{"id":47422,"date":"2019-12-09T11:34:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T10:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.steinmuehle.de\/blog\/2019\/12\/09\/information-day-for-future-5th-graders-dive-into-life-at-steinmuehle\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:47:40","slug":"information-day-for-future-5th-graders-dive-into-life-at-steinmuehle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2019\/12\/09\/information-day-for-future-5th-graders-dive-into-life-at-steinmuehle\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Day for Future 5th Graders: Dive into Life at Steinm\u00fchle!"},"content":{"rendered":"

There wasn\u2019t a single empty seat left in the auditorium, and many had to stand as the Steinm\u00fchlen school administration welcomed interested students who will soon be graduating from elementary school and moving on to middle school. \u201cLet\u2019s see if what your parents were told at the information night comes to life today,\u201d said Principal Bernd Holly, encouraging all the girls, boys, and their parents to join the upcoming tour of the Steinm\u00fchlen campus. It was Information Day for the future 5th-grade classes. And that meant: Dive right into the Steinm\u00fchle experience! <\/p>\n

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Feel the atmosphere<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 6th-grade wind ensemble had already kicked off the event with a musical performance. A little later, visitors could meet the musicians up close in the music room. \u201cIf you\u2019re interested in learning to play a brass instrument, this is the perfect place for you,\u201d explained music teacher Ulrike Wilmsmeyer. Visitors were amazed by the sounds the clarinet, flute, and other instruments produced that morning. <\/p>\n

Teacher Sigrid Stechmann waited at the Centrum along with students from grades 5 and 6 to welcome interested visitors. At Steinm\u00fchle, this location is known as \u201cCampus 1\u201d; that\u2019s where grades 5 and 6 study\u2014with a library under the same roof. <\/p>\n

A lot of people were in the mood for Bock<\/strong><\/p>\n

Things were lively in the gym next door. With support from the upper school\u2019s advanced physical education class, led by Elke Buurman, students were able to work out on ropes, the vaulting horse, the parallel bars, and at the ping-pong tables. <\/p>\n

“Who has ever tried pottery?” Brigitte Schmitz asked in the workshop, and many hands went up. Practical skills were in demand here, which showed that this activity is also offered as an extracurricular club at Steinm\u00fchle, just like the mosaic club. <\/p>\n

The School Parents\u2019 Council Executive Board held a Q&A session in the new cafeteria on Campus 2, where they answered questions from interested parents who wanted to explore the topics of parental involvement, the right to have a say, and the atmosphere at Steinm\u00fchle. The dedicated members of the Steinm\u00fchle Parents\u2019 Council were also able to convince the few skeptics among the many parents in attendance that the council acts completely independently and without outside influence\u2014even during this question-and-answer session\u2014and that parental involvement is not mandatory but is certainly welcome. <\/p>\n

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Science in Real Life<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the newly renovated physics classrooms, Constanze Oestreicher-Gold, head of the mathematics and science department at Steinm\u00fchle, joined students in presenting impressive examples of the science lessons taught at Steinm\u00fchle in grades 5 and 6. The curriculum addresses real-life science questions related to the topics of water, fire, life, light, air, and materials in everyday life. <\/p>\n

All interested students were guided through the various stations in a total of five groups. They were accompanied by Upper School Director Elke Karasek, Academic Director Frank Wemme, guidance counselor Dirk Lange (who is also responsible for quality management at Steinm\u00fchle), and either Principal Bernd Holly or Principal Bj\u00f6rn Gemmer. In the new \u201cAtrium\u201d building, Gemmer explained how lessons are conducted using the interactive whiteboards. \u201cWe basically have a large tablet on the wall with a Windows interface.\u201d The guests would encounter these boards again in several other rooms. After all, green chalkboards at Steinm\u00fchle\u2014that\u2019s a thing of the past. <\/p>\n

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