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		<title>Invent, perform, grow &#8211; our journey through a variety of academies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carina Nollmann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 08:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This November, the 7a and 9a had the opportunity of participating in two project days with English native speakers of the organisation LevelUp, which gave ...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="font-weight: 400;">This November, the 7a and 9a had the opportunity of participating in two project days with English native speakers of the organisation <em>LevelUp</em>, which gave us students the chance to dive into hands-on learning and practise English in real-life contexts. The days were filled with interactive workshops, teamwork, and opportunities to speak with English native speakers. Everyone had the chance to work in a team, develop personal skills, and experience learning outside the classroom in a fun and engaging way.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Turning language into art </strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">As part of the English language project, we had the wonderful opportunity to take part in the <em>Arts Academy</em>. Together we explored acting, speaking with native speakers and a lot of teamwork. With our trainer, Kate, we organised an amazing play about visiting different worlds in a time travel machine. Everyone brought props and tried to perform his/her role as best as possible. We also played some icebreaker games, gave each other nicknames and simply had a lot of fun. Overall, speaking with a native speaker really improved our English language skills, but sometimes it was also a challenge. The <em>Arts Academy</em> was so much fun because it was really cool to explore our creativity together. (by Greta and Pauline, 7a)</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Dream it. Build it. Sell it. </strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Wouldn&#8217;t it be exciting to learn marketing? Well, that&#8217;s what we learned during the <em>LevelUp</em>-project in our <em>StartUp Academy</em>. In the morning, we played a lot of fun language games before starting our workshop. After that, we talked about issues that really annoy us. In groups, we came up with solutions to fix them. Following up, we learned about marketing skills, for example, representing the company and pitching the product we created. It was so much fun that we even kept going in breaks. It wasn&#8217;t as difficult speaking to native speakers as we had thought it would be. Our trainer, Ed, motivated us to speak English. At the end, everybody felt so proud of him-/herself. Above all, it was a really awesome experience! (by Fatemah and Sila, 7a)</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Two days, one vision: our start-up adventure! </strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">During our project days, the <em>StartUp Academy</em> of the 9a focused on learning how start-ups work and developing our own business ideas. We started playing team building games before forming small groups to create an innovative product. The challenge: to combine two random objects in a new invention. Among the creative results were crunching nuggets made of chameleon tails and stand-up paddles with a hand-operated propulsion system for ship rescues. We then prepared presentations and designed posters to promote our ideas professionally. On the second day, we presented our products to the <em>Growth Academy </em>and listened to their results as well. This Academy taught us about teamwork, creativity, and the responsibilities of entrepreneurship while also improving our English skills. Overall, these project days were an inspiring and valuable insight into our possible future careers. (by Ela, Elisa and Paula, 9a)</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><em>GrowthAcademy</em></strong><strong> &#8211; find out who you really are </strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The <em>GrowthAcademy </em>was about discovering our strengths and managing our weaknesses. One of the things we did was the M-A-G-I-C practice, which stands for <strong>m</strong>ediation, <strong>a</strong>ffirmation, <strong>g</strong>ratitude, <strong>i</strong>ntention and <strong>c</strong>reativity. Aside from that, throughout these two days we worked on getting to know our strengths and weaknesses as already mentioned but also thought about our future selves. It was a lot of fun since we did this with games and theatrical scenes. It was a really unique experience speaking to an English native speaker but also speaking English for two days straight. We really enjoyed this workshop since we got to know ourselves better and had the opportunity to practise our English, which we don&#8217;t really get to do except in our English and bilingual classes. (by Esma and Sophia, 9a)</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The project days were an amazing experience! We enjoyed talking to native speakers, exploring new topics, working together as well as practising English in practical, exciting ways. Learning in games and real-life projects made these days both educational and unforgettable.</p>
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		<title>Working out in English</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carina Nollmann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 15:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the English PE workout lesson of the 7C, we were required to communicate in English instead of German, which was an exciting challenge for ...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the English PE workout lesson of the 7C, we were required to communicate in English instead of German, which was an exciting challenge for us. This project was designed as a good addition to the last English unit of year 7 that focuses on the topic of sports. It spanned four double lessons, with two lessons dedicated to English and two to PE. My group consisted of Konrad Malecki, Niklas Hagemann, Dayyan Yugbhery and myself, Yasin Yurteri. Our teachers, Mr. Schade for English and Ms. Bichi for PE, guided us through the project.</p>
<p>During the lesson, each group of 4-5 students had to create a workout of at least 5 minutes focusing on the three categories: creativity &amp; fun, being challenging &amp; effective, and the use of the English language. My group decided to emphasize the challenging aspect of the workout. We observed other groups closely and felt confident about our performance. We split our 10-minute workout into two parts: jump rope and basic exercises, each lasting 5 minutes. However, there were some challenges when we had to adjust our workout to fit the time schedule. Despite some difficulties, we received positive feedback on our English language usage. The workouts created by other groups were also enjoyable, though some were quite challenging and pushed us to our limits.</p>
<p>After a week of anticipation, we got our scores for the three categories. For creativity and fun, we got an average score, and for effectiveness, we also got an average score. However, for English… WE GOT A 100%!!! After that, the overall winners were announced and, to our surprise, we got the 1st place! The scoring was done by the pupils that had already finished our workout and our English teacher Mr. Schade who calculated the scores after the workouts. It was a memorable and exciting yet challenging experience for all of us.</p>
<p>Ein Text von Yasin Yurteri und Konrad Malecki (7c)</p>
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		<title>Erfolgreiche Teilnahme von Schüler:innen der Q2 an der Sprachzertifikatsprüfung „Certificate in Advanced English“ (CAE) </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carina Nollmann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2023 08:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unsere Schule bietet seit dem Schuljahr 2020/21 einen Vorbereitungskurs für die Prüfung ,,Cambridge Advanced English“ (CAE) an. Diese prüft die englischen Sprachfähigkeiten in den Feldern ...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span data-contrast="auto">Unsere Schule bietet seit dem Schuljahr 2020/21 einen Vorbereitungskurs für die Prüfung ,,Cambridge Advanced English“ (CAE) an. Diese prüft die englischen Sprachfähigkeiten in den Feldern Kommunikation, Hörverstehen, Leseverstehen und Schreiben. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Zu Beginn startete der Kurs 2020 als  Projektkurs in der Q1. Dieser hat sich dann im darauffolgenden Schuljahr zu einem Zusatzangebot in Form eines  Vertiefungskurses für die Q2 entwickelt, so dass auch in diesem Jahr wieder wir Schülerinnen und Schüler auf die Prüfung vorbereitet wurden. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Jeden Freitag in der 8./9. Stunde hat Frau Stahl die Möglichkeit auf gezielte Prüfungsvorbereitung angeboten. Diese Termine sind für die Teilnahme an der Prüfung nicht verpflichtend, unserer Meinung nach aber sehr hilfreich. Wir haben die Zeit nicht wie in einem gewohnten Englischunterricht verbracht, sondern haben gezielt das Prüfungsformat trainiert, da dies einige Besonderheiten beinhaltet, wie zum Beispiel das Ausfüllen eines Antwortbogens („answer sheet“). </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Die Prüfungen selbst fanden Anfang März statt. Zunächst haben wir am 11.03. und 12.03. an der  Volkshochschule in Bielefeld den mündlichen Teil der Prüfung absolviert, welcher 15 Minuten umfasst, in denen man mit einer weiteren, unbekannten Person folgende Aufgaben bewältigt:</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Zuerst stellen sich beide Prüflinge vor und beantworten einige Fragen über sich selbst, die der Prüfer oder die Prüferin stellt. Danach beschreibt jeder Prüfling Bilder auf eine bestimmte Fragestellung hin und reagiert auch auf die Bilder des Partners. Darauf folgt „Part 3“, in welchem eine Mind-Map in Partnerarbeit diskutiert wird. Zuletzt antwortet man gemeinsam auf allgemein gestellte Fragen. Auch wenn die Personen, mit denen man die Prüfung absolviert hat, fremd sind, empfanden es die meisten von uns gar nicht befremdlich. Das kann daran liegen, dass wir uns in den meisten Fällen in dem Vorbereitungsraum der VHS bereits gut mit dem Gesprächspartner oder der Gesprächspartnerin unterhalten haben.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Die letzten drei Teile der CAE- Prüfung fanden in der darauffolgenden Woche statt. Am 18.03. fanden in der Aula von 9 bis 13.20 Uhr die Prüfungen zu „Reading &amp; Use of English“, „Listening“ und „Writing“ statt. Die meisten Sorgen wurden sich hierbei um Erstgenanntes gemacht, da dies einen relativ großen Sprachwortschatz und gutes Sprachgefühl erfordert. Nach allen drei Teilen hat sich auch bewahrheitet, dass in diesem Teil die meisten Unsicherheiten bestanden, aber in einem waren sich alle einig: Die Vorbereitung freitags hatte die meiste Aufregung schon vorweggenommen, da wir alte Prüfungen durchgegangen waren und Frau Stahl uns bei Unsicherheiten zur Seite stand. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Unser Ziel von alldem ist das Erhalten eines Sprachzertifikats von der Cambridge University, welches ein Leben lang gültig ist und das jeweilige Sprachniveau bestätigt. Dies kann beispielsweise gut für ein Studium im Ausland genutzt werden, da viele Universitäten eine bestimmte Sprachkompetenzstufe voraussetzen, oder auch in anderen Bewerbungen hilfreich sein, da das Sprachniveau offiziell nachgewiesen ist. Angestrebt ist das Niveau „C1 Advanced“ über fortgeschrittene Sprachkenntnisse, aber auch ausgestellte Zertifikate über die niedrigere Stufe „B2 First“ über gute Kenntnisse oder sogar die höhere „C2 Proficiency“ über Sprachkenntnisse, die Muttersprachlern ähneln, sind möglich, sodass niemand von uns leer ausgeht und jeder von einer Teilnahme an der Prüfung profitiert.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto"> Aber egal wie das Ergebnis Anfang Mai dann auch sein wird, alle haben sehr gerne teilgenommen!</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">-Ein Beitrag von Sophie Hartmann, Q2-</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
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