics. They were given a private seminar by award winning Biophysicist Dr Ehsan Soodmand.

 Dr Soodmand holds two PhDs, one in Mechanical Engineering and the other in the Biological Sciences. He explained to our students the nature of modern scientific research.