Intensive support also during lessons

The pedagogical concept for grades 5 and 6 is defined by intensive supervision within a child-appropriate environment:

• Instruction in small classes and study groups, embedded in a learning centers
• Supervised study times after school
• Support and encouragement based on previous level of skills knowledge, e.g., through additional learning groups
• Guided learning and a learning support program
• Encouragement of special talents by participation in competitions, student academies and campus-based activities
• Support and monitoring by grade-based teams of subject specialists and boarding staff 
• Educational therapy for students with learning disabilities
• Intensive German courses for non-native learners in an integrated language school (grades 5 to 7)
• Supplemental German and English courses for non-native speakers and the opportunity to earn language certificates
• Holistic, project-based and interdisciplinary learning in mixed classes for topics such as agriculture, health, Stone Age, Middle Ages, newspapers & media
• Supplemental, theme-related educational activities, such as study trips, excursions, extracurricular clubs
• Civic education through evening programs and student self-governance (student council, academic council, study groups)
• Outdoor activity weeks