Bilingualism is also part of our fundamental concept. It is our pedagogical goal to enable your child to access the English language in a natural way and thus to experience bilingualism as something completely normal and valuable.
In levels 1-3, the children learn their first vocabulary and sentences in order to read their first short English books, and to begin to communicate. This builds valuable skills, and a familiarity of the language, which reduces fear when they move on to English lessons at levels 4-6.
There are currently four lessons with regular lessons (? Four English lessons incorporated into regular lessons?) in the mixed year groups 4-6. To support English language learning, an English-speaking teacher is always present in the classroom during the so-called free work. After a settling-in period, the pupils accept the teacher's English speech, and learn very quickly from the repetition of the tasks and thus recurring sentences, and begin to formulate their own sentences. Gestures and facial expressions help - only rarely does a word need to be explained with the direct German translation. Children who are new to the language will find their way around just as quickly. Of course, learning new vocabulary is not left out.
In addition to English lessons, social studies and science, as well as topic-related projects (practical work), are also taught bilingually in grades 7-10.