Interesting facts from everyday school life in 2023/2024
March 22, 2024, evening at school…
A few weeks ago we, class 1B, learned the “K/k”. The primer page for this new letter was very inspiring to us because it reported on a reading night.
And we thought it was such a great idea that we wanted to do it too.
Said and done! The long-awaited reading evening took place shortly before the Easter holidays.
After first exploring our school's reading room, we were allowed to read and look at interesting books ourselves.
Then we went to the classroom where we had dinner. There was something for everyone: from different types of sausage and cheese to eggs, fruit and vegetables. So every child was able to prepare delicious bread, which of course tasted great!
Freshly strengthened, we then went back to the reading room, where we could make ourselves comfortable on the sofa and the loungers.
Ms. Wunschel then read us the book “Matti, Momme and the Magic Beans” by Paul Maar.
At the end there was a little surprise because our teacher had three “magic beans” for each of us, just like in the story!
And some of us actually had fantastic adventures in our dreams that night. Was that because of the magic beans?
March 21, 2024, garbage collection campaign - spring cleaning
Class 4b of the Thiebauthschule collected rubbish in the Watthaldenpark on Friday. After the long break we met at the upper school yard. A nice gentleman from the city came there and provided us with grabbers and buckets. The gentleman got back in his car and we walked to Watthaldenpark. When we arrived, we split up into groups and off we went. After a bit of looking we found some rubbish. We found cigarettes, scraps of paper and all sorts of other things. The buckets filled up quickly and we had to empty them into our collection bag. After a while it went back again.
When they arrived at the classroom, there were pretzels from the city and as a reward there were packets of flower seeds. Every 4b child happily made their way home.
by Dorothea and Lena
03/20/2024 ;Dog, cat, mouse, ...
... all three can be kept as pets. Mr. Jung, Oskar's dad and head of the Karlsruhe animal shelter, told us a lot about these and other pets. But the focus for the children in class 2b was the little 12-year-old dog, Alvin, who won children's hearts.
What does a dog need when it lives in a family? In addition to suitable food, a comfortable place to sleep, daily walks and grooming, a dog needs a lot more, but above all care, play and enjoyment of the animal. Even if your four-legged friend is doing well, he should go to the vet once a year for a check-up and vaccination.
At the end of the two's visit, each child was allowed to give Alvin a small thank-you treat and scratch him behind the ears. Oskar then had him perform a few “tricks”. You could see how well he was brought up, because that is, after all, very important. Alvin felt really comfortable in the class, which he expressed by wagging his tail and happily enjoying the children's cuddles.
As a thank you, Mr. Jung received many delicious donations of food for the animals in the animal shelter. Luckily he had his bike trailer with him.
March 18, 2024; Seven cheeky curly snails…
...have moved in with the first graders. How do you live? What is the slime trail needed for?
What do you eat? Are you nice? The first graders had questions after questions and are now exploring them.
We wish all snail explorers a lot of fun with snails.
School 100 years ago
How people lived 100 years ago is a topic the third graders are currently working on very intensively. And above all: What was school like 100 years ago?
In order to be able to better imagine ourselves in that time, our class (3c) took a little journey back in time last week, going back about 100 years. Anyone who wanted could come in appropriate clothing: girls with skirts or dresses and braided pigtails, boys in shirts and trousers. Some of us also brought items from that time with us; A pocket watch from grandpa, a slate and quills with ink for writing. Of course, we all tried to follow the rules from back then on that day: sit still, hands on the table, only speak when asked and stand up to speak...none of us managed to do that for a whole school day! And our teacher, Ms. Seifried, also found it difficult to constantly demand compliance with the rules with a strict look and tone of voice.
In a film and some reading texts we learned that the classes were much larger back then, that the classroom was heated with a cannon stove, that only unmarried women were allowed to be teachers and what punishments there were. We also tried to write our name in the Sütterlin script and decipher some words in this script.
At the end of the school day, a class photo was taken in which we all tried to look as serious as possible because that was common in photos from that time.
We all had fun on the day, but we're glad that things are usually more relaxed here!
December 2023, Merry Christmas!
The anticipation of Christmas has been felt everywhere in our school over the last few weeks! The school choir was able to open the Sternlesmarkt at the end of November under the direction of Ingrid König and with Thomas Turek on the piano. The songs “Our Way Shall Be Peace” and “Shalom Chaverim” made it clear how much we all - especially the children - want peace on earth. In addition, the choir sang the very old Christmas carol "Ein Muh, einer Mäh, einer opferätätä" and a few other songs with particular enthusiasm and a lot of movement.
There was another performance for the school choir in the senior center at Stadtgarten. Not only was there singing, but the well-known Christmas carols “Kling Glöckchen” and “O Tannenbaum” were also sung together with the audience. This performance was complemented by the small play “Back in Bethlehem”, which the fourth grade theater group had rehearsed with Ms. Seifried.
This piece was also performed at the Stefanusstift on Robberg and at the Kolping Family's seniors' afternoon. The fourth graders had been rehearsing for it since the beginning of October.
It's nice that so many children and their teachers, Ms. König and Ms. Seifried, are committed to these special performances in their free time. They bring a lot of joy and zest for life.
The second-grade choir also had a special appearance: They rehearsed several songs in Baden and Alsatian dialect. The cow sounded more like a cow and makes you moo (instead of moo). “Un de Bello, de klaine Hünd, isch gehaut”. It would have been a lot of fun. The dialect concert took place in the fully occupied Epernay Hall in the castle. The choir was accompanied by Serge Rieger, who led through the program in a very funny and friendly manner.
Another highlight for all Thiebauth children and their teachers was the weekly Advent singing in the auditorium: every Monday, the entire school community came together before the big break to sing together - accompanied by rhythm instruments or the ukulele group - and listen to an exciting story the headmistress Susanne Wehrle read out.
Of course, there were also many Christmas-related activities in the individual classes such as Advent calendars, Christmas craft activities and much more.
The students and all teachers would like to thank the many volunteers who make such an important and helpful contribution as reading sponsors or with homework help, and wish everyone involved in school life a merry and peaceful Christmas!
12/20/23, The Thiebauth School says THANK YOU
Dear Theo,
What a joy it was just before the first Advent when your mother told me that it actually worked.
But one after anonther……..
Last school year you were one of my students who was also a member of the Thiebauthschule reading club. Every two weeks we met for an hour in the reading room and read, listened to and talked about our book “Ajay and the Ink Heroes,” and we even held a small fundraiser for street children in Bangladesh together at school.
As a helper at the Pfennigbazaar in Ettlingen, you suggested this year that we at the Thiebauthschule also donate money for the reading club, even though you are already a fifth grader yourself.
A small hurdle was still a letter that had to be written - but you accepted that in order to give your former elementary school a great gift for future readers.
Thank you very much, dear Theo, for your commitment.
Not only your former class teacher would like to thank you, but also all the children and teachers at the Thiebauth School.
December 1st, 2023, BNN Ettlingen: The Sternlesmarkt start is heartwarming
A tailor-made start to the magic of stalls in the old town / praise from vendors and visitors
Ettlingen. Shining eyes, sonorous children's voices, plus edible stars for the offspring. And that's not all. The start of the Ettlingen Sternlesmarkt this Thursday is a heartwarming celebration for families and friends. “The light of peace shines in our hearts” echoes across the market square. “They were already excited beforehand,” says choir director Ingrid König. The Thiebauthschule primary school choir includes 66 young singers, accompanied by pianist Thomas Turek. There was a dense crowd in front of the stage, which was packed with eight- to ten-year-old young artists. “It’s great that the pandemic is over,” says a father, looking at the group of children standing close together.
Until December 28th, the Sternlesmarkt with 44 stalls and rides for children is now a defining place in the old town. “Shalom Aleichem – Peace for all,” the children sing a song from Israel. Some of the parents and grandparents have tears in their eyes. “It’s so beautiful,” emphasizes Ettlingen grandma Irene Weinbrecht. The grandchildren Lena and Sara sing.
“Of course the war also concerns the children, we have students from Ukraine,” says the choir director. Even children whose father is not with them at Christmas. When the mayor of Ettlingen, Moritz Heidecker, walks through the rows with his helpers and distributes yeast stars, there is great joy. “Thank you!”, and you immediately take a hearty bite. “We can learn a lot from you children in the run-up to Christmas,” said Heidecker. “You are excited, stop, look and be amazed,” is how he speaks about visiting the Christmas market. The children receive a big compliment for their singing and a free ride on the house, i.e. to the town hall, which they can redeem on the children's carousel or the children's railway. Right from the start of the market, things are literally buzzing there.
The Sternlesmarkt is a magnet, you can tell that right from the start. ...
(The article is much longer, but here we want to report on the performance of the third and fourth graders!)
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November 30, 2023, Mine becomes yours
St Martin was also with the first graders at the Thiebauth School. Very impressed by Martin's behavior, who simply shared - regardless of whether he later got in trouble with his boss because of it (after all, his coat was broken) - many first graders also shared clothes. It was important to everyone that someone had something of their “old” but still beautiful things. The star singers collect these clothes, sell them in a second-hand shop and the money is then given to a school class in a poor country, for example, to buy school books.
It wasn't easy for everyone to give away some of their beautiful things: it was even nicer that a large box full of beautiful clothes could still be sent.
Thank you for that!
November 20, 2023, Of toads and robbers
Last week the school cinema weeks took place in Baden-Württemberg. The second grades of the Thiebauth School attended the film “Räuber Hotzenplotz” together in the Ettlingen cinema. They were very excited about how exciting the film was and were all excited with Seppel and Kaspar as they looked for their grandmother's valuable coffee grinder.
The third graders watched the film “Willi and the Wonder Toad.” Most children know Willi Weitzel from the factual reports “Willi wants to know”. This time Willi went on the trail of toads and frogs. In this feature film, the children experienced how important it is to protect nature and the animals' habitat. After all, frogs and toads have been around the world for much longer than us humans. But these days they are very endangered.
The story of Willi and his thirteen-year-old girlfriend Luna was not only interesting, but also very exciting. For example, Willi traveled to Egypt and to the jungle in Panama. A strange wonder toad also played a big role, as did an adventurous pilot who unfortunately made a crash landing with Willi, which most of the children particularly liked.
The content of this film kept the children very busy, and in the 3c they then created their own cinema posters for it.
And no matter whether it's Robber Hotzenplotz or Miracle Toad: going to the cinema together with the whole school class is definitely something special that you don't experience so often.
10/27/23, It tastes much better together!
On Friday we, the children from 3c, came to school with great anticipation - not only because the autumn holidays were approaching, but because we had planned something special with our class teacher, Ms. Seifried, for the last day of school: a breakfast together! In the hour before the big break the time had come: everyone was allowed to put the delicacies they had brought with them on the buffet. There was homemade strawberry jam, honey, fresh rolls, crispbread, cheese and grape skewers, muesli, fruit salad and lots of fruit and vegetables.
We waited patiently in line until we were allowed to serve ourselves at the buffet. Of course, we didn't eat until everyone had something on their plate. We all enjoyed it because there was something for every taste. Because everything had gone so well, Ms. Seifried thanked everyone who had brought something with them and promised that we would have breakfast together again before the next vacation.
10/23/23, Mr Marple
On Friday, the two classes 3b and 3c had the opportunity to get to know Sven Gerhardt, the author of the children's book series "Mr. Marple and the Sniff Gang" in the city library. He introduced the first volume in the series.
At the beginning, Sven Gerhardt explained that he came close to becoming a primary school teacher, but then preferred to write books for primary school students. Then he read and talked from the book. Mr. Marple is a hamster. At the beginning, his owner Theo thinks it's just a normal hamster, but as the story progresses he realizes that Mr. Marple understands every word and is very interested in detective stories. No wonder he then wants to help uncover a strange case of animal kidnapping in the neighborhood.
Sven Gerhardt knew how to captivate the children with his lecture: He not only told and read in a very engaging way (the children particularly liked the hamster's voice), but also showed the appropriate pictures, some with moving elements. Then the hamster appeared as a hand puppet and carried out an animal quiz. Now the students could no longer be stopped and proved to be true animal experts!
At the end there was a question and answer session where we learned interesting facts about the creation of Sven Gerhardt's children's books. On the way home everyone agreed: it was a fun and exciting event! Many thanks to the Ettlingen City Library for making this author encounter possible!
September 14th, 2023, Hurray, they are here!
We are pleased that the first graders have now started school. We wish you a good school year. Your class animals will definitely help you in the first days and weeks!
Thanks to all the helpers who helped with the school enrollment party!
September 11, 2023
That's quite a lot of kilometers!
And it would be really great if a lot of children came to school on bikes or scooters in the future.
Did you know that exercise and fresh air really help with learning and concentration?