Elementary School Vaterstetten, Gluckstrae Integration of low achieving pupils

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Elementary School Vaterstetten,
GluckstraßeIntegration of low achieving pupils

• Conception
• Resources
• Learning facilities
• Instructional materials
• Human resources
• Projects
• Activities

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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Conception
• Lebensraum Schule
• Our school - a space to live for all children
• where they can live and learn together
• where aims, rules and required skills are
  transparent
• where children take an active part in school
  affairs

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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Learning facilities
• Classrooms
• Equipment
• Sports facilities
• Garden

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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Learning facilities

Classroom management The classroom offers
corners with workstations, books, construction
materials and microscopes, where children can do
their own research and where they are enabled to
take an active part in learning
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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Learning facilities

Classroom management The seating arrangement
where low achieving pupils learn the best and how
high achieving pupils improve their social
awareness...
Low and high achieving pupils sit together in
rows. High achievers support their low achieving
comrades.
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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Learning facilities

Classroom management Posters on the walls help
to memorize themes and topics
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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Learning facilities
• Extra classrooms
• To form small groups, we have 4
• extra classrooms at our disposal,
• where voluntary helpers (mothers,
• students, probationers), the
• teacher and the pupils work together

• These rooms are functional and comfortable at
  the
• same time
• They invite for social gatherings and learning
• activities such as group work, individualized
  
• instruction and Wochenplanarbeit

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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Learning facilities
• German Kuschelpädagogik

Mothers voluntarily help to improve reading
skills Small groups of five or six children are
formed In grade 4 we lay special emphasis on
text comprehension

• German Kuschelpädagogik at its best ?!

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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Equipment
• computer room
• workshop
• art
• music

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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Equipment
• workshop

Pupils get the opportunity to work freely with
different materials for individualized
instruction (what we call Freiarbeit).
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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Equipment
• computer workstations

On the first floor two children share one
computer, where they use MS Encarta to find
information on school topics and where they
prepare essays and presentations.
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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Sports facilities
• Indoor swimming pool
• Stadium

Our children enjoy the rich possibilities the
community offers to keep body and mind in good
health.
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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Instructional materials
• Work sheets (interdisciplinary)
• Examinations and tests
• Checklists

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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Instructional materials
• Interdisciplinary work sheets
• help to better understand and
• memorize the topics
• orthography, grammar, maths
• and geography all in one ...

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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Instructional materials
• Examinations for pupils, so
• they can prepare for tests

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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Instructional materials
• Checklists for self evaluation

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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Resources
• Human Resources
• staff (teachers, prospective teachers, facility
  manager, caretaker)
• parents
• students
• probationers

No need to hide ?
We never walk alone -D
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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Projects
• Social behaviour
• Associated classes
• Scientific projects
• Architecture and art

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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Projects
• Associated classes

Every grade at elementary school has an
associated class at secondary school. They meet
regularly to work and play together. A better
understanding and solidarity is intended.
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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Activities
• Rituals
• school assemblys
• singing
• acting
• breaks

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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Activities
• Rituals
• breaks

Every break we spend outside in the schoolyard.
So pupils can move around, run and play.
Afterwards they return relaxed into their
classrooms and have an open mind for the things
to come.
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Integration of low achieving pupils

• Final conclusion

All the measures we take and all the
possibilities we offer, lead to better motivation
among pupils, parents and teachers. We enjoy the
positive mood at our school ?.