Radio Play Project in 5th Grade Classes

During the last two weeks of the school year, there was one more highlight for the 5th-grade classes!

Under the guidance of media educator Joszi Sorokowsky, the students learned about the unique aspects of radio plays.

Working in small groups, each class developed radio play scenes on the theme “Arguments at the Breakfast Table”—funny, thought-provoking, and even fantasy scenes—which were recorded under the expert guidance of the very humorous and patient expert.

So on the last day of school, the children received not only their report cards but also their own professionally produced radio play CDs.

The club’s restructuring is complete, sporting successes abound, and the new boat dock is finally here. So the Steinmühle Rowing Club had plenty of reasons to celebrate together. Many were invited, and almost everyone came: the rowers, the other club members, and the rowers’ friends—including Cappel’s mayor, Heinz Wahlers. All in all, it was a successful event that will surely find its place in the annual calendars for years to come!

Our youngest players play for even younger ones

Another great musical by the 5th graders! In *Circus Furioso*, the 5th graders got to show off everything they can do, and they did it with great enthusiasm: They sang, played music, performed magic tricks, juggled, and, on top of that, had to keep some truly dangerous animals under control.

The 5th-grade choir devoted itself wholeheartedly to the choral and solo parts—some of which were written for two voices—in the many songs. The music classes enchantingly performed the story of a circus where little goes right and a lot goes wrong: The magician forgets his spells, the bear refuses to perform, the tiger has vanished completely, and the monkeys are completely uncontrollable… and the ringmaster has to handle all of this on the fly, together with the clown. The young artists also presented—in collaboration with the two physical education teachers—all sorts of acrobatic and magical acts, including various juggling routines.

The 5th-grade wind instrument class also had the opportunity to showcase their ensemble.

The 5th-grade students received support from musicians in the StoneMill House Band and the wind ensemble, the 8th/9th-grade Sound & Light course at WU, and Ms. Niedziella’s makeup team.

The audience was thrilled, and there was plenty of spontaneous applause throughout the performance. The youngest audience members—the Cappeler kindergarteners from “Teich”—were completely enchanted.

… and is heading to the World Rowing Championships in Italy

 

It doesn’t get any better than this: At the German U-23 Rowing Championships on June 28, 2014, in Brandenburg, Lucas Schäfer won two German championship titles. As a result, the Steinmühlen high school graduate has earned a spot on the German national team and will compete at the U23 World Championships in Varese, Italy, at the end of July.

Together with his rowing teammates from the RC ‘Alemannia’ Hamburg rowing club and the RV ‘Neptun’ Konstanz rowing club, Lucas rowed to first place for RuS Steinmühle late Saturday morning in the U23 lightweight coxless four. The team left the Berlin four—initially feared as a strong competitor—behind by nearly 12 seconds over the 2,000-meter distance, securing a clear victory.

 

Just under five hours later, it was once again an all-or-nothing race in the lightweight eight. This time, our Lucas was even the stroke—and the boat was the first to cross the finish line as well.

 

Photos: Oliver Quickert, rudern.de, German Rowing Association

The WU Theater (an elective course for 8th and 9th graders) performed the play“Räuber: Schiller for Us.”

The author transposes the story of Schiller’s band of robbers to the present day and turns the members of Schiller’s original gang—centered around the Moor brothers—into female robbers.

The story centers on the family conflict between the sisters Charlotte and Franziska Moor: Charlotte has been missing for some time; she lives with a group of women in squats and is involved in criminal activities. Franziska takes care of their aging father, but feels neglected by him and struggles with her jealousy toward her sister.

The WU Group put on a lively, energetic performance that highlighted the various venues in a very creative way.