In February, our Year 4 class had the incredible opportunity to visit EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) in Darmstadt, thanks to the generous support of one of our class parents who works there. It was a day filled with curiosity, excitement, and learning!

The SISS primary school's first Christmas performance since 2019 was a great success.

The children, together with their teachers and TAs, put a lot of effort into putting a programme full of variety on stage: traditional and unconventional poems, Christmas carols including a bucket drum version of Jingle Bells,and last but not least the play ‘Snowman at Sunset’, which was performed by the four Flexible Lower Primary classes.

On Wednesday 18th December, the Flexible Lower Primary classes welcomed Frau Süß and her beautiful, patient dog, Uschi, to school for an assembly.
The children had been busy thinking about the meaning of Advent and for the last month had collected together donations of food and bedding for the local 'Tierheim' in Darmstadt.

The Flex-classes were excited to learn about the Tierheim; they also had opportunities to ask questions about the important work that is done there. We learnt a little about the different kinds of animals that live at the shelter.

It was a wonderful morning.
A big thank you to everyone who donated an item for this event.
The Flex Team

The sports day in June 2024 started a little wet - just as all the classes had arrived at the stadium and the warm-up was about to begin, it started to rain. We briefly considered cancelling the day, but then decided to go ahead with the sports day as planned.

And that turned out to be the right decision - the warm-up still took place in the rain, but that couldn't stop the athletes.

The children completed their four stations in the morning with great enthusiasm and much success - and were able to relax and enjoy snacks in the playground during the breaks.

We would like to thank everyone without whom the sports day would not have been possible: the parent helpers, the school paramedics, the teachers and carers and, last but not least, our dedicated sports teachers.

As always, we would also like to thank the "FriendsofSISS" Förderverein, who donated a refreshing ice cream for the children and all the helpers at the end of the day.

We are already looking forward to Sportsday 2025!

text and pictures: U.Wetterich

The Y3 Fantastic Foxes students made their school radio debut in July 2023.

Limericks are short poems that are funny. They always have 5 lines and follow a specific rhyming pattern. Limericks began in England in the early 1700s and were made famous by the poet Edward Lear in the 1800s. Each student wrote their own limerick and recorded a reading of it to air on the school radio station. The visit to the on-campus recording studio was extra special because the students were studying the topic Sound in their Science lessons.

Text and picture: Emily Rohrbach, Class Teacher Y3FF

We are thrilled to share the experiences our Year 4BB pupils had during their recent residential trip to the Albert Schweitzer Haus in Lindenfels. From March 22nd to March 24th, our class embarked on a journey filled with fun, learning, and laughter. At the Jugendherberge, located amidst a forest, the children had the opportunity to meet and feed rabbits, sheep, and playful cats, making friends along the way. We enjoyed refreshing walks in which we explored and immersed ourselves in nature.

On Monday 5th June, the four classes of Flexible Lower Primary were excited to welcome First Aiders from the ASB (Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund) for a children's first aid course. During the morning, each class had a 90 -minute session learning the basics of emergency first aid, including how to cope with a nosebleed and how to put someone into the recovery position. The children also learned how to apply bandages to a wound, with the result that by the end of the session the whole class was bandaged. Fortunately, it only looked scary to those who then met the class in the schoolyard or in the hallway - all the children were actually very well.

The morning was a great success with all the children taking part and having lots of fun.

Our thanks to the staff from the ASB for a super and informative morning.

text and pictures: Emma Nicholls, class teacher of Flex PP on behalf of the Flexible Lower Primary team

Finally there is a Walkathon again!

Many of the primary school children have never participated in a walkathon before.

Therefore, there was a kick-off event in May where the primary school students were visited by Dylon, Robin, Simon and Sid from Y11/SISS Secondary. The IB students explained the key facts about the event to the children:

- What is a walkathon?

- Who can participate?

- When does it take place? and - last but not least -.

- How can everyone raise money together?

Apart from the idea of participating together in such an event, there was one detail that the children particularly liked: they would all like to meet the "chicken man on the bike", who gives exhausted runners a boost from time to time during the walkathon!

It was a great assembly - we would like to thank the four IB students and Mr Rafal Milerski, who supports the organising team, and look forward to seeing many families at the Walkathon!

U. Wetterich, June 2023

Was it a great day?

The Christian Stock Stadium was buzzing with activity on 24 May. The children from the Grundschulzweig and Siss Primary celebrated the sports festival together.

In the weeks before, they had practised a lot in sports lessons. Finally, the time had come: no arithmetic, no writing, no reading, no German and no English - instead, sprinting, jumping, throwing and long-distance running were on the schedule, with time for picnics and fun and games.

Am 29. März fand nach zwei Jahren Pause endlich wieder das Schwimmfest der Grundschulen im Dieburger Schwimmbad statt. Das Schuldorf nahm mit einer Mannschaft bestehend aus acht Kindern der 3. Klassen des deutschen Grundschulzweigs und der SISS Primary daran teil.