Corona painting competition What does the Corona crisis mean for our future coexistence? How has the world changed? How should we deal with this pandemic and adhere to the new rules? No more meeting friends, no longer being able to go to school and having to do without a lot of things. How are students experiencing this pandemic? In art class, students from grades 5 to 8 created great works of art about the pandemic. An individual competition and a class competition were held. The winners all received a small recognition. We are proud of the students’ creative works! Hoodie-project Our student
Congratulations to class 9 that successfully passed the DSD I diploma.
The school enrolment ceremony on September 22, 2020 took place under special circumstances this year. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, students, parents and teachers had to adhere to special hygiene rules. But despite the strict precautionary measures, the celebration was a complete success. As it is every year, the stage was beautifully decorated. Mrs. Hailer, our new headmistress, and Madame Sahar, head of the Egyptian department, gave a short speech. The traditional school giftbags were presented to the first graders. Souvenir photos were taken and the new classrooms were inspected. The new class teachers Ms. Bossart and Ms. Walzel are
Dr. Nunn, German ambassador in Egypt, visited for the first time the German School Hurghada and handed over the certificate “Excellent German School abroad” to students, parents, teacher and school board during a ceremony in front of the school building. Text and photos: Ernst Breuer
In October we had a nice highlight in the Geographie lessons of classes 5 and 7 of Mrs. Golbeck: Mrs. Esperanza Barracaldo (Manager of the CC Red Sea and born in Columbia) invited the students on a tour to the columbian country side. She shared her impressions of a stay last summer in a columbian school which was rebuilt after being destroyed by a hurricane. Further on, she told the students about the original inhabitants of Columbia, about their habits and traditions. The students learned a lot about the foreign culture and could also taste typical columbian sweets. The students
Photos of the traditional “St. Martinsumzug” at the German School Hurghada.
Since the beginning of the school year we focussed on the reduction and avoidance of plastic waste. Therefore our school year was ending with an environmental week, which was based on these topics as well. In cooperation with Hepca, all student went to an island clean up, to collect rubbish as well as to get an idea how this situation of waste in the Red Sea is lookin like. Also organized by Hepca was a trip to the waste sorting plant, in which mainly the rubbish of the hotels is collected. The team of the Ministry of Environment was also
Celebration carnival has a long tradition at our school: from Nursery and Pre School up to Primary School all students had a great time on the day, either in school, but also in the afternoon in the Cultural Center CC Red Sea next door, where our parents`representatives organized a fantastic party for our kids. The funny day ended by our carnival parade in front of our school. Thanks to our parents for the organization!
Every year the DSH is inviting the school community to join us on our open day. The theme of this was “Language – more than words”. During the week before, all students worked on different projects, which were proudly presented on the open day: films, small plays, recipe books as well as great decorations in all class rooms. The visitors had the chance to see all projects and to get an impression of our creative and successful work at our school – and of course enjoy having home made cakes on the buffet organized by our parents representatives. Thanks to
Berlin Trip On the evening of the 10th of December 2018, classes ten, eleven and twelve flew with Germania airlines from Hurghada, Egypt to Berlin, the capital of Germany. It was a highly anticipated trip that has been in plan by the school, teachers, and students for several months. In this report we want to share some of the highlights of our trip. We arrived in Berlin at midnight, all of the girls were really tired from travelling, but the boys were not willing to go to bed and so they went to eat at Durum restaurant. The people