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Read up on what's been going on at the school! Here you can find updates and news on school events, field trips, interesting class projects, as well as literary works penned by GESM teachers and students.

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ABC - the German alphabet in DaF Grade 1-I

Check out these German alphabet posters created by our first graders!

A map of "Deutschland" in DaF Grade 3-I

Check out these wonderful maps of Germany illustrated by some of our 3rd Graders!

Intl Primary sets Student Houses

Our International Primary Houses have voted! See who have been elected his year's house captains!

3rd Graders' Creative Posters in German

Our young German learners are as active as ever. Check out these cleverly crafted posters in German!

Students and teachers gear up for PYP Assembly

Watch our 5th Graders perform a song for the PYP Assembly!

"Who am I?" - students introduce themselves in German

Our young German learners introduce themselves!

Captain Koala arrives from Australia

Australia's Country Fire Authority (CFA) sent GESM this huggable fire fighter in response to letters sent to them by our 3rd Graders.

International Primary opens S.Y. 2020-21 with a dance-off!

Students, teachers and parents met for International Primary's Opening Assembly... and then got groovy.

PYP Schoolers Move Up!

Our PYP kids move up! Relive the Moving Up Ceremony here.

Grade 1 Family Trees

Some of our first-graders share their own ancestry with these finely illustrated family trees.

An Amazing Speech in Deutsch

Anju barely spoke any German when she started the school year. By June, she was able to deliver a speech -- auf Deutsch!

PYP Exhibition 2019-2020

A culmination of an 8-week process, the International Section 5th graders finally have their Primary Years Programme Exhibition ready!

"Meet & Greet" with Illustrator Írisz Agócs

Some of our 2nd graders got a chance to "meet" the illustrator of the very book they read on the last day the school was open.

Ein Brief an die Familie | A Letter to the Family

Some of our International Section 2nd graders wrote touching illustrated letters to family members... with a twist: They wrote it in German.

Students conduct notable interviews for PYP Exhibition

Some grade 5 students who are in the process of completing their PYP Exhibition conducted interviews with some notable personalities.

Hilarious Hybrid Animals

Have you ever heard of a "Vogelrrafe", a "Schmetterfin", a "Cydra" or a "Storchodil"? Find out what these odd-sounding creatures are!

Making Mango Floats to Apply Science Lessons

3rd-graders had to do a practical application of what they were learning in Math and Science. How? By making their own mango float!

Students Write Letters to the N-Corona Virus

Our students take their turn in writing letters to the corona virus -- complete with illustrations!

The "German Challenge"

Some primary German students spent their Easter holidays taking on the first ever "German Challenge" of their life.

Young language learners summarize German fairy tale

Language learning at the GESM clearly doesn't stop with distance learning. Here's some proof.

Our Young Scientists in Action!

Shifting to distance learning has not diminished our teachers' ability to spark our students' curiosity.

Recreating the Classroom at Home

4th graders replicate an element of their classroom at home: the "Word Walls" (learning walls)

SPORTTAGE an der DESM | Sports Days at the GESM

Our primary and secondary students competed in the annual Sports Days from March 5 to 6. Here are some photos.

Deutschsprachige Ecke -- the German-Speaking Corner

So we set up a German language corner in school and here's what our young German learners have displayed there.

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