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Extra Curricular Activities
ECA Booklet Term 1
Last updated 24 August 2018
2018-2019
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Extra Curricular Activities booklet from Berlin Brandenburg International School
2018/2019 Term 1 with preview Terms II and III.
We strongly encourage all students to participate in this program as it offers a unique opportunity to meet
new friends, be a risk-taker, and share and learn new passions whilst having fun! The program enables
students to learn new skills and fully become part of our international school community.
The ECA program aims to further open the minds and eyes of our students, to provide them with
something new and challenging to look forward to. We are therefore excited to be able to offer such
diverse activities as chamber music, international award, athletic activities, home language academy and
many more new activities.
We are very fortunate with the generosity and commitment of the BBIS staff, as well as external and
volunteer instructors; however, it is sometimes impossible to offer activities all year round. This does
however, provide our students with a greater opportunity to try different activities throughout the year.
Sincerely yours,
The ECA Coordinator
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Important Dates & Registration 6
Primary School Students 6
Dress Code – Sport Activities 6
Commitment and Absences 7
Costs 7
Cancellations only within the first two weeks of each Term. 8
Late Bus Information 8
PRIMARY SCHOOL ECA OPTIONS 10
Primary Dance 10
Hip Hop Dance 11
Charity Action – Slankets 11
Chess Club 12
Construction 12
Karate 13
Junior Math Club 13
Home Language Academy 14
Primary Orchestra 14
Programme For Academic Success (PAS) 15
Primary Football 15
Young Chef 16
Tech Ninjas 17
Plasticine and Lego-Land Fun 17
Science Club 18
Design and Create 18
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Pottery & Sculpting 19
SECONDARY SCHOOL ECA OPTIONS 20
Charity Action – Slankets 20
Berliner Tafel School Group 20
Word-a-Day Creating Club 21
Home Language Academy 21
Chemistry DP Study Club 22
Literature and Critical Thinking 22
Academic Language Club 23
IB Essay Writing Course 23
Creative Writing Course 24
Building a Little Free Library 24
Robot Club 25
The Eco-Warriors 25
Role Playing Games Club (RPG Club) 26
Drama Club - ONE SONG GLORY: An AIDS Research Benefit Concert 28
Drama Club: Musical – Alice in Wonderland 29
Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Bronze and Silver 30
Duke of Edinburgh Award - GOLD 30
Gay Straight Alliance 33
Habitat for Humanity, Romania 33
Math Club For Juniors 34
Senior Math Club L Factor 34
Model United Nations 35
BBIS Secondary School Orchestra 35
Songwriting and music production 36
Pathway to Success (PAS) 36
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Stock Club 37
Stress Buster Yoga Class 37
Karate 38
Women’s Self Defence 38
Film Making Club 39
Digital Video 39
Digital Photography 41
SECONDARY SCHOOL SPORTS OPTIONS 42
Lunchtime Cross Country 42
U14 Boys & Girls Badminton 43
Varsity Boys & Girls Badminton 43
U14 Boys Football 44
U14 Girls Football 44
Varsity Boys Football 45
Varsity Girls Football 45
U14 Pre-Season Basketball (Girls and Boys) 46
Varsity Girls Pre-Season Basketball 46
Varsity Boys Volleyball 47
Varsity Girls Volleyball 47
Wrestling – Folk Style 48
BBIS CO-CURRICULAR MUSIC PROGRAMME 2018 - 2019 48
BBIS Co-Curricular Music teachers Biography 51
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Important Dates & Registration
Term 1 = Monday 3 September 2018 - Friday 14 December 2018 ( Please note there be will no
ECAs from 24 September - 28 September. No late bus will run during this week.)
Term 2 = Monday 14 January - Friday 29 March 2019
Term 3 = Monday 1 April - Friday 14 June 2019
ECAs will run during the above dates, unless otherwise stated. All students who would like to participate in
an ECA must be registered using the online form. There is an expectation of 90% attendance during school
in order to qualify for ECA external trips (e.g. GISST basketball tournaments, Maths Competitions, etc.).
There is a two (2) week trial period where students ensure they will commit to an ECA. After the two (2)
week trial period, all students will be billed for the ECA, whether they decide to continue or not. Students
will not be able to attend an ECA if they haven’t registered online by the deadline.
Deadline for Term 1 afterschool activity registration is Friday 7 September 2018.
Please register via the online link below from Monday, 27 August 2018:
ECA Registration Link
Primary School Students
IMPORTANT: All Primary School students should meet in the Aula at 15.00 on the day of their ECA.
Student attendance will be confirmed before the ECA Leader collects students and walks them to their
activity. ECA Leaders will then walk relevant students to the Late Bus upon finishing at 16.30.
Dress Code – Sport Activities
All participants of sporting activities are expected to wear appropriate, functional clothing. Indoor activities
require non-marking, clean indoor shoes.
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Commitment and Absences
There is an expectation that once signed up for an activity, students attend the activity for the entire length
of the term. If circumstances prevent students from continuing or coming to an activity, we ask you to
inform the ECA Coordinator (eca.coordinator@bbis.de) and the activity leader in advance.
Please email your ECA activity leader and the ECA Coordinator (eca.coordinator@bbis.de) if
your child will not be at their scheduled ECA due to sickness, absence, etc.
Costs
The majority of ECAs will include a moderate contribution to partially cover the costs they generate. The
costs for most ECAs are split into three (3) categories, and will be as follows:
FREE: No up front charge – there may be some small costs involved, but it will be clearly stated in the
booklet. There are a number of activities such as lunchtime ECAs that are free.
PAID: This is a yearly flat fee.
If starting in Term I for the full year, the fees will be
160 Euros for 1 ECA once a week per term across the whole year
280 Euros for unlimited ECAs across the whole year
If starting in Term II only (January 2019), the fees will be
105 Euros for 1 ECA once a week per term across Terms II and III
180 Euros for unlimited ECAs across Terms II and III
If starting in Term III only (April 2019), the fees will be
50 Euros for 1 ECA once a week per term for Term III
90 Euros for unlimited ECAs for Term III
A similar number of activities will be offered in Term 11 and Term 111. The annual flat fee is based on the
experience that most students take one or several activities all year round. Therefore, the payment process
for parents becomes a once-a-year exercise to simplify the process.
The following refunds will be returned to your account in case of dropping ECAs after Term I
or Term II. Please send us a refund request via email to eca.coordinator@bbis.de .
Paid for one ECA: 50 Euros refund per term.
Paid for unlimited ECAs: 90 Euros refund per term.
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EXTERNAL: Up front charge direct from the instructor (not the school). There is NO free trial period
for this category. If a student does not continue after the 2 week trial period, a payment for the 1st or 2nd
week will be required. External instructors will provide you with a contract to complete and inform you
directly of the payment details.
Cancellations only within the first two weeks of each Term.
If your child started an ECA and does not want to continue beyond the first two weeks, you can withdraw
without costs. To withdraw, you need to send an email cancellation to the ECA Coordinator.
Late Bus Information
There is no additional fee required for extra buses that run exclusively for ECAs that finish at 16.30.
The late bus is available to Early Education, Primary and Secondary School students. There are late buses on
Monday through to Friday.
The late bus leaves school at 16.45. This bus will follow a strict route and time schedule. Normal school bus
rules, as printed in the school handbooks, also apply for the late bus. Early Education and Primary
School students will need to be collected from the relevant bus stop where appropriate. If no
one is there to meet the student, they will be returned to BBIS (unless stated), whereby the relevant person
will be contacted.
Please indicate online which stop your son/daughter will be getting off at.
Any students waiting to be picked up will need to do so in the Atrium of House 3 (unless other
arrangements are made by the instructor).
Berlin Late Bus BBIS 2018-2019
Time Bus Stop
16:45 School
16:49 Meiereifeld
16:50 Haeckelstraβe
16:52 Klausenerstraβe
16:54 Sachtlebenstraβe
16:55 Gutzmannstraβe
17:00 S-Bhf. Zehlendorf
17:01 Zehlendorf Eiche
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17:08 Niklasstraβe
17:10 S-Bhf. Mexikoplatz
17:11 Forststraβe
17:12 Krumme Lanke
17:14 Onkel-Tom-Straβe
17:15 Oskar-Helene-Heim
17:16 Hüttenweg
17:18 Alliiertenmuseum
17:20 Königin-Luise-Straβe / Clayallee
17:21 Finkenstraβe
17:22 Pücklerstraβe
17:23 Messelstraβe
17:25 Teplitzer Straβe (Hagenstraβe)
17:26 Hubertusbaderstraβe
17:27 Richard-Strauss-Straβe
17:30 Hagenplatz
17:31 Taubertstraβe
17:32 Hasensprung
17:33 Herbertstraβe
17:37 Joachim-Friedrich-Straβe
17:40 Adenauerplatz
17:43 S-Bhf. Charlottenburg
17:47 Amtsgerichtsplatz
17:55 Theodor-Heuβ-Platz
Potsdam Late Bus BBIS 2018- 2019
Time Bus Stop
16:45 School
16:50 Eichhörnchenweg
16:55 Wannsee / Nibelungenstraβe
16:57 Wernerstraβe
17:05 S-Bhf. Griebnitzsee
17:20 Berliner Straβe / Menzelstraβe
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17:21 Berliner Straβe / Mangerstraβe
17:22 Berliner Straβe / Otto-Nagel-Straβe
17:30 Birkenstraβe / Alleestraβe
PotsdamBus GmbH Telefon 033203 884925
Schopfheimer Allee 10 Fax 033203 884945
14532 Kleinmachnow info@potsdambus.de
Bus Schedule 2015/2016 www.potsdambus.de
PRIMARY SCHOOL ECA OPTIONS
Primary Dance
● Payment category: External
● Grade levels: Grade 1-5
● Activity leader: Brittany Davis
● Contact email: brittanydavisdance@gmail.com
● Days: Tuesdays
● Time: 15.00 – 16.30
● Duration: Term 1
● Costs: 208 euros (16 euros x 13 classes)
● Limit: 16 students
● Location: Fitness Room
The course will be designed to meet the needs of beginner-level and intermediate-level dancers. The
structure of the class will begin with 6 weeks of a more classically influenced Ballet/Creative Dance
classes, then switch to 6 weeks of funkier, high-energy Jazz/Creative Dance classes. Students will achieve
coordination, balance and learn how to control their bodies in motion. As well as learning ballet and jazz
technique, the students will gain further understanding in discipline, patience, and develop self
confidence as well as build a healthy, strong physique. Most importantly, the class is designed to be a
welcoming, fun-loving environment for all types of movers! The students will work on two separate
dance routines (one Ballet and one Jazz) to then show in an informal performance during the class time
at the end of the Term. Attire should consist of tight clothing to bring awareness to alignment within
the body. Footwear is open to ballet/jazz shoes or solid coloured socks. This course is open to both
females and males. All students are permitted one trial class. If they do not wish to continue or if the
class is full, the parents are still obligated to pay 16€ via bank transfer to the teacher directly. For
students who have taken this ECA in previous Terms: Class structure stays the same with new warm ups,
music, learned material, and dance combinations. There will be no regular class held on September
25th or October 23rd.
10Hip Hop Dance
● Payment category: External
● Grade levels: Grade 1-5
● Activity leaders: Instructor Nina Filipp
● Contact email: Kim Lonsdale and Maggie Towe - tanz-zehlendorf@hotmail.com
● Days: Mondays
● Time: 15:00-16:30
● Duration: Term 1
● Costs: 15 Euros per class including trial
● Limit: 6-20 students - This ECA will only take place if a minimum of six students sign up.
● Location: Aula
Cool moves, groovy beats, find your own individual style and a strong technique through urban dance
exercises and choreography. This course is about fun and feeling the music.
Charity Action – Slankets
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 4 – 12
● Activity leader: Josselyn Van Der Pol
● Contact email: josselyn.vanderpol@bbis.de
● Days: Wednesdays
● Time: 15.00 – 16.30
● Duration: All year
● Costs: No additional costs
● Limit: None
● Location: Room 3332
SLANKETS are blankets with sleeves. This is a charity group where students collaborate to make gift boxes
for children who are terminally ill. Slanket students cut blankets and sew them into long sleeved tunics,
decorate journals, and raise money in order to cover the costs for these and additional gifts. NO special
sewing talents are needed, only enthusiasm is wanted. Students are volunteering to work, so please come
prepared to help and assist in whatever needs doing. This is a great opportunity to fulfil some of your
service learning requirements for the MYP, IBDP or the IBCP.
11Chess Club
● Payment category: External
● Grade levels: Grade 1 – 5
● Activity leader: Frank Neumann
● Contact email: r.neumann@gmx.de
● Days: Monday
● Time: 15.00 – 16.30
● Duration: Term 1 and possibly Term 2 & 3
● Costs: €150 for Term 1
● Limit: Min. 6 students, Max. 10 students
● Location: Room 3105
Children will learn how to play and how to have fun with this amazing game. The instructor has long-term
experience in teaching primary school students, mainly in the German language.
- Qualified and licensed teacher
- Tactics, rules and support via additional software
- Strategy learning and much fun!
Construction
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 1 – 3
● Activity leader: Wendy Welch
● Contact email: wendy.welch@bbis.de
● Days: Wednesdays
● Time: 15.00 – 16.30
● Duration: Term 1
● Costs: No additional costs
● Limit: 10 students
● Location: House 1, Room 1332
Where your children can come and construct which includes social interaction with others, fine and gross
motor skills, creativity and independence to work on their own but also with others. A fun group to work
with and to construct with Lego.
12Karate
● Payment category: External
● Grade levels: Grade 1 – 12 (All)
● Activity leader: Sensei Damon and Sensei Michaela Pateas
● Contact email: damon@karatepotsdam.de
● Days: Wednesdays
● Time: 15.00 – 16.30
● Duration: Terms 1, 2 & 3
● Costs: €115 for Term 1
● Limit: None
● Location: Fitness Room
Discover the Martial art of Shukokai Karate. Shukokai is a very dynamic karate style known for its natural
grace, speed and effective techniques. More than just kicking and punching, our students learn to focus and
concentrate to build confidence as well as inner and outer strength.
Junior Math Club
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 4 – 5
● Activity leader: Maryam Samii
● Contact email: maryam.samii@bbis.de
● Days: Wednesdays
● Time: 15.00 – 16.30
● Duration: All year
● Costs: No additional costs
● Limit: 6-10 students (Maximum number of 10 students. Registration will be closed after
this number is reached.)
● Location: Room 2205
Junior Math Club is an enrichment after school course for talented math students to extend their
mathematical thinking, and learn new strategies to do challenging math activities in a supportive
environment. Attending this ECA is a prerequisite for being considered as a candidate to participate in the
upcoming Maths Quest (an international math competition that will take place in the first week of May 2018
in Enka School in Istanbul/Turkey.) The four-member team for this competition will be selected by January
2019 and the selection criteria is based on student's overall performance (accuracy and speed in completing
tasks), team spirit and active participation in the Junior Math Club. The final decision on the make-up of the
competing team is entirely at the discretion of the course facilitator.
13Home Language Academy
● Payment category: Paid
● Grade levels: Grade 1 – 12
● Activity leader: Patience Montgomery and Josselyn Van der Pol
● Contact email: patience.montgomery@bbis.de
● Days: depending on language - please contact activity leaders
● Time: 15:10 - 16:30
● Costs: Paid
● Limit: None
● Location: Primary School and Secondary School
Does your child speak a language other than English at home? Is giving your child the gift of reading and
writing in your Home Language important to you? Do you envision your child returning to and studying in
your home country? The after school Home Language Academy offers enrichment for native speakers in
primary and secondary school in order to maintain and extend their Home Language. Groups will be
formed according to needs and numbers of interested students.
Primary Orchestra
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 1 – 5
● Activity leader: Kerstin Greaves
● Contact email: K.Dunkel@web.de
● Days: Thursdays
● Time: 15.00 – 16.30
● Duration: All year
● Costs: No additional costs
● Limit: None
● Location: Music Pavilion
This orchestra is for all Primary School students that are interested in playing in a group. It is good if you
already have some experience on an instrument or are willing to try out a new instrument (for example a
glockenspiel, piano or percussion). We will do some musical games and activities and practise the important
skill of playing together….and love to show what we have learned at the whole school assemblies and
SummerFest.
14Programme For Academic Success (PAS)
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 4-5
● Activity leader: Amanda Linton, Wendy Welch, Mona Tilli,
● Contact email: amanda.linton@bbis.de
● Days: Mondays
● Time: 15.00 – 16.30
● Duration: Term 1
● Costs: No additional costs
● Limit: 10 students
● Location: House 1, Room 1108
The Primary PAS programme is an activity aimed at supporting students academically in a calm and
encouraging environment, where they can think and improve their skills, as well as complete assignments
and projects. This ECA is especially helpful for students who benefit from a quiet and supportive
environment to complete assignments and for students who require extra academic assistance. It is highly
recommended for EAL students in grades 4 and 5.
Primary Football
● Payment category: External
● Grade levels: Grade 2-5
● Activity leader: Michel Kooistra
● Contact email: info@hollaendische-fussballschule.de
● Days: Tuesdays( Grade 2-3, Gym) Thursdays (Grade 4-5- Field)
● Time: 15.00 – 16.30
● Duration: Term 1 and most likely Term 2 & 3.
● Costs: €110 for Term 1
● Limit: 11-15 students
● Location: Tuesdays( Grade 2-3, Gym)Thursdays (Grade 4-5- Field)
Soccer fans around the world admire the Dutch style of play. Players like Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten,
Dennis Bergkamp, Clarence Seedorf and Arjen Robben have set a standard for exciting, creative play. For
the past 40 years, the Dutch have played a vital role in International soccer. Dutch players have been and
are currently playing for the most successful European clubs.
How did a tiny country like Holland become a world soccer leader? One major reason is that coaches in
the Netherlands are high-level educators who truly teach the game. In addition, the Royal Dutch Football
Federation (KNVB) is a global leader in creating development programs for young players.
At its foundation stands Rinus Michels, the man who ‘invented’ Total Soccer in the ’70’s. His ideas are the
basis of all the Dutch Soccer School programs, founded on the premise that the player’s ball control and
tactical development always receive top priority in training.
15This unique program goes far beyond the static regimented training environment employed by most camps.
Technical and tactical instruction are conducted through the application of small-sided games so that players
experience a training environment that replicates the real game.
Under the watchful eye of our Dutch trained coaching staff, players will begin to know what to do, how to
do it and when to do it — at the technical speed that is required in the modern game.
We group players according to age and ability, making their experience challenging and enjoyable. Based on
staff assessment and recommendation, individuals may be moved to higher-level groups as the school
progresses.
Our programs are designed to help players achieve their maximum potential through progressive exercises
that are individually challenging, as well as appropriate to the age and ability of each player.
Young Chef
● Payment category: Paid
● Grade levels: Grade 2 – 5
● Activity leader: Jui Shih
● Contact email: Jui.Shih@bbis.de
● Days: Wednesdays
● Time: 15.00 – 16.30
● Duration: Term 1 and possibly Term 2 & 3
● Costs: 50€ grocery cost in addition to the ECA cost.
● Limit: 7 students. No more students will be permitted due to health and safety.
● Location: House 1, EE Yellow, Room 1206
Young Chef is open to grades 2 – 5. Participants will experience hands-on cooking, which emphasises
healthy, delicious food made using mainly fresh produce. We will explore simple cooking techniques and
make 1-3 dishes each session, depending on the level of difficulty. Through the fun of cooking, children are
encouraged to taste new flavours and textures that food has to offer, and hopefully expand their palate for
healthy good eats.
16Tech Ninjas
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 3 – 5
● Activity leader: Anthony Russo
● Contact email: arusso@staff.bbis.de
● Days: Wednesdays and Thursdays
● Time: PYP Lunch times 12:20 - 13:20
● Duration: All Year
● Costs: None
● Limit: 6-10 students
● Location: Library - House One
The Tech Ninja team is a group of highly motivated, creative, and talented students with a passion for IT!
Not only using computers and mobile technologies responsibly but interested in exploring coding, robotics
and Virtual Reality. The group meets on Wednesday and Thursday, during lunch as well as special tech days
throughout the year such as Hour of Code. The Tech Ninjas will work as a team to assist all members of
the BBIS community in the use of computer technology for their learning and teaching, contributing to the
development of whole school practice as well as developing individual computer literacy and information
skills.
Students from year levels 3 - 5 are invited to join the team. If you have an interest in computers and
technology, are self-motivated and interested in helping others to use technology, you are invited to join.
Plasticine and Lego-Land Fun
● Payment category: Paid
● Grade levels: Grade 3 – 5
● Activity leader: Brigita Dulskiene
● Contact email: kliopa1965@gmail.com
● Days: Tuesdays and Fridays
● Time: 15:00-16:30
● Duration: Term 1 and possibly Term 2 & 3
● Costs: Free
● Limit: 6-10 students
● Location: Primary Art Room, 1401
● Description: Making funny and nice things out of plasticine
17Science Club
● Payment category: Free
● Grade Levels: Gd 1 - 5th Grade
● Activity leader: Vivian Huizenga
● Contact email: Vivian.Huizenga@bbis.de
● Day: Monday
● Time: 15:00 to 16:30
● Location: Rm 1337
● Maximum students: 10
Description: For all future botanists, chemists, doctors, meteorologists and geologists. Come and learn
more about plants, chemicals, mixtures, potions, stars, rocks and the human body. The children will have
hands on inquiry – based exposure to the physical world around them. We explore household bases and
acids, work with liquid states of matter and solids (cookie dough!). We will research rocks, plants and
weather with outside activities. A visit to the secondary science departments supports our human body
studies. Children will increase their current understanding of the sciences to a higher level.
Design and Create
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 1 to 5
● Activity leader: Vivian Huizenga
● Contact email: Vivian.Huizenga@bbis.de
● Day: Friday
● Time: 15:00 to 16:30
● Location: Art room Haus 1 for start 3:00/ Art room/ 4:30 pick up front entry Haus 1
● Maximum students: 15
Description: Future architects, designers, physics majors, bridge builders, artists and all creative children are
invited to come and explore their original abilities. We will work with cardboard, tape, string, glue, paper
and whatever else we can find to create anything we design ourselves! Children explore the limits and uses
of connecting material, structure supports, moving parts, cutting and estimating. All creations are valued.
Each session children share their pieces with peers, explaining the making process and discuss problems and
how they were overcome. Take home your project every week!
18Pottery & Sculpting
● Payment category: External
● Grade levels: Grade 1 – 12 (All)
● Activity leader: Mahdad Alizadeh
● Contact email: Mahdad_crr@yahoo.com
● Days: Tuesdays - starting date in September to be announced
● Time: 15.00 – 16.30
● Duration: Term 1
● Costs: 120€
● Limit: 15 students
● Location: Room 140
In this external ECA, students will learn how to work with the medium of clay. They will learn how to make
vessels/sculptures using their hands and/or pottery wheels. They can feel free to use their imagination and
creativity to make clay works, vessels and abstract forms. Also, the first few sessions they will be taught
how to use the pottery tools and how to tackle the problems associated with clay.
Since last year we have started to use different types and colors of clay as well. This year we will focus
more on free sculpting and making bigger figures.
Hope to see you there, let’s have some fun making art and improve our skills and “souls”.
Please note:
*Payment via Online Banking only till 4th September
Bank: Erste Bank
Name: Mahyar Mohammad Alizadeh
Fee: 120 Euro
IBAN: AT422011182695509900
BIC: GIBAATWWXXX
VERWENDUNGSZWECK: Gage
*Great works from some of BBIS students
19SECONDARY SCHOOL ECA OPTIONS
Charity Action – Slankets
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 4 – 12
● Activity leader: Josselyn Van Der Pol
● Contact email: josselyn.vanderpol@bbis.de
● Days: Wednesdays
● Time: 15:00 – 16:30
● Duration: All year
● Costs: No additional costs
● Limit: None
● Location: Room 3332
SLANKETS are blankets with sleeves. This is a charity group where students collaborate to make gift boxes
for children who are terminally ill. The students cut blankets and sew them into long sleeved tunics,
decorate journal, and raise money in order to cover the costs for these and additional gifts. NO special
sewing talents are needed, only your enthusiasm is wanted. You are volunteering to work, so please come
prepared to help and assist in whatever needs doing. This is a great opportunity to fulfill some of your
service learning requirements for the MYP, IBDP or the IBCP.
Berliner Tafel School Group
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 6– 12
● Activity supervisor: Josselyn Van Der Pol
● Activity leader: Jessica Yun Contact - Email: jessicayun0427@gmail.com
● Days: Fridays
● Time: 11:30 - 12:00
● Location: Room 3332
● Duration: All year
● Costs: No additional costs
● Limit: None
Berliner Tafel is an organization that saves food that go to trash in grocery stores, etc, so that people who
are in need can eat healthily. Each month, 680 tons of food are distributed, reaching 125,000 people.
However, Berliner Tafel is in need of volunteers to help them sort out food and go to donation destinations
and distribute food. The club will give dates and location for when and where distribution of food would
take place, and students would have the freedom to sign up for certain dates (mainly Saturdays) to go and
volunteer for Berliner Tafel. Furthermore, students should be responsible to be at the notified location on
time. Staff members are welcomed to join as well. There will also be food drives during the school year to
donate to Berliner Tafel. This is a great opportunity to fulfill service learning opportunities for MYP, IBDP
or IBCP.
20Word-a-Day Creating Club
● Payment category: Free
● Grade Levels: 6-12
● Activity leader: Josselyn van der Pol
● Contact email: Josselyn.vanderpol@bbis.de
● Day: Mondays (bi-weekly)
● Time: Lunch 11:05-11:30
● Location: Room 3332
● Maximum students: No limit
Word of the Day – we meet on a bi-weekly basis on Mondays at 11:05 in room 3332. We create PPTs of
words so that BBIS can have WORD POWER.
All Students wanting to learn new words and create entertaining ways to teach words are welcome. This is
a create way to build your own knowledge of vocabulary;
Preparing for PSAT, SATs? Don’t MINCE your WORDS. Join the club. Counts for both Service and
Creativity.
Home Language Academy
● Payment category: Paid
● Grade levels: Grade 1 – 12
● Activity leader: Patience Montgomery and Josselyn Van der Pol
● Contact email: josselyn.vanderpol@bbis.de
● Days: depending on language - please contact activity leaders
● Time: 15:10 - 16:30
● Costs: Paid
● Limit: None
● Location: Primary School and Secondary School
Does your child speak a language other than English at home? Is giving your child the gift of reading and
writing in your Home Language important to you? Do you envision your child returning to and studying in
your home country?
The after school Home Language Academy offers enrichment for native speakers in primary and secondary
school in order to maintain and extend their Home Language. Groups will be formed according to needs
and numbers of interested students.
21Chemistry DP Study Club
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: G11-12
● Activity leaders: Dr Saba Lodhi
● Contact email: slodhi@staff.bbis.de
● Days: Mondays
● Time: Lunchtimes 11:05-12:00
● Duration: All year
● Costs: None
● Limit: 20 students
● Location: 2306
Chemistry students can review and prepare for their exams in this study club. For Grade 11 questions will
coincide with topics taught in class for Grade 12 it will be all topics covered to date. The focus will be on
preparation for exam questions by preparing you to analyze questions and deducing your answers. Planned
attendance needs to be confirmed by you on the Google doc each week found on Mangebac so resources
are available for all attending.
Literature and Critical Thinking
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 8 – 12
● Activity leaders: Alvaro Daniel Logrono Gonzalez
● Contact email: alvaro.logrono@bbis.de
● Days: Mondays
● Time: 15:00- 16:30
● Duration: Term 1
● Grades: Grades 10,11 and 12
● Costs: Free
● Limit: Unlimited
● Location: Library
In ‘Literature and Critical Thinking’ I'd like to go over a few key Prose, Poetry, Drama and Philosophy
fragments with the students in order to analyse and discuss them in a relaxed way, without the pressure of
being graded or having a deadline to meet. Works and fragments tackled will range from Plato, Descartes
or Rousseau to Jonathan Swift, Seamus Heaney or W.B. Yeats. This workshop would be ideal for those
students willing to go a bit further in the realms of Literature and Humanities and for those who want to
feed their enquiring spirit - as well as their critical thinking.
22Academic Language Club
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: 11-12
● Activity leaders: Juliet Buckler, Ashni Murray
● Contact email: juliet.buckler@bbis.de, ashni.murray@bbis.de
● Days: Mondays
● Time: 15:00- 16:30
● Duration: Term 1
● Costs: Free
● Limit: 15 students
● Location: Room 3103
Do you want to improve your academic writing? Do you want to be able to use more sophisticated
vocabulary? Curious on how to improve our grades when it comes to writing to essay? Then join the
academic language club! Find the answers to these questions and a whole not more!
IB Essay Writing Course
● Payment category: External
● Grade levels: Grade 6 – 12
● Activity leaders: Valentina Ramona de Jesús
● Contact email: valentinardej@gmail.com
● Days: Mondays
● Time: 15:00- 16:30
● Duration: Term 1
● Costs: 250 Euros
● Limit: 15 students
● Location: Room 3209
Essay writing is one of the most important components of the IB program and usually, one of the most
challenging examinations for students. The key to essay-writing lays in the capacity of the student to
structure the text and coherently develop and discuss an argument. In this course, students will learn the
necessary skills to successfully draft and edit compelling IB essays. The course will discuss both, past IB
examination as well as some of the best essays written in the 19th and 20th century. By the end of the
course, students will have mastered the art of essay writing, a skill that will prove most necessary for the
writing of university applications and bachelor degrees.
23Creative Writing Course
● Payment category: External
● Grade levels: Grade 6 – 12
● Activity leaders: Valentina Ramona de Jesús
● Contact email: valentinardej@gmail.com
● Days: Tuesdays
● Time: 15:00- 16:30
● Duration: Term 1
● Costs: 250 Euros
● Limit: 15 students
● Location: Room 3209
Writing is one of the most important skills a student can learn. Although this course seeks to introduce
students in the basics of creative writing, the course is highly recommended to any student who seeks to
learn how to better communicate using the written form. The two main components of this course are
reading comprehension and writing. This course aims at supporting the school’s curriculum by helping
students improve their close reading abilities, a fundamental skill for the IB program at the same time as the
students get a chance to discover the joy of creative writing. Small excerpts from important texts will also
be read in the session in order to show by matter of example what the elements that make up a good story
are, how to develop strong characters and construct a coherent storyline.
Building a Little Free Library
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 6 – 12
● Activity leaders: Mike Edinger
● Contact email: mike.edinger@bbis.de
● Days: Tuesdays
● Time:11:10
● Duration: Term 1
● Costs: Free
● Limit: 10
● Location: 3201 (Humanities Office)
This is to finish the second school Little Free Library. If you like to build things, then this project is for you.
Much of the work as already been completed. But it needs to be finished yet. The project will take a few
sessions after school on Fridays until we are finished. This is a Service Action Project and will count for
hours for this requirement. This will count as Service Action.
24Robot Club
● Payment category: Paid
● Grade levels: Grade 6 – 12
● Activity leaders: William Nolan
● Contact email: william.nolan@bbis.de
● Days: Fridays
● Time: 15:00- 16:30
● Duration: Term 1
● Costs: Free
● Limit: 5 students
● Location: House 2, Second Floor, Physics Lab
Students will be able to learn and try to program with Arduino. We will use LabVIEW as the programming
platform. We may consider attending some competitions, which are related to programming and
engineering.
The Eco-Warriors
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 6 – 12
● Activity leaders: Paul Arkilander
● Contact email: parkilander@staff.bbis.de
● Days: Tuesdays
● Time: 11:15-12:-00
● Duration: All year
● Costs: Free
● Limit: 15 students
● Location: Room 2310
Examine local and global environmental issues and develop activities to promote awareness and effect
change. Students will have an opportunity to take a leadership role, if desired.
25Get Organised Group (GOG)
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 6 – 8
● Activity leader: Steve Gregory (Head of School Counselling | Secondary School Counsellor)
● Contact email: steven.gregory@bbis.de
● Days: Wednesday lunchtimes
● Time: 11.20 – 12.00
● Duration: All year
● Costs: No additional costs (Although each student is expected to bring some biscuits to share as a
snack. Drinks will be provided.)
● Limit: 8 students
● Location: Room 3115
Are you always running late for appointments?
Has your dog eaten your homework... yet again?
Does your bedroom look like and smell like a farmyard?
Does your school bag look like a cat has exploded in it?
Fed up with always losing your stuff?
Don’t despair, help is at hand! Perhaps you need to think about joining the Get Organised Group (GOG).
We are a student self help group, which focuses on teaching young people the necessary skills to improve
their personal organisational skills, both academically and personally. All members join on a voluntary basis
and not because either their teachers or parents force them to! All members need to already recognise that
they have a problem with their personal organisation, but are now self motivated to do something about
this. The group in the past has helped many students to remember their homework, keep their rooms tidy
and improve their grades. Our new members’ first organisational challenge will be to remember to just turn
up on time for our first meeting!
Role Playing Games Club (RPG Club)
● Payment category: Free
● Grade Level(s): 6-12 (Secondary School)
● Activity Leader(s): Mr. Gregory, Head of School Counselling & Ms. Jacobs-Hyde
● Contact: steven.gregory@bbis.de
● Day(s): Wednesday’s after school (from 4th Sept)
● Time: 15:00 – 17:30 (With parental permission needed for after 16:30)
● Duration: full academic year
● Cost: Free, please bring your own snacks & drinks
● Limit: 20 max (4 Groups of 5, two beginners groups, two advanced groups)
● Location: room 3113 for session registration at 15:00
26Reality is the playground of the unimaginative! Welcome to the BBIS Role Playing Games Club (RPG Club).
We meet once a week on a Wednesday after school for two and half hours of table top/pen and paper role
playing gaming. We were founded by IBDP CAS students in 2012 and our group is organised by Mr.
Gregory, who helps to supervise the club and runs some of the games. We offer members a chance to
draw upon their imaginations (rather than their computers) to play table top strategic games like classic old
school “pen & paper” role playing games, such as Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), using dice and miniatures.
Students are responsible for purchasing their own figures, dice, drinks and snacks, although you will not
initially need anything, other than snacks and drinks. Free hardcopies and pdf’s will be available for all RPG
gaming rules on Managebac, which we also use for communicating and tracking our adventures and
character development. Gaming options for this coming year may include: Advanced Labyrinth Lord
(AD&D 1st Ed.), Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition and Traveller. The groups may also decide to play:
Warhammer Fantasy RPG, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer 40k, Dungeons and Dragons,
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1st ed – 5th ed), Traveller, Mega Traveller, Mutant Futures and
Shadowrun. Last academic year we had two groups who where playing Advanced Labyrinth Lord (AD&D
1e), which were run by Tim and Leo, a 5th Edition D&D group run by Max, and the other group was
playing Traveller, a Sci-Fi setting, which was run by Mr. Gregory. Last years group had two members of
staff supervising, 3 volunteer student Games Masters running sessions and 20+ members, girls and boys,
from grades 6-12. Come along and join us for an afternoon of creativity, high fantasy and science fiction.
The sessions normally run from 15:00 until 17:30 and students who wish to stay until 17:30 will be required
to either be picked up or get home independently of the late bus. All students under 16 years of age will
require parental permission in order to do this. Preferential places will be given to last years members who
wish to remain in the club, but new members are very welcome.
Dance for Secondary Students
● Payment category: External
● Grade levels: Grade 6-12
● Activity leaders: Brittany Davis
● Contact email: brittanydavisdance@gmail.com
● Days: Friday
● Time: 15:00- 16:30
● Duration: Term 1
● Costs: 192 euros (16 euros x 12 classes)
● Limit: 16 students
● Location: Fitness Room
Through a balance of high energy and soft, emotional movement research, students will gain a basic
understanding of one of the most socially influential styles falling under the umbrella of Contemporary
Dance. We will begin the first day with contemporary jazz, then the class will be structured to move
tri-weekly through 4 different genres of dance, to be decided amongst the group on the first day based on
interest. These options include contemporary ballet, lyrical, musical theater, classical jazz, contemporary
jazz, hip-hop, and improvisation/choreography. Students will gain self confidence, body awareness,
musicality, and lead an active lifestyle. Through each genre, students will learn proper techniques including
extensions, isolations, balance, and strength as well as more advanced turns, leaps, and jumps. The students
27will work on small dance routines for each genre studied and perform in an informal showing during the
class time at the end of the Term.
This course is aimed to address beginner/intermediate level students. Attire should be tight fitting and
should not be restricting. Jeans and regular school clothes are not permitted. Footwear should be proper
dance shoes (ballet or jazz soft shoes). Solid colored socks are permitted for the trial class. Hair should be
pulled back for each class. This course is open to females and males.
All students are permitted one trial class. If they do not wish to continue or if the class is full, the parents
are still obligated to pay 16€ via bank transfer to the teacher directly.
For students who have taken this ECA in previous Terms: Class structure stays the same with new warm
ups, music, learned material, and dance combinations.
There will be no class held on September 28th, October 5th or October 26rd.
Drama Club - ONE SONG GLORY: An AIDS Research Benefit Concert
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 6 – 12
● Activity leaders: Rem Johannsen, Brent Lund Bruning & various coaches
● Contact email: r em.johannsen@bbis.de
● Days: Various lunchtimes and after-school times
● Dress Rehearsal: November 13, 14
● Performance: November 15th
● Limit: None
● Location: MPR, Pavillon & Kammerspiele
Holding the place of Musical Mania during its year off, a Musical Theater concert of solos and duets will be
hosted at the Kleinmachnow Kammerspiele on November 15th. Donations raised during the performance
will be given to the Deutsche AIDS Stiftung for research. If you love singing Musical Theater songs, please
join us! All who audition will participate!
28Drama Club: Musical – Alice in Wonderland
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 6 – 12
● Activity leaders: Anna Thach and Panni Kovacs
● Contact email: anna.thach@bbis.de
● Days: Mondays (please refer to schedule when published)
● Time: 15:00- 16:30
● Duration: Term 1
● Costs: No additional costs
● Limit: None
● Location: MPR & Heizhaus (please refer to schedule when published)
● Description:
Please read the audition packet already uploaded onto ManageBac for further information.
ESSENTIAL DATES
Read-through: Wednesday 29th August, 3.00-4.30
First rehearsal: Monday 3rd September, 3.00-4.30
Rehearsals will continue every Monday, 3.00-4.30, and Wednesdays as needed.
Full run-through and tech rehearsal: Saturday 13th/Sunday 14th October, 10.00-4.00
Dress rehearsal: Tuesday 16th October, 3.00-8.00
PERFORMANCE: Wednesday 17th October, 7.00
PERFORMANCE: Thursday 18th October, 7.00
THE AUDITION PROCESS
All auditions will take place in the MPR. To audition, you must sign up on the sign-up sheets outside the
MPR between August 20th and August 22nd. On the day of your audition, come to the MPR first to give us
your audition form.
STAGE ONE: Open Auditions - everyone welcome. Please refer to the audition packet to find out what to
prepare.
Wednesday 22nd August, lunchtime
Wednesday 22nd August, 3.00-4.30
Thursday 23rd August, lunchtime
STAGE TWO: Callbacks - by invitation only.
Monday 27th August, 3.00-4.30
Tuesday 28th August, lunchtime
You will act and possibly sing as part of a group to see how different performers work onstage together.
You should refer to the audition packet for more information.
29Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Bronze and Silver
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 9 – 11
● Activity leaders: Anna Thach (International Award Coordinator)
● Contact email: anna.thach@bbis.de
● Days: various
● Time: To be discussed with Supervisor
● Duration: All year
● Costs: Bronze Level (Approximately 90 Euros). Silver Level (Approximately 380 Euros). These costs
cover expenses for both the Practice and the Assessed expedition.
● Limit: 30 Bronze and 30 Silver
● Location: TBA
This ECA is for students who have an interest in challenging themselves, and are keen to have an adventure.
Students will be given an introduction to the program in an upcoming assembly and will then be required to
submit a written application letter explaining why they want to be a part of the program. They will form
groups and be assigned a supervisor who will meet with them regularly to mentor them through the award,
and to assist with the training and planning for the expeditions.
Students will need to commit to attending all meetings with their supervisor, training sessions, as well as
attending the practice and assessed expedition. The dates for the 2 training evenings and expeditions have
been confirmed and are published on the school calendar.
Topics include: Learning about the aim; providing help or advice on route planning and route card
completion; role play and managing a first aid incident; camp craft and cooking, etc. These regular time slots
can be used to show your commitment to a Service, Skills or Physical project within the BBIS community.
Duke of Edinburgh Award - GOLD
● Grade levels: 11 + 12 (Students who have successfully completed the Silver award).
● Activity Leader: Ms Johnson (elisabeth.johnson@bbis.de) and Dr. Uspenskaia
● Day: Various
● Time: Various
● Location: Sports hall
● Maximum students: 14 (only place for 7 grade 11 students currently)
● Costs: For expeditions approx. 300 euro each trip – this depends upon the location of the
expedition, method of transport, type of accommodation, number of students participating and
number of staff needed to supervise/assess the group.
30● Weekend training course approx. 50 euro + transport costs if required.
There will be a number of compulsory training sessions and wild country expeditions to complete.
First aid and emergency procedures
• Students should hold a valid first aid qualification covering : - Action in an emergency – resuscitation,
airway, breathing and circulation. • Recognition and treatment of hypothermia and heat stroke. • The
treatment of wounds and bleeding. • Treatment for shock. • The treatment of blisters, cuts, abrasions,
minor burns and scalds, headaches, insect bites, sunburn, splinters. • The recognition of more serious
conditions such as sprains, strains, dislocations and broken limbs. • Knowing what to do in the case of an
accident or emergency. • Summoning help - what people need to know, telephoning for help, written
message. • Getting help, self-help and waiting for help to arrive, keeping safe and warm, helping people to
find you.
An awareness of risk and health and safety issues
• Expedition fitness. • Telling people where you are going. • Identifying and avoiding hazards. • Keeping
together. • Weather forecasts – knowing how, where and when to obtain weather forecasts, relating
weather forecasts to observed conditions, looking for signs which will indicate changes in the weather.
Navigation and route planning
Participants must be familiar with the 1:50 000 scale Landranger Maps and/or any foreign maps of the area
in which the expedition is to take place.
Preparatory map skills
• The nature of maps. • Map direction. • Scale and distance, measuring distance, distance and time. •
Conventional signs. • Marginal information. • Grid references. • Understanding contours, recognition of
major land forms such as hills, valleys, ridges, spurs. • Interpretation of contours into mountain land forms
and relief, slope and gradients and the determination of height. • The ability to give a verbal description of a
route linking two places from the map.
Practical map skills
• Setting the map. • Relating the map to the ground. • Locating position using the map. • Determining
geographical direction, and direction of travel from the map. • Checking the direction of paths using the set
map. • Identifying and locating features in the country by using the map. • Locating features marked on the
map in the countryside. • Relating the map and contours to the ground. Estimating journey times in wild
country. • Planning a route, preparing a route card. Estimating speed of travel and arrival times. (ETA
estimated time of arrival.) • Following a planned route. • Navigation in restricted visibility. Action to be
taken in the event of being lost.
Compass skills
• The care of the compass. • The influence of ferrous objects and electromagnetic fields. • Magnetic
variation and the relationship between True, Magnetic and Grid Norths. • Direction from the compass in
terms of the cardinal and inter-cardinal points. Measuring direction in degrees. • Setting the map by the
31compass. • Determining the direction of footpaths or direction of travel. • Travelling on a bearing. Obtaining
a grid bearing from the map, allowing for magnetic variation where appropriate.
Campcraft, equipment and hygiene
• Choosing suitable clothing, footwear and emergency equipment and knowing how to use it. • Choosing
and caring for camping gear. • Packing a rucksack, waterproofing the contents, always keeping the weight
down to a minimum, and about a quarter of the body weight when walking. • Choosing a camp site,
arrangements for water, cooking and sanitation, refuse disposal, fire precautions. • Pitching and striking
tents.
Food and cooking
• Cooking and the use of stoves. • Safety procedures and precautions which must be observed when using
stoves and handling fuels. • Follow the stove safety instructions. • Cooking substantial meals under camp
conditions.
Countryside Codes
• Understanding the spirit and content of the Countryside Code. • The avoidance of noise and disturbance
to rural communities.
Observation recording and presentations
• Choosing an aim. • Developing observation skills and different methods of recording information. • Skills
relevant to the method of presentation. • Researching relevant information.
Teambuilding
The Expedition section involves participants working together as a team in order to complete the
expedition. Teambuilding should permeate all expedition training and can be enhanced through
team-building exercises and regular reviews so that when the group sets out on the qualifying expedition,
participants are able to work together as an effective and cohesive unit.
Note:
Students must be available to complete the expedition leaving after school on Friday 21st September –
Wednesday 26th September 2018 in the Odenwald.
Qualifying expedition TO BE CONFIRMED – June 2019.
Compulsory attendance on one of the Level 1 Duke of Edinburgh Award leadership courses (2 days) will
also need to be completed.
32Gay Straight Alliance
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 6 – 12
● Activity leaders: Rem Johannsen, Lindsey Dodge, Kristina
Pennell, TBC
● Contact email: rem.johannsen@bbis.de,
lindsey.dodge@bbis.de, kristina.pennell@bbis.de
● Days: Friday lunchtimes
● Time: 11.20 – 11.55
● Duration: All year
● Costs: No additional costs
● Limit: None
● Location: MPR
The Gay-Straight Alliance or GSA, is a club that welcomes students who are interested in creating a
supportive environment for all students regardless of their sexual orientation. Students raise issues and
questions such as social life, homophobia, and growing up, and then discuss these issues in a safe and caring
environment. And, as our name implies, we invite and welcome everyone
Habitat for Humanity, Romania
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 11 only
● Activity leaders: Simon Brodie and Brad Hunter
● Contact email: simon.brodie@bbis.de
● Days: Thursdays
● Time: lunch 11.30 for planning meetings, then afterschool and
Saturdays as required. Romania trip - First week of the summer
holidays
● Duration: All year
● Costs: Romania trip 900 euros. Helping out during the year is free- just your time and effort.
● Limit: Romania trip 12, helpers during the year 10.
● Location: Design Room 3111
Students from BBIS have participating in the Habitat for Humanity Global Village program for 9 years.
Students will participate in a series of fundraising activities throughout the year that aims to raise the
Donation required to go on a house building project. Students must plan and run their own fundraising
events and participate in the established events that are regularly held: such as BBQs and Cafes. In the first
week of summer 2018. The team will travel to Cumpana, Romania to help build houses alongside the
Romanian families.
33Math Club For Juniors
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 9 – 11
● Activity leader: Csaba Magyar
● Contact email: csaba.magyar@bbis.de
● Days: Wednesday
● Time: 15.00 – 16.30
● Duration: All year
● Costs: No additional costs
● Limit: No limit
● Location: Room 2203
The Junior Math Club’s primary aim is the development of advanced mathematical problem solving skills by
tackling a variety of competition exercises. Interested and motivated students are also selected and
prepared for the ISMTF Junior Mathematics Contest where they will represent BBIS individually and in
teams.
Senior Math Club L Factor
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 10 – 12
● Activity leader: Dr. Tatiana Uspenskaia
● Contact email: tania.uspenskaia@bbis.de
● Days: Wednesdays
● Time: 15.00 – 16.30
● Duration: All year
● Costs: No additional costs
● Limit: 10 students
● Location: Room 2206
Students will learn how to appreciate and enjoy mathematics in different situations. We will investigate
original problems from various International Senior Math Competitions. The Senior Math Club coach will
select teams to take part in the ISMTF International Senior Mathematics Competition (see information
about previous school year contents on www.ismtf.org and www.bbis.de).
34Model United Nations
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 7 – 12
● Activity leader: Jacqueline Jones Heinz
● Contact email: jacqueline.jones-heinz@bbis.de
● Days: Wednesday
● Time: 11.10 – 11.55
● Duration: All year
● Costs: No additional costs (except for conference trips)
● Limit: None
● Location: Room: TBA
Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an extra-curricular activity in which students
typically role play delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees. It is an opportunity for
students to learn more about diplomacy, international relations, and the United Nations, and to develop
their skills in research, debate, and conflict resolution.
BBIS Secondary School Orchestra
● Payment category: Free
● Grade Level(s): Grade 6-12
● Activity Leader(s): Martin Milner, Ben Moss
● Contact Email: martin.milner@bbis.de , benjamin.moss@bbis.de
● Day: Mondays
● Time: 3pm - 4.30pm
● Duration: All Year
● Costs: Not Applicable
● Limit: 25, open to all instrumentalists from grade 6 to 12
● Location: Room P9 in the Pavilion
The BBIS orchestra works on different projects throughout the year, in the first half term. We will be
working on playing the music composed largely by Grade 10 students for the musical 'Alice im Wunderland'
which will be performed in mid-October. We look forward to seeing many new faces! Please note the
change of day for the orchestra rehearsals as from this academic year! This activity will start in the
week beginning 27 August. Please note that the late bus will not start till the 3 September.
35Songwriting and music production
● Payment category: Free
● Grade Level(s): Grade 11-12, Grade 9 and 10 students who can demonstrate commitment can also
join
● Activity Leader(s): Martin Milner
● Contact Email: martin.milner@bbis.de
● Day: Wednesdays
● Time: 3pm - 4.30pm
● Duration: Term 1
● Limit: 6-10
● Location: Pavilion
Write and develop your own songs, then record them using Logic software. Song writing is the art of using
words and music to create and convey ideas and emotions. Using industry-standard music production
software (Logic Pro), bring your musical ideas to a high standard of production. Mix together live and digital
instruments. Learn how to apply studio techniques such as panning, EQ, reverb, drum programming and
more. Ultimately, produce song recordings.
Pathway to Success (PAS)
● Payment category: Free
● Grade levels: Grade 6 – 8
● Activity leader: Charise Adams, Suzanne Smith-Siebold
● Contact email: Suzanne.Smith-Siebold@bbis.de, charise.adams@bbis.de
● Days: Mondays and Wednesdays
● Time: 15.05 – 16.30
● Duration: All year
● Costs: No additional costs
● Limit: 25 students
● Location: IB study hall, Rm 2301
● Description:
Time to complete homework, work on assignments, with specialist input to support the students
Terms offered: All year
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