Month: November 2022
Scouts Badge Camp
The German School Scouts had a badge camp at the school from the 21st – the 23rd of October 2022. Among the activities were: 1. Nature study at the karura forest 2. Conservation 3. Swimming badge assessment 4. Investiture ceremony where the scouts were admitted into the worldwide brotherhood of scouting and awarded the first …
KAISSO Region 1 Swimming
On Friday, 28th – October-2022, the German school Nairobi attended KAISSO Region 1 Swimming at Rosslyn academy. The following represented the DSN; Lara VanCasteren -100m IM, 200m Relay Giulia Feliziani -50m Breaststroke, 50m Freestyle and 200m Relay Naledi Omondi -50m Backstroke, 50m Butterfly and 200m Relay Lana Sikaonga -200m Relay Six schools which comprise of …
The University of Nature
Hammering, screwing, sawing, welding… Wood, metal, and bare iron We build a composting toilet – University of Nature As part of the studio lessons, we founded the University of Nature. We aim to put parts of the subject lessons into practice to teach the students so-called “life skills” in addition to classical subjects such as …
Visit of the “Peers” from Rostock
Every six years, a German school abroad receives a so-called “Bund-Länder-Inspektion”. This is – simply explained – the regular official quality check from Germany. In order to be well prepared for this quality check, the schools conduct a so-called “peer review” before the federal-state inspection, i.e. they have partner schools visit them and ask them …
The chaos…and how it could be avoided!
On Monday, we, class 6, left a real mess in the classroom! The chairs were not put up after the end of the lesson, our shoes had left traces and paper was also sailing lonely through the room…Due to a room change we did not fulfill our obligations in the classroom. We noticed the next …
German School at the Nairobi Marathon!
Who comes to school at 5:30 on a Sunday morning? Only the really tough ones, those who are also ready to run 42.195 km or 21 or, yes, even 10 or 5 kilometers. Already on Saturday evening, the runners of the German School Community met for the obligatory pasta party in the cafeteria. At dawn, …
