Newsletter 11.04.2025

Written on 11 April 2025

With great sympathy from the school team, the funeral service of Pascal Kwasi Bonsu, security guard and driver of the school, was held last weekend in Likpe Bakua, Guan. Our sincere condolences to the family, we will always honor Pascal's memory.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to our school nurse, teacher of German as a foreign language and school social worker, Mirka Huth, for the Easter vacations:

Dear School Community of the German International School Accra,

For family reasons, I will be leaving the school at the end of April.

I look back on my time here with great gratitude – working as a school nurse, DaF teacher, and school social worker has been a truly enriching and meaningful experience, filled with many valuable encounters.

Thank you for the collaboration and the many wonderful moments we shared.

Warm regards,

Mirka Huth

We welcome Bernard Adjei Boateng, teacher of German as a foreign language and successor to Mirka Huth, Justice Kudjorji (security officer) and Lucy Tamokloe (administrative assistant) to the team.

On Saturday, April 12, 2025, GISA will open its doors from 3 PM to 6 PM to welcome interested families.

Under the motto “Get to Know GISA”, we warmly invite you to explore our school and experience its unique spirit.

Visitors can look forward to learning more about:

our curriculum and educational approach
our dedicated team of teachers and educators
our guiding principles and values
our classrooms and specialist rooms
the playground and sports field
the strong partnership between parents and students
our language program
and our exciting partnerships and events

Please feel free to share this invitation with families who may be interested. We look forward to welcoming many curious guests, engaging conversations, and a vibrant exchange!

This Saturday the Teen club is having a batik workshop where the kids can make their own batik material! We meet at school at 2 pm and you can pick your children at 5 pm. Make sure your kids bring 150 cedi and take some beautiful batik material back home. Looking forward to see you all there!

Next Thursday, 17.04.2025, there will be an exciting and traditional Easter nest hunt in kindergarten and school.

As in previous years the German evangelical congregation in Accra shall celebrate its traditional Easter service on 21st April 2025 @ 10.30am. The service will be held in German language and is open to guests of all confessions.

A leaflet with more detailed information is attached. Kindly share with any German speakers. Thank you.

PDF Download Ostern / Easter

The team of the German evangelical congregation in Accra wishes you all a blessed Easter!

Reminder to save the Date and register: King's Day – Saturday, April 26!

We’re excited to announce that, this year, we’ve been invited to join the Dutch School’s annual Culture Day in celebration of King’s Day!

Join us for an exciting morning of sports and traditional King’s Day activities! Children from outside the Dutch and German Schools are more than welcome to participate from 9:00 AM at the Swiss Club. Registration is required, and all registered kids will receive breakfast and a snack. Parents are welcome to relax, enjoy a breakfast at the Swiss Club, and connect with the wonderful community of the Dutch School.
From 11:00 AM, parents and children can buy and sell second-hand toys, books, clothes, and more. Everyone is welcome to set up a stall—just remember to bring your own change and manage your space. Delicious snacks and drinks will also be available!
The Culture Day will conclude at 12:00 PM.
For some extra fun: Come dressed in orange!

Want to join the kids' program or sell at the flea market?
Contact Sara Debackere at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 059/755 6847 to register.

After the vacations, a healthy breakfast will take place in kindergarten and school on Wednesday, 07.05.2025. We would like to promote a conscious approach to healthy food on the one hand and sugar/sweets on the other and at the same time sensitize everyone involved in school life.

Kindergarten and Nursery:

This week at the nursery was all about Easter and spring! The children had lots of fun designing colourful Easter eggs on sticky foil with different types of paper. We made beautiful spring flowers from paper plates and they were able to give free rein to their creativity by dotting the Easter bunnies with finger paint. Matching the Easter eggs was a fun way for the children to improve their concentration, their understanding of colours and patterns and their fine motor skills. A special highlight was a visit from giant African snails! The children were able to take a close look at the snails and we talked together about what they look like, what they eat and where they live.

Easter preparations are in full swing in the kindergarten, we have learnt about the Easter story and new words on the subject and have been busy making our Easter baskets. We have also been singing the song ‘Ich lieb den Frühling’ / ‘I like the flowers’ in both German and English in our morning circles. The movement room was also used by the children during these weeks and we played ‘Fire, Water, Storm’ and ‘Run Hare, Sit Hare’ and ran a course. On Friday we had our toy day and the photographer came to visit us - look forward to seeing our great new group pictures in this year's yearbook! In learning time this week we have been playing rhythms with our instruments and colouring in patterns on Easter egg pictures. In maths, the children recognised number pictures and then matched the right number of colourful pompoms to the number cards. In terms of language, we continued to practise clapping syllables and recognising sounds over the two weeks. In DaZ/ DaF, we used picture cards to talk about feelings this week. The children were also asked to practise using the present and past tenses.

Primary school:

In class 1/2, the week began with a visitor. They were first welcomed with a thoughtfully written letter and then given a tour by some of the children. In science, we conducted an exciting experiment on solutions. We mixed various solids into liquids and observed the results: some solids dissolved very quickly, while others didn’t dissolve at all. We discovered that not all solids mix with liquids.

In maths, class 2 continued working on the topic of lengths. They compared different measurements and sorted them by size. They also drew precise lines using a ruler. Class 1 focused on the days of the week and practiced counting: if today is Friday, what day was it two days ago, or what day will it be in four days?

In German, some students practiced using different sentence starters, while others worked on reading comprehension tasks. A few children put great effort into developing a beautiful cursive handwriting. In ethics, we introduced the topic of good luck. We looked at different lucky charms, and each child created their own “jar of happiness” – a hopeful and encouraging activity. Although swimming lessons are currently not taking place, Mister Nana keeps the children engaged with fun movement games during PE. Even pool noodles are being put to excellent use.

A week full of learning and discoveries has come to an end for class 3/4. In science lessons, the pupils explored the world of microscopy. They learnt about the microscope's function as a magnification tool and discovered how it makes details visible that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Through practical laboratory work, they identified important components of the microscope and understood their respective functions. The pupils looked at different materials under the microscope and compared their magnified appearance with their everyday form. This experience emphasised the clear difference between the macroscopic and microscopic view. In maths lessons, pupils continued to develop their numeracy skills by calculating with five and six digit numbers - including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. In English lessons, Year 3/4 focussed on the ability to answer reading comprehension questions in complete sentences from given texts. The pupils also expanded their vocabulary related to the text, improving their understanding of the text. For fun, the children played communicative board games in groups. This activity allowed the learners to explore their English pronunciation and practise their speaking skills in a fun way. Feel free to encourage your child to share at home what they have learnt and what games they have played. Class 3/4 are looking forward to next week and the Easter egg hunt on Thursday.

Secondary school:

In German, the fifth and sixth graders have continued to work through the challenge of recognising the difference between ‘s, ss and ß’. To do this, we work a lot with mnemonics and try to link the rules together so that we can recognise which spelling is correct as quickly and reliably as possible. We have also successfully completed synchronised speaking. Parallel to the grammatical input, we practised, recorded, edited and exported. The pupils in Year 6 have the result on their computers. Our sleepover last weekend deserves a special mention. On Friday we stayed at school after lessons and enjoyed our time together. Thank you for a wonderful experience.

‘What do I want to be when I grow up?’

Class 5 6bIn Ethics and IT we continue to work realistically. For the past two weeks, we have been working on job applications and jobs. The pupils can find out about their dream jobs here. We then learnt how to write a CV. This is followed by the letter of application, which should emphasise the individual qualities of each person. Finally, the pupils are put in the situation of a job interview. In biology lessons, the exploration of the internal organs of the body was continued. The pupils learnt to identify these organs and understand their positions. To consolidate this knowledge, they carried out a laboratory exercise in which they correctly placed model organs in a human body representation. The students also had the task of researching the four chambers of the heart and will present their findings next week. In history, there were fantastic presentations on Ancient Rome to marvel at. Teis with explanatory videos brought the pupils back to life from 2000 years ago and took them back to the Colloseum, everyday life and the fascination of this era.

This week in Year 7, creative approaches to the young adult book currently being discussed, such as ‘freeze frame construction’ and productive writing assignments, took centre stage in German lessons. In maths, the pupils have been working on solving equations. In particular with solving positive brackets. In geography, the students looked at the causes and challenges of climate change and were impressed by a documentary by Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim. The pupils are also preparing for the upcoming Cambridge Checkpoints. English will take place on Monday, Maths on Wednesday and Science on Thursday. Tuesday will be lessons as usual. We wish all students good preparation and good luck for the upcoming exams.

This week, the DaF class at secondary level (the motivated pupils in years 5, 6 and 7) have been working on the vocabulary of human anatomy (internal organs) as well as the terms for family members and pets. They drew and then labelled human organs for the biological aspect and took the unknown terms from the dictionary. They also tried to write short texts on an organ of their choice and dictate them to the others. With the topic of family members and pets, the students worked on possessive articles, verb conjugation and personal pronouns in grammar. The students are becoming increasingly confident in verb conjugation and have also become familiar with the accusative object for the first time. This Friday, the DaF group again wrote a learning objective test on the topics covered this week.