Our grades 1-6 are currently attended by around 190 pupils. Lessons take place in mixed year groups (1-3 and 4-6) and are generously equipped with Montessori materials, which are freely available to every pupil.
In each of the four learning groups in grades 1-3 and 4-6, there are three mixed year groups, each led by a team of teachers. Throughout the entire primary and orientation stage, your child will be individually guided through their personal learning process by experienced and committed Montessori teachers, mostly in pairs.
Individual learning and holistic education take time. For this reason, the Bilingual Montessori School is run as a compulsory all-day school. Our school is open daily from 7:30 am, with compulsory lessons ending at 3:00 pm. In addition, we offer attractive afternoon activities on four days until 4:45 pm. These take place across classes and ages, thus supporting social contacts, ensuring a good school atmosphere and a stronger identification with one's own school. The activities vary each term. Find more information here: afternoon activities (German)
For us, a classroom is more than just a place to teach
We aim to provide a learning environment for your child by creating a unique didactically prepared environment that is stimulating and creates learning incentives that enable each child to work independently.
Free work is the core of teaching at the Bilingual Montessori School and therefore a central part of the morning lessons. This means that your child decides for themselves which topic they work on, where and with whom. The child therefore determines his or her own pace and rhythm. However, the freedom of the individual ends where it restricts the freedom of others.
There is a clearly structured framework within which the child can move freely. This is based on the child's ability to take responsibility for themselves and their environment.
School starts at 8:00 a.m. at the latest. However, many pupils make use of the early start at 7:30 am. Lessons end at 3:00 p.m. on Mondays - Fridays. Regular lessons take place during this time. We do not have "timed" lessons. No chimes interrupt the pupils. This enables undisturbed and concentrated work, means more peace and quiet and offers the opportunity for individual breaks.
At lunchtime, the long break is combined with lunch. Here too, your child is free to decide whether to go to break first and then eat lunch or whether to go straight to the canteen and then let off steam and relax in the break area.
After the lunch break, there is a half-hour reading time, followed by more in-depth work on projects, tasks and materials until 3:00 p.m. We then offer attractive afternoon activities from Monday to Thursday until 5:00 p.m.
In grades 5 and 6, interdisciplinary learning - Maria Montessori called this cosmic education - plays a major role. Networked learning and global thinking are important skills that our pupils acquire through this teaching principle. We want to maintain the joy of learning through open forms of teaching and lead the pupils to greater independence in the various learning processes.
French is offered from the 6th grade.