Glimpse 01/2007 - ibs terra nova

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Lesen!
Leseförderung
Auszug aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie
Leseförderung möchte Kindern, Jugendlichen
oder Erwachsenen erleichtern, mit der Welt des
geschriebenen Wortes in Kontakt zu kommen.
Leseförderung ist im Idealfall das gute Vorbild
der Eltern, die viel und gerne lesen. Das Vorlesen
spielt eine Rolle (Märchen u. a.). Die Lust am
Lesen entsteht womöglich dann, wenn das Kind
über altersgemäße Jugendliteratur verfügt (Joanne
K. Rowling, Joachim Masannek, Astrid Lindgren,
Karl May u. a.). Leseförderung ist dann auch
eine Aufgabe von Kindergarten und Schule, das
Versäumte nachzuholen.
Das Lesen als Kulturtechnik eröffnet auch heute
im Zeitalter von Fernsehen, DVD, Video und
Internet den Zugang zur Welt. Gerade durch die
Zunahme der audiovisuellen Medien in der Freizeit
wird die Leseförderung immer wichtiger.
Viel Spass beim Lesen dieser Glimpse-Ausgabe!
Daniel Landös
School Activities
Basisstufe
Foundation Years
Sunshine Group
Things are Growing very Springlike in the Sunshine
House!
The Sunshine children have been jumping into
spring to a medley of seasonal songs, dances,
rhymes, stories and games. They also painted
pretty spring pictures with lambs playing in
colourful finger-printed meadows and have been
hard at work creating their own spring collage of
blossom in their morning circle corner. As part
of their learning about the joys of nature at this
important time of the year children have been
growing flowers in their own hand-painted pots
and excitedly keeping watch for their plants‘
growth. Spring is such a busy time!
Fiona Strimer
Moon Group
Chick chick chick chick chicken, lay a little egg for
me.
Chick chick chick chick chicken, I want one for my
tea.
I haven‘t had an egg since Monday, and now it‘s
half past three.
So, chick chick chick chick chicken, lay a little egg
for me.
In Moon Group we have been full of the joys of
spring and fascinated by eggs and chicks. We have
learned how a mother hen looks after her eggs
until they hatch, and we enjoyed singing a song
about five eggs in an incubator, which hatch one
by one. We read the story ‚The Little Red Hen‘,
and made our own versions of the book. We were
even lucky enough to be present when one of the
school chicks hatched from its egg; an experience
which neither children nor teachers will forget in a
hurry!
Star Group
The Star and Moon had been counting the days
of school since the beginning of the year. On
Wednesday the 7th February they celebrated the
100th day. This annual event allows our children
and their families the opportunity to produce a
great range of works of art related to the number
100. All the work is on display in the Foundation
years building. We would be very pleased if you
came along to visit us and view it.
Balbir Bhangal
Back in the classroom we have experimented with
different materials to make our own chicks: egg
cartons, handprints and wool. Our fluffy pom pom
chicks took a long time to make but we think you‘ll
agree that they were worth it!
Grade 1
As my own little ‚chick‘ will be ‚hatching‘ soon,
I would like to thank all of the children in Moon
Group for making this year so much fun, and wish
them the best of luck for the rest of this school
year, and into the next.
Jenny Blackwell
First Grade had a really fun time during the Easter
Book Week. We made Easter nests and decorated
Easter eggs and we learnt about the life cycle of
the chicken. Our most favourite activity was visiting the real life chicken and turkey eggs in Mr
Goetsch`s classroom. We started visiting the Grade 6 classroom at the beginning of March. Every
week we learnt about the development of a chicken from a tiny embryo to a fully grown, ready to
hatch chick. We greatly enjoyed visiting the classroom incubator each week. Here we were given
the opportunity to position and turn the individual
eggs helping the embryo chicks inside to grow. We
also listened carefully to hear the chicks moving
and making chirping sounds inside the eggs. It
was extremely exciting when Mr Goetsch arrived at
our classroom door to tell us that one of the chicks
called Roger Federer was beginning to hatch. We
all quickly went downstairs with the rest of the
classes to watch what would happen next. We
could see that this little chick was slowly tapping
his way out of the shell. When he first emerged he
was a little wet and tired looking but eventually
he became yellow and fluffy as he dried under
the light, which was in the classroom to keep him
warm and at the correct body temperature. During
Book Week at the beginning of April, we all got the
chance to hold the newly hatched chicks. By now
there were many more chicks and some had brown
or white feathers as opposed to yellow ones. They
were small and fragile so we had to remember to
hold them carefully and respectfully. When we got
back to our classroom we drew pictures of all the
chicks and wrote their names. It was such great
experience watching and observing the eggs and
chicks. We have all learned a lot and are now Terra
Nova chicken experts!
Südfrüchte näher kennengelernt und in einzelne
Gruppen unterteilt (Steinobst, Beerenobst, Kernobst, Südfrüchte).
Was wäre aber ein solches Thema ohne den Gaumen mitfeiern zu lassen! Der obligate Obstsalat
durfte nicht fehlen. Er wurde mit viel Eifer zubereitet und vor allem mit Heisshunger am Ende verschlungen!
Nicola Sleep
2. Klasse
Von Küken, Osterhasen und Ostereiern
1. Klasse
Gesunde Ernährung – das Obst
In der kalten Winter- und Grippezeit haben wir uns
mit gesunder Ernährung und speziell mit dem Thema „Obst“ beschäftigt.
Zuerst haben wir zusammengetragen, was jeder
unter dem Thema „Gesunde Ernährung“ versteht.
Dann haben wir mit Hilfe einer Ernährungspyramide die einzelnen Nahrungsgruppen näher analysiert. Es war für alle einleuchtend, dass Süssigkeiten ganz oben in der Pyramide zu finden sind,
weil man davon am wenigsten essen sollte, auch
wenn die Pyramide vieler Kinder ihren Vorlieben
entsprechend natürlich anders aussehen würde.
Das Gestalten einer eigenen Ernährungspyramide
zum Abschluss hinterliess einen bleibenden Eindruck.
Die bunte Zeit vor Ostern wurde durch die kleinen
Küken im Klassenzimmer der 6. Klasse zu einer
besonders spannenden Zeit in diesem Jahr. Passend zum Thema haben wir in den letzten Wochen
intensiv mit Hahn, Henne und Küken Bekannt-
Zum Thema „Obst“ haben wir die bekanntesten
Obstsorten näher betrachtet. Dabei haben wir
sowohl Obst aus unseren Breitengraden wie auch
schaft geschlossen. Wir haben ein kleines Buch
angefertigt, in dem wir alle wichtigen Informationen zu Aussehen, Verhalten, Lebensraum, Nahrung,... von Hahn und Henne gelesen, besprochen
und bearbeitet haben. Natürlich durfte die Entwicklung des kleinen Kükens dabei nicht fehlen.
Kurz vor Ostern haben wir dann kleine Osternester
gebastelt, Ostereier angemalt sowie einen kleinen
Eierbecher nach eigener Vorstellung gestaltet. Mit
viel Konzentration und Phantasie waren alle Zweitklässler am Werk.
Ein weiterer Höhepunkt war das Osterhasen-Backen mit Hilfe von Frau Lukas, Frau Nielsen und
Frau Bornatico. Nicht nur die Kinder und die Lehrerin waren vom Duft und vor allem vom leckeren
Geschmack der Osterhasen begeistert, scheinbar
haben auch einige Mamas und Papas zu Hause
dem Osterhasen (heimlich) mit Genuss ein Ohr
abgebissen!
Shirin Koster
und Eisbär beste Freunde. Aber für die Ferien
gingen sie immer noch zu dem alten Hühnerstall
und befreundeten sich mit den neuen Küken
und so lebten sie immer glücklich, ausser dem
Fuchs er hatte zwar keinen Nachtisch aus dem
Hühnerstall ohne einen Kampf mit dem Eisbären.
Eric
Besuch vom Fuchs
Auf einem Hühnerhof lebten viele braune, weisse
und schwarzweisse Hühner glücklich zusammen.
Jede Nacht musste die Türe vom Stall geschlossen
werden. Aber eines Abends vergass der kleine
Fritz die Türe zu schliessen. Darauf hatte der
Fuchs nur gewartet.
Er schlich sich in der Dunkelheit heran und wäre
schon fast im Hühnerstall gewesen. Doch passte
er nicht auf und und ein altes Körnerfass fiel mit
lautem Gepolter um! Es gab einen riesengrossen
Lärm. Alle Hühner erwachten und gackerten so
laut wie sie konnten. Der Fuchs erschrak und
rannte so schnell er konnte davon. Auch der
kleine Fritz wurde wach, aber als er aus dem
Schlafzimmerfenster schaute, sah er nur noch
den Schwanz vom Fuchs zwischen den Bäumen
verschwinden. So gab es ein Happy End für die
Hühner, aber kein Nachtessen für den Fuchs!!!
Sophia
4. Klasse
Hätten Sie’s gewusst?
3. Klasse
Küken in der Arktis
Eines Tages lebte ein Huhn im Stall der neben dem
Fluss war. Das Huhn legte ein Ei und das Ei rollte
ins Wasser. Einige Tage später schlüpfte das Ei aus
und das Küken fand sich in der Arktis. Er sagte:
„Mami“, und rannte fort. Er sah einen Seelöwen
und sagte: „Mami“, und als der Seelöwe weg ging
sagte er wieder: „Mami“
Dann sah er den Eisbär und schrie „Mami“, so laut
wie er konnte und der Eisbär sagte:
„ Ich bin nicht deine Mami, aber ich weiss wer
deine Mami ist!“
Er nahm das Küken und schwamm bis zu dem
alten Hühnerstall, aber das Küken wollte mit dem
Eisbär sein, also fragte er seine Mutter, ob er mit
dem Eisbären bleiben konnte und seine Mutter
sagte:
„Nur wenn du auf dich aufpasst und zur Schule
gehst!“
Er sagte: „Ja, natürlich!“ Und so wurden Küken
Das Thema Hühner beschäftigte uns seit dem
März intensiv. Wir alle erfuhren viel Wissenswertes, Beeindruckendes aber auch Schockierendes aus Büchern, Fachzeitschriften und Zeitungen (gerade zu Ostern konnte man natürlich
sehr viel über Hühner und Eier lesen).
Das Wichtigste aber war, dass die Schülerinnen
und Schüler nicht nur etwas über diese Tiere lasen, sondern dass sie schon vor dem Schlüpfen
die Küken in den Eiern piepsen hören konnten und
sahen, wie die Eier vor dem eigentlichen Schlüpfvorgang hin und her schaukelten, dass die Kinder
wirklich dabei waren, als ein Küken schlüpfte und
dass wir alle täglich die Entwicklung der flauschigen kleinen Hühnchen mitverfolgen konnten.
Eine Erfahrung, die allen bestimmt in Erinnerung
bleiben wird.
Auch wenn Sie, liebe Eltern und Interessierte nicht
ganz so nah dran waren, testen Sie mit dem folgenden Quiz Ihr Wissen über Hühner und Eier (Sie
dürfen sich natürlich auch von Ihren Kinder beraten lassen ):
1) Hühner sind
Wasservögel
Flattervögel
Laufvögel
12) Die Brutzeit für ein Hühnerküken dauert
21 Tage
28 Tage
30 Tage
2) Was sollte für eine Gruppe Hühner vorhanden
sein?
Käfig, Nester, Sitzstange, grosser Auslauf
Kies, Bäume, kleiner Auslauf, Häuschen
grosser Auslauf, Sand, eine Sitzstange, Nester
13) Wozu dient die Keimscheibe?
Sie ist das Futter für den Embryo.
Daraus entsteht der Embryo.
Sie dämpft die Bewegungen des Embryos.
3) Hühner leben am liebsten in Gruppen von maximal
50 Tieren
100 Tieren
200 Tieren
4) Laut schweizerischer Gesetzgebung dürfen aber
bis zu
22 000
25 000
27 000 Hühner in Hühnerfabriken gehalten werden.
5) Hühner können
5-10 Jahre
10-15 Jahre
15-20 Jahre alt werden.
6) Legehennen werden aber bereits nach
1 Jahr
2 Jahren
3 Jahren geschlachtet.
7) Masthühner werden
in 5 Wochen
in 8 Wochen
in 12 Wochen auf ihr Schlachtgewicht gemästet.
8) Ein männliches Huhn heisst
Wahn
Lahm
Hahn
9) Eine brütende Henne heisst
Gluckser
Glucke
Gluche
10) Wie lange dauert es, bis ein Ei gebildet und
dann gelegt wird?
18-24 Stunden
24-36 Stunden
36-40 Stunden
11) Wie viele Eier legt ein Huhn, bevor es zu brüten
beginnt?
etwa 5
etwa 15
etwa 25
14) Wozu dient der Dotter?
Er schützt das Innere des Eis vor Bakterien.
Er ist der Wasservorrat für das Küken.
Er ist das Futter für den Embryo.
15) Wozu dienen die Hagelschnüre?
Sie halten den Dotter in der Mitte des Eies
Sie bringen die Nahrung zum Embryo.
Sie bringen das Wasser zum Embryo.
16) Wozu dient der Eizahn?
Er hilft dem Küken aus dem Ei zu kommen.
Er hilft der Henne das Ei zu drehen.
Er hilft dem Hahn bei einem Kampf.
17) Welche besonderen Organe hat ein Huhn?
Fiberorgane
Vibrationsorgane
Viberitsorgane
18) Wozu dienen diese speziellen Organe?
Sie halten die Zehen elastisch, wenn Hühner lange
laufen müssen.
Sie melden leichte Bewegungen am Boden, wenn
sich ein Feind nähert.
Sie registrieren auch kleinste Körner, die auf dem
Boden liegen.
19) Um Ungeziefer loszuwerden, baden Hühner
gern im
Wasser
Gras
Sand
20) Wenn man Eier kaufen will, welcher Aufdruck
bezeichnet die Haltung, die dem Huhn am ehesten
entspricht?
Freilandhaltung
Käfighaltung
Bodenhaltung
PS) Welchen Namen trug das Ei, aus dem das unser erstes Küken geschlüpft ist?
Michael Chicksen
Eierstein
Roger Federer
Antworten siehe Folgeseite.
Richtige Antworten:
many other literary characteristics of the book.
1) Hühner sind Laufvögel.
2) grosser Auslauf, Sand, eine Sitzstange, Nester
3) Hühner leben am liebsten in Gruppen bis max.
50 Tieren.
4) Es dürfen bis 27 000 Hühner in den Hühnerfabriken gehalten werden.
5) Hühner können 15-20 Jahre alt werden.
6) Legehennen werden im Alter von 1 Jahr geschlachtet.
7) Masthühner werden im Alter von ca. 5 Wochen
geschlachtet.
8) Ein männliches Huhn heisst Hahn.
9) Eine brütende Henne heisst Glucke.
10) Es dauert 24-36 Stunden, von der Bildung bis
zum Legen des Eies.
11) Die Henne legt etwa 15 Eier, bevor sie zu brüten
beginnt.
12) Die Brutzeit dauert 21 Tage.
13) Aus der Keimscheibe entsteht der Embryo.
14) Der Dotter ist das Futter für den Embryo.
15) Die Hagelschnüre halten den Dotter in der Mitte des Eies.
16) Der Eizahn hilft dem Küken, aus dem Ei zu
kommen.
17) Das sind die Vibrationsorgane.
18) Sie melden leichte Bewegungen des Bodens.
19) Hühner baden gern im Sand, weil sie so Ungeziefer loswerden.
20) Freilandeier
PS) Wie könnte es auch anders sein......
Roger Federer
The students then have some sort of comprehension activity to complete before moving on to the
next chapter. At times they would answer questions and at other times they would demonstrate
their understanding of what they had read in a
more creative way, for example, by designing an
advertisement for a particular part of the story.
Mona Jabri
Grades 4 and 5
Reading is Fun!
Reading is important for many reasons. Reading
is a vital tool in the acquisition of a language as
the reader absorbs the language and automatically increases their knowledge of vocabulary,
spelling and grammar. Reading can also be an enjoyable pastime!
In preparation of Bookweek, the language focus in
both Grades 4 and 5 was reading. Over the past
few months the students have been completing
many activities to improve reading comprehension
and oral reading skills, and to encourage independent reading at home.
Outside of the classroom, all students in Grades
4 and 5 completed a Book Presentation. Each
student chose a book at their reading level that
they wanted to read. They had a certain amount
of time to read this book independently outside
of school time. Once the book was finished each
student had to independently create a project based on his or her story. Each student gave an
oral presentation to the class describing the
books and their opinion of the book. These projects were fantastic and ranged from a self-made
Secret Garden to a pop-up tent based on a camping mystery story. I would like to thank all Grade
4 and 5 parents for their support and encouragement of these long-term projects!
The aim of this project was to encourage students
to read more at home. Many students told me
that they realized that they actually sleep better
if they relax and read for 15 minutes each night
before they go to bed! Hopefully this habit of
reading before they go to sleep will continue now
that the projects are finished.
Most importantly, though, I hope that the students realized that reading is not just for school.
Reading can be fun!
Elizabeth Suter
In the classroom, the students have been completing Novel Studies. This is when each child has a
copy of a particular book and we read it together
in small groups. Often there are many different
novels being studied at one time in order to meet
the needs of all the students. After we have read
a chapter, we discuss the story, study the vocabulary and look at the writing style of the author and
Grade 5
Bookweek at Terra Nova
Through the Eyes of the 5th Graders
Mystery Bookweek by Kiki Laino
Since it is my first year at Terra Nova, it was my
first bookweek ever. I had heard so many different
stories about Bookweek, but nothing can compare
to living it. On Monday morning there was as assembly to open Bookweek. Our theme was “Mystery Stories” so we had to play detectives and
find things hidden out of place in the room. The
famous author then came to visit us in our classrooms – Jürgen Banscherus. He was very funny
and his writing amazed me.
for bed, we all started reading our books that
we had brought. When we were tired of reading, but couldn’t fall asleep we started talking
to each other and every now and then a teacher
would come in and tell us to calm down a bit. In
the morning we all woke up at 6:30 a.m., and of
course we were wide-awake and a bit loud. It was
just so much fun all being together in our pajamas
in the school.
But you haven’t heard the best yet. We had
“BUNNY” shaped butter and delicious bread for
breakfast! I’ll never forget the sleepover or eating
bunny formed butter! I hope we will have another
fun event during next year’s Bookweek!
In the evening we had a sleepover at school,
which was extremely enjoyable. Personally for
me, Tuesday was probably the most joyful day
since we hardly had to work because we were so
tired. We read a lot of Mr Banscherus’ books that
day. Finally on Wednesday, there was the closing
of Bookweek …and the day when we had to figure
out the answers to the mysteries Mrs Suter had
given all the Grade 2 to 6 classes. The fifth grade
got two out of the three mysteries right! Suddenly,
Bookweek ended, BUT it is one week I’ll definitely
never forget.
Bookweek at Terra Nova by: Tamina Ben-Zur
Bookweek is the week before the Easter holidays. This Bookweek was all about mysteries
and it all started on Monday, the 2nd of April. The
whole school went to the music room. There Mr
Torres told us about what would happen during
Bookweek. Mrs Suter gave everyone in Grades 2
through 6 mysteries to solve with their class. We
needed to solve the mysteries by Wednesday.
Bookweek Sleepover by Donata Bauer
This is an event that doesn’t happen every day!
This event had actually never happened to me before in my entire lifetime. “A Sleepover in School”!
This happened on the 2nd of April and it took
place as part of the Bookweek celebration. When I
received the notice about the sleepover, I thought,
“How Boring!” but it wasn’t like that at all.
Our Bookweek theme was “Mysteries” so as an
opening for the sleepover we had to make groups
and solve mysteries. After we had a snack, we
checked to see who had solved the mysteries
correctly. When we finally laid ourselves down
This year an author came to our school. He is very
famous! His name is Jürgen Banscherus and he
lives in Dortmund, Germany. He read to us from
some of the books that he wrote. The 5th Graders
favorite book was “David’s Versprechen” Books
that are more for the younger children are the
“Kwiatkowski” mystery books because they are
easier to read. They are also the only Banscherus
books that you can buy in English. Jürgen Banscherus told us about his life! “It is a very interesting life!”
On Monday night the fourth to sixth graders had
a sleepover in the school. They read the whole
night! In the morning they all ate breakfast together and they were all very tired – the teachers
too!
Because everyone was very tired on Tuesday, we
read some of the Kwiatkowski books in English
(they were a bit easy for us, but okay because
most of the class hadn’t slept very much). The
boy detective has a different name in the English
books because it is hard to say Kwiatkowski for
English people so they changed it to “Klooz”.
Sadly the night came to an end. We got up, tidied away our things and got dressed for the day
of school. Vincent and I got the chore of getting
bread at the bakery for breakfast. It was a feast
for those that were hungry.
The closing of Bookweek was on Wednesday so
everyone went to the music room again. Together
we solved all the mysteries that Mrs Suter had given us.
Even though I was very tired the next day, I hope
there will be another Sleepover at school because
I didn’t regret coming! It was a lot of fun!
At the end of the closing we all got chocolate Easter eggs! It was a fun week!
6. Klasse
Sleeping at School by Louis Hofmann
It was probably the most sleepless, but the most
fun night in my whole life. The most fun night of
my life all began at school. You are probably thinking, “What’s so fun about school?” Well, let me
tell you.
We had to be at school between quarter to seven
and eight in the evening, but of course it didn’t
really matter if we came a little bit late since we
were staying at school all night. We luckily played
games and then came the work! We had to solve
mysteries in groups.
A period of time later we had to get our things that
we needed and get changed into our pajamas.
We went down to the music room and laid out
our mats and sleeping bags. Then came the main
event of the whole night – READING! At the beginning it was all quiet, but after a while it got louder
and louder and then it came to a point where no
one was reading. The problem was that the teachers were also there, in the room with us. Then,
at the end, it got too loud and we had to go to
sleep or read because it was already quite late.
We can’t say that we went right to sleep after
that because most of the children were still wide
awake, but then everyone next to me fell asleep.
Some of the other people had a relaxing time chatting quietly. A bit later in the morning, people began to laugh and talk again a bit too loud, a bit too
early so Frau Landös came and slept in our room.
Jürgen Banscherus - Leseförderung an der Terra
Nova
Geboren am 13. März 1949 in Remscheid-Lennep.
Nach dem Abitur Studium der Geistes- und
Sozialwissenschaften in Münster und Bonn.
Verschiedene berufliche Tätigkeiten: Journalist bei
einer Tageszeitung, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
in der Forschung, Verlagslektor, Lehrer in der
Erwachsenenbildung. Seit 1983 Veröffentlichung
von Lyrik. 1985 erstes Kinderbuch. Seit 1989 freier
Schriftsteller. Er hat bei Arena, bei Bertelsmann
und im Oetinger Verlag zahlreiche und zum
Teil preisgekrönte Kinder- und Jugendbücher
veröffentlicht. Seine bekannteste Figur ist der
kaugummikauende und Milch trinkende Detektiv
Kwiatkowski.
Inzwischen wurden Banschrus’ Bücher ins
Schwedische, Spanische, Katalanische, Baskische,
Mallorquinische, Französische, Thailändische,
Italienische, Englische, Dänische, Flämische,
Polnische, Chinesische, Norwegische, Slowenische
und in Blindenschrift übersetzt. Jürgen
Banscherus ist Mitglied im PEN und Vorsitzender
der Jury des bundesweiten Vorlesewettbewerbs.
Er ist verheiratet und hat eine Tochter und einen
Sohn.
Wir sind stolz, dass wir den Erfolgsautor aus
Bochum für zwei Tage bei uns wissen durften.
Die 3 Lesungen tagsüber in den Klassen und
die Veranstaltung für die Erwachsenen am
Montagabend waren ein Grosserfolg. Die 6.
Klässler haben sich in den letzten Wochen mit 3
Büchern intensiv auseinandergesetzt und können
diese wärmstens für andere Kinder empfehlen.
„Davids Versprechen“
Vielleicht kann das Buch einem misshandelten
Kind helfen, den Bannkreis von Angst, Schuld und
Scham zu durchbrechen - sicherlich schärft es die
Aufmerksamkeit des Lesers für diese Problematik.
Die Sprache und Ausdrücke von Herrn Banscherus
hat uns fasziniert und amüsiert, seine Direktheit
beeindruckt: einige witzige Formulierungen haben
wir uns gemerkt:
• gespannt wie ein Flitzebogen
• fast zur Briefmarke gemacht
• das ist doch Amerika
• vor den Schrubber gesaust
• bist du banane?
• Mir ging die Muffe 1:1000
• Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste
• Schwer von Kapee
Wissen Sie, welches die Bedeutung dieser
Ausdrücke ist??
Wir verweilen in nächster Zeit thematisch
beim Buch „Keine Hosenträger für Oya“ und
beschäftigen uns weiter mit dem Thema GruppeIdentität-Freundschaft... spannend allemal!
B. Landös
Ein anderes Bedeutungs-Wörterbuch der 6.
Klasse
Die Formulierungen in den Büchern haben uns
inspiriert und unsere Fantasie angeregt. Ein
Auszug aus dem Lexikon der 6. Klasse sei hier
erwähnt:
Inspiration für Werkstunde
„Bis Sansibar und weiter“
Mit einfachen Worten beschreibt Banscherus
natürliche Abläufe beim Erwachsenwerden. Er
spart heikle Bereiche nicht aus, beobachtet
sensibel und erzählt eine ebenso witzige wie
nachdenklich machende Geschichte. Männliche
Jugendliche können sich wohl problemlos mit
dem Protagonisten identifizieren, Mädchen
lernen vielleicht widersprüchlich scheinende
Handlungsweisen besser zu deuten.
zum Buch
„Keine Hosenträger für Oya“
Der Autor gibt einen Einblick in das Leben von
Türken in Deutschland anhand von konkreten
Dingen des Alltags, welche die deutschen Jungen
beeindrucken. Die Geschichte ist spannend und
voller Humor geschrieben. Weder der Türke
und seine Geschichte noch die Bande werden
idealisiert.
Fremde Welten (Hrsg. von der Erklärung von Bern) 1991 zum
Buch
A
Altertumsmuseum - Altersheime mit täglicher
Besichtigung
Augapfel - ein Apfel mit einem Auge in der Mitte
B
Bildung - das Einrahmen eines Bildes
Buchhalter - eine Person, die 24h am Tag in der
Buchhandlung steht und das neuste Buch hält.
Bratapfel - ein Braten, der in einen saftigen Apfel
gestopft wird.
Bademeister - ein Meister, der badet
D
Dienstmarke - Kleidungsmarke, die besonders
beliebt bei der Polizei, Militärpolizei und
Spezialdiensten sind.
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G
Glühbirne - eine unangenehme heisse Birne, die
Magenbrennen verursacht.
Granatapfel - eine sehr gefährliche Frucht, die auf
Bäumen wächst, sehr beliebt im Militär.
Goldwaschen - anstatt das Gold zu schürfen, muss
man es mit Seife und Bürste waschen.
Geldtasche - eine Tasche aus Geld
H
Hausabwart - eine Person, die vor einem Haus
abwartet, bis etwas geschieht.
Herzschrittmacher - das Herz bekommt keine
Füsse und schlägt nicht mehr, sondern beginnt zu
laufen.
K
Kopfnuss - eine sehr beliebte Nussart mit leckerer
Gehirnfüllung. Da läuft einem das Wasser im
Munde zusammen.
L
Landstreicher - ein Landstreicher ist ein Job. Da
geht man von Land zu Land und streicht das Land
an.
Ein Mann, der die ganze Nacht mit einem
Streichholz übers Land fährt.
M
Murmeltier- ein Tier, das murmelt
R
Rechenbuch - perfekt, um die Blätter von den
Bäumen zusammen zu rechen. Wenn man es
zusammen klappt, ist es ein Buch. Auch als
Rechenheft und Rechner erhältlich.
S
Seeräuber - ein Mann, der das Wasser im See
auslaufen lässt und dann alles stiehlt.
Ein Räuber, der die Wasseroberfläche bricht und
im See kostbare Steine und Muscheln stiehlt.
T
Turnschuhe - Schuhe, die in der ganzen Halle
herumrennen und dabei eine Mischung von
Hochsprung, Akrobatik und Stepptanz vorführen.
Türangel - eine Angel, die nur die beliebten
Türholzfische fängt.
Eine Angel, die eine Türe fängt.
W
Walzer - Der Ursprung aller Erdeben: der Tanz des
Wales
Wasserfarbe - Eine knallige Farbe, die man oft
braucht, um das Wasser auf Bilder zu malen.
Wasserhahn - ein spannender Hahn, der nur
Wasser trinkt, natürlich gibt es Wasserküken und
ein Wasserhuhn.
Schülerin und Schüler der 6. Klasse
Grade 6
The Miraculous Egg
Introduction
The egg is useful today because of its rich amount
of food. In England people eat an egg every
morning because they are used to it. Didn’t you
ever, ever, ever realise that the egg is actually a
glorious gift of nature? - an amazingly designed
source of food for a developing animal? Nature
is very clever for inventing such an edible, stonelooking start to life. Isn’t it?
In the measure of intelligence amongst our life
forms, people are on the highest scale. People
are clever. They invented modern weapons in
exchange for the spear. They invented a car so you
don’t have to go shopping with a bike. And what
about the first step on moon? Our technology is
overrunning the earth. But there is still one thing
that we take for granted, that is more intelligent
than anything in the universe of Man (at least I
think so). This one ‘little’ thing is, Nature! Nature is
our life, and the opposite.
Tiziano
The egg: an everyday object, nothing special.
In each fridge you can find one. It is rather
inexpensive or cheap. Each day 10’000s of eggs
are laid and eaten! If you take the time to look at
an egg closely you will see it as more than just a
simple commodity. It is a small, oval, living thing
…and so much more.
Sylvie
The egg has become a normal thing to us. We
use it every day for breakfast when it becomes
scrambled eggs or a fried egg. Actually, it is a
complex thing, very carefully created to develop a
small chicken.
Man has constructed the Empire State Building,
the Eiffel Tower and has flown to the moon, but
we can’t construct life. That’s why nature is so
brilliant... and an egg too.
Roderic
We, in school, by studying and exploring, realized
that the egg is an amazing thing.
Attilio
The Fascinating Egg!
So, we use eggs every day because they are part
of our surrounding world. But how does this
miraculous egg work? Lets see!
The process of the growing chick in the egg is
huge when you think of it carefully. Out of just
a few cells, which we can’t even see, a whole
chicken develops. How? That is why an egg is so
brilliant!
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The egg is actually an immensely complex
construction. It is made up of: the shell; a thin
skin; the egg white; the yolk; a small dot, called
the germinal disc; the chalaza.
After the first day of development in the egg, the
chick forms a network of veins to obtain and reach
the food (egg yellow), the drink (egg white) and
the air.
THE GERMINAL DISC is a small, pale dot which
‚floats‘ on the yolk. This disc is quite small, but
we‘re sure you can find it if you take a closer look.
It is the disc on which the sperm of the rooster
sticks when the hen was inseminated. From this
dot the chick begins to grow and develop. To be
precise, the chick develops over the next 21 days
from the germinal disc. Some people cut the
germinal disc away when they want to eat the egg
or use it for baking or cooking.
THE SHELL is the outer-most layer of the egg,
made out of calcium. It has microscopic holes
through which air can circulate - oxygen goes
in and carbon dioxide comes out, so that the
developing chicken can breathe – all animals need
to breathe. The shell‘s special oval form makes
it quite solid, although it is only half a millimetre
thin. It protects the fragile egg inside. It’s also
not too solid because then the chicken could not
get out by pecking on the inside of the shell with
its beak. The best adjective for the eggshell is
‘brittle’.
THE MEMBRANE. In the mother hen, something
is created before the eggshell surrounds the egg:
two skins, called membranes are formed. Those
‚contain‘ the liquid egg white and the yolk. Some
minutes after the mother has laid the egg, one
membrane creates an air pocket in the rounded
side of it. This air pocket is needed for the chicken:
when it is ready to hatch, it puts its beak into it so
that it can breathe directly for the first time.
THE EGG WHITE. If you peel this ‚skin‘ off, you find
the albumen or, the more popular expression, the
egg white. The egg white is a kind of transparent
liquid. It tastes a bit salty and is usually inedible
raw. The albumen has a high level of proteins, so
it is very healthy. It is mainly the water for the little
chick as it grows.
THE CHALAZA. The egg yolk is heavier than the
egg white, so it sinks. This can be harmful for the
developing chicken. To avoid this, nature has a
clever trick. As the yolk travels down through the
mother hen before the shell is formed, it is turned,
turned and turned inside the egg white. Slowly but
surely it develops a ‚rope‘ made from strands of
the white, called the „chalaza“. These attach the
yolk to the sides of the eggshell. Well the ‚rope‘
looks more like an umbilical cord. This ‚elastic‘
chalaza is there so that the developing chick stays
in the middle of the egg white. It doesn’t sink
down in the egg and grow in the wrong way.
After thought:
Imagine, a hen lays one egg per day (not always).
If a chick hatches out of the egg, and it isn’t a
rooster, it will lay eggs too. There are, however, so
many people on earth, that each time a hen lays
an egg, elsewhere an egg gets eaten. Although
there are so many eggs, more get eaten than
chickens can be produced. It is also amazing that
about 1.4 million hens per year are set on fire alive
!!!! This could probably also come from the bird flu
which is a world-wide epidemic that can easily kill
thousands of birds and humans.
Tiziano
THE OVULE is in the middle of the egg. Its colour
is of a dark yellow. It has an even thinner skin
around it than the egg white membrane, which
keeps it together. You can see this thin skin
when you break a raw egg to bake a cake. The
chick develops on and in this yolk. It is built
up of nourishing substances like rich fats and
many different vitamins (if you’re not going into
biological detail). Together with the egg white, the
yolk feeds and nourishes the chick from the first
day inside the egg to the last.
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Splügen Skicamp
2007
The children from Grades 3 to 6 have traditionally
gone to Splügen before the winter sport holidays
for Terra Nova‘s annual skilager. This year there
were so many pupils in those grades, that not all
of them could join the camp. Forty-seven children
chose to go to Splügen. Six teachers went with:
Mr Torres; Mr Goetsch; Herr Renggli; Frau Jabri;
Mrs Suter; Frau Vollendweider. Our hosts and the
house-owners, Herr and Frau Minder, were also
part of our lager, but they were in Splügen already.
On the pistes we were joined by some local skiand snowboard teachers. There have been a total
of seven ski camps. This was our fourth and last
opportunity to go to Splügen. We stayed there
from the Sunday to the Friday – for five great days!
Splügen is a small, simple village in the
Graudbünden, close to Italy. Near it there is a
mountain called Tambo. That mountain has it‘s
own sledding and ski pistes. Our camp house
is stationed directly next to the pistes and near
the ski lift that goes up to the top of Tambo. This
can be very useful - we only had to put on our
skis outside the door. We think that this is great
because it would take too much time if we had to
carry our skis to the station.
The house has four floors plus the basement
which is for the ski boots, ski stuff and skis. One
floor was for the girls, and one for the boys. There
were about ten bedrooms in all. On another floor
is the kitchen, the dining room and telephone
room. Right at the top was one room for the boys
plus the attic. Although it is big, the house is a
little small for the 53 people that were there, but
we were organized so it was great.
Each day we skied or snowboarded with ski
instructors or Terra Nova teachers. We also had
school! Well, it wasn‘t really school, but still it
wasn‘t much fun. We had to write a diary. At the
end of the afternoon, we played games with
friends downstairs or in our rooms, shared things
and helped each other.
After our dinner, which was cooked by Herr and
Frau Minder, and the Ämtlis, that are completed
by the children, the beloved evening programme
came. Evening programmes are fun activities
picked mostly by the teachers. One time we went
on a long walk and then drank hot chocolate
outside. We also had a games evening and played
our favourite ‚Tamo-Yeti‘ game that lasted the
whole week. At the end of each evening we sang
songs and went to bed. For the last night at
Splügen, the programmes are always prepared
and led by the 6th graders.
We were living together so we had to do Ämtlis.
These are chores in and around the house to keep
it clean and tidy. They were cleaning the stairs,
toilets and showers, setting the tables and drying
the dishes. The jobs were done by groups which
mixed the children from each grade.
We also had a House Code, which were the rules
of what we could do and what not, like how we
should behave at lunch. The rules were nearly the
same as is in school, but you were allowed to go
outside! We decided on them together and we had
to sign them.
Our feelings about the camp are very good,
because we think it is much fun to go skiing with
our colleagues. We would have found it even
better if we could have skied the whole day, every
day! It was sad that this was our class‘s last trip
to Splügen, but we had much more fun than last
year. Everything seemed ‚controlled‘ (in a good
way). Even when there were more kids than usual,
it seemed as though there were less.
We wish that in two years we could have an
alumni skilager get-together – without the other
Terra Nova classes.
Grade 6
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Report on
the Contrast
Programme
NOVA PARENTS
By Dawna Müller, mother of Chloé in Foundation Years
Philip, Malcom, Luca, Amanda and I went to the
contrast programme. Herr Pfeiffer was our teacher.
The programme started on Monday, 6 February
and ended on Friday, 11th. It was an alternative for
the people who did not wish to go to Splügen. This
was the first time that the contrast programme
had been offered. So, it was also the first time I
went to it.
Some of the week’s activities happened in the
school, but on Tuesday we went to Basel
and on Thursday to Bern. In Basel we visited the
Tinguely Museum and after that we went to the
Paper Museum. Tinguely was a famous Swiss
artist who built unuseful things with old machine
parts. They are more decoration and a little
’eccentric.’
Libby
Laino
Libby grew up outside
of New York City. She
studied English and Art
History and received
her Bachelor of Arts
from Williams College
in Massachusetts,
which is also where
she met her husband
Peter. While Peter
was at Harvard Business School, Libby worked in
the development office of the Harvard University
Art Museum. She then became the Development
Director of a private, tuition free school for
underprivileged children in Harlem, New York City.
Libby, Peter and their three children, Kiki, Victoria
and Peter, moved to Zurich in August 2006.
Why is bilingual education for your child
important to you?
In Bern we first ate lunch in a restaurant and after
that we went to the Paul Klee Museum. Paul Klee
was a American artist who painted very, very crazy
pictures.
Every year, if this exciting programme continues,
there will be one theme - like Paper. This time we
made things as well as looking at the different
museums. In the Paul Klee Museum we coloured
some cardboard cards that we stuck together. In
the Paper Museum we also made our own paper!
I really enjoyed the contrast programme. The only
thing I didn’t like were the long train trips.
For the future I would wish that we didn’t have to
travel so long by train to get somewhere.
Moritz Lips
My children came from a bilingual German
American elementary school in America. My two
daughters were among the first 20 students in the
first year the school opened. The dirty, old rented
classrooms the school was then housed in weren’t
quite what I had imagined for my little girls….
but, it made me realize how much a dedicated,
visionary principal, a handful of very, very good
teachers and engaged students and parents
can achieve. It made me realize that things like
shiny new computers and brand new desks are
virtually superfluous to a child’s education. Most
surprising to me was what a bilingual education
was giving to my children…not merely another
language, but something very exceptional. They
were becoming more critical, generous, openminded thinkers. When we found Terra Nova,
we felt we had found the same thing for our
children….a place that makes them step outside
of their own way of thinking about things and
encourages them to find other ways of seeing the
world and themselves in it.
What is your favourite restaurant in Zurich for:
-Families?
We love Nooba, Yooji’s, and Terrasse!
-A romantic dinner with your husband?
What a great idea…hopefully we’ll find a place
soon!
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What is your favourite European Vacation spot
for families?
We really love Munich, Sylt and Lech.
What is your favourite part of Switzerland?
and more complicated than ever.
What do you miss about your home country?
Whole Foods (a really great organic supermarket
chain) and supermarket express lines!
I really love Zurich….and the way the lake
looks on foggy days and seeing the snowy
mountains far away on sunny days. I think
Luzerne is also so incredibly beautiful.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
What is your favourite day trip to take with the
children?
What is your greatest extravagance?
Our favourite trip with the kids might not be their
favourite trip with us…but, I think we all love to
go to Luzerne.
What sport would you love to play?
Just the five of us….together, happy, and just
hanging around!
Very good food and travel experiences.
What do you find most intriguing about Swiss
culture?
I want to improve my skiing….right now, I feel
that my kids are about to overtake me and
soon I will just be slowing them down.
All of the rules….and yet, still the crazy ski lift lines!
What is your most distinguishing characteristic?
What do you never leave home without?
I think I try to be nice and fair and a good mom.
I almost always leave home without something I
should never leave home without, but I suppose
if I have my kids and my car keys I’m safe!
Who is your favourite writer?
What is your favourite spot in Zurich?
I LOVE the terrace at the Hotel Sonne in
Kuesnacht….I think we go there almost every day
that the weather is nice. It is just an incredibly
beautiful spot to go for lunch, ice cream, a beer,
or dinner. I remember visiting Zurich four years
ago and passing by that spot on the Ferry.
What is the biggest culture shock you have
experienced living in Switzerland?
I am always overwhelmed by how the small
kindnesses of strangers can make a new
experience seem not quite so frightening and
more often than not, that has been our experience
since moving here and has helped make the
transition, especially for our kids, easier.
I think I am still surprised at how many people
really have such a negative view of America and
Americans. My oldest daughter was in a group
and an adult told a little boy not to swear or
he would “sound like an American”, and I
suppose that is fairly mild example. I always
tell my kids that they are ambassadors for their
country and that they should never deal in
stereotypes...hopefully, they take their roles,
however small, seriously. Also, I know it is true
that the same can most likely be said for any place
in the world, including America…so, I hope my
children remember that too, when they
are back in America. The world is smaller
I have favourite books more than favourite
writers…..my two favourite books are Anna
Karenina and Wuthering Heights…..they are
both so hauntingly sad and beautiful and I’ve
read them over and over. But, I also think
anything by Robert Benchley is great…he
is always just laugh-out-loud funny..
Michael
Engesser
Michael was born in
Zurich, Switzerland.
After graduating with
an Engineering degree
from Technikum in
Winterthur, Michael
moved to California
where he met his
American wife Lisa.
Michael, Lisa and their
growing family moved to Chicago where they lived
for five years. After living in the US for 16 years,
Michael, Lisa and their four children moved to
Zurich in August 2006. Michael currently works for
Reishauer AG in Wallisellen.
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Why is a bilingual education for your children
important to you?
Because we are living in a global society.
What is your favourite restaurant in Zurich for:
- Families?
Gruenwald Restaurant
- A romantic dinner with your wife?
Veltliner Keller
What is your favourite European Vacation spot for
families?
Swiss Mountain Resorts
What is your favourite part of Switzerland?
Zurich
What is your favourite day trip to take with the
children?
Engelberg
What do you find most intriguing about Swiss
culture?
How such a small country can influence business
worldwide.
What do you never leave home without?
PDA/cellphone
What’s up
17./18.5.07
> Auffahrtswochenende - schulfrei
> Ascension Day Weekend - no school
What is your favourite spot in Zurich?
Lindenhof
What is the biggest culture shock you have
experienced living in Switzerland?
All the unwritten rules and regulations that are
enforced by strangers and neighbours alike
What do you miss most about your home
country?
Wide open spaces
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being tucked five feet into a barrelling wave
knowing I’ll make it out before it collapses to be
back with my family.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Buying a house in ZURICH
What sport would you love to play?
I love to surf. But you experience surfing you don’t
play it.
What is your most distinguishing characteristic?
My Swiss accent
Who is your favourite writer?
Raymond Chandler
Öffnungszeiten
Kaffee-Bar
28.5.07
> Pfingstmontag
> Whit Monday
29.5.07
> Infoveranstaltung Basisstufe/1. Klasse
> Information evening Foundation Years/Grade 1
31.5.07
> Infoveranstaltung 4. - 6. Klasse
> Information evening Grades 4 to 6
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18. und 25. Mai.; 1./8./15. und 29. Juni
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