We have four classes of 24 children. That's a total of 96.

Although most of our children are German, we have lots of nationalities represented at our school--East Indian, Spanish, Greek, French, US American, Syrian, and Russian to name the most common ones.

Most of our children are German.

All of our kids are local.

Yes

Yes

Spanish, French, Greek

24

24

Yes

We have a classroom set of Snappets, a tablet that works well for independent learning and review in math and German. Classrooms have laptops with projection capability. We also have a classroom set of Chromebooks.

We offer the typical Catholic and Protestant religion sections along with Ethics. Along with those two branches we have some Orthodox, Muslim, and Hindi families.

Most of those children opt for the Ethics course.

In grades 2 and 3 the children complete the VERA tests in German and/or math.

We are always pleased with the results as it compares our school to all other schools, in Bavaria and wider Germany. You can check our website out for results.

We have weekly plans that kids need to accomplish during each week. If they don't finish the plan, they take it home on Friday (or during the week if they get significantly behind). We build work time into our instruction.

Because we build work time into our instruction, it's difficult to say. The rule of 10 minutes per grade per day is a good rule of thumb.

All of them as we are a primary school.

Yes, each classroom has two teachers, a native English and a native German teacher. This allows for more small group and one-on-one work. We also have a teacher's aide in the classroom very often during the day, many of whom have trained as teachers. Our school also has a school psychologist.

Depending on the child, the support differs. Some children simply need a little extra support, which the second teacher or teacher's aide can offer. Our school psychologist offers pull out training for those with reading and math challenges. Our system of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), a classroom management philosophy, helps children with behavioral challenges.

When we know children need more challenging work, having a two teacher per room system allows for working with those kids. If the situation calls for it, moving a child up a class for certain subjects is a possibility.

Yes

From the many inquiries we receive, we invite about 80 families to an informational meeting in the fall. From those we invite a smaller number of families to a personal interview with the school director to fill the 24 spots we have to offer each year.

Always

Although we don't have an official deadline, the form for indicating interest in a first grade spot appears June the year prior to the school start. From those interested, 80 families are invited to a meeting in October. After that a smaller number are interviewed. The director has the process finished by early January of the calendar year that the first grader would start school.

This is possible only if a spot opens up in a classroom because a family moves away.

Basically, we have somewhat of a staggered start; children must be in the classroom between 8:20 and 8:45 AM, depending on the grade level.

We all finish at 3:30 PM Mondays through Thursdays. Friday is a short day with the noon break finishing at 2:00 PM.

We provide both--before school from 7:30 AM and after school until 6:30 PM.

No

Yes

Yes

No

We offer many activities, but the most popular are cooking, DIY crafts, chess, Roberta Lego robot building, stop action digital film making, and sport club to name a few.

We follow the Bavarian curriculum for physical education.

Because we are a primary school, our families organize sport activities outside of the school day.

We have a multi-purpose room for some sport time, but we borrow a gymnasium from two different schools for our longer sport times.

Although we are a private school, we have "staatliche Anerkennung" and follow the Bavarian curriculum. We have several aspects that characterize our school: English/German bilingual learning with 2 native speaking teachers per classroom plus an aide, a focus on learning values, a special subject called "Europa," an emphasis on healthy eating and living, and great opportunities for music and drama with curricular choir and theater time.
If you're interested in further details, you can check out this section on our website: https://grundschule.comenius-muenchen.de/index.php/schulprofil/paedagogisches-konzept

Although we follow the Bavarian curriculum, our educators come from various countries with a variety of teaching and learning philosophies. In a typical week at our school, you might see traditional lecture approach, individually paced station work, partner or cooperative learning, and project learning. We also think field trips and outdoor learning are very important. In fact we spend a good number of days in the Aubinger Lohe with staff who have a special outdoor learning training. Most importantly, the kids are actively involved in their own learning.