Newsletter 22.05.2026

The German International School Accra is looking forward to exciting weeks filled with community spirit, creativity, and special events. Preparations for our upcoming musical “Anigyɛe” are in full swing, and anticipation is growing for two unforgettable evenings of music, dance, and outstanding performances. At the same time, excitement is also building around the World Cup 2026, which we look forward to enjoying together during several public viewing evenings at the Swiss Club. Whether on stage or while watching football together, the coming weeks will be all about connection, teamwork, and shared experiences at the German International School Accra.

🎯 GISA Teen Club – Laser Shooting at Cypher Zone

The GISA Teen Club is bringing the action this Saturday, 23 May, with an exciting laser shooting event for students in Grades 7 and 8 at Cypher Zone X, located at Spintex, Palace Superstores, Accra.

Students will meet at the entrance on the Spintex side. From 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, participants can look forward to thrilling laser tag battles, games, teamwork, and lots of fun with friends. We are excited for another energetic and memorable Teen Club afternoon!

🎨 Invitation to an Art & Environmental Exhibition

You are warmly invited to a special exhibition taking place on Friday, 29 May, in the Multifunctional Room at the German International School Accra.

From 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, visitors will have the opportunity to explore the inspiring work of Mowgli — environmental artist, activist, and scientist. Through her passion for wildlife photography, she created “The Living Wild”, a global environmental awareness art programme connecting art, science, and activism.

The exhibition, “Life is Dying”, documents the beauty and fragility of interconnected ecosystems in Ghana’s Western Region. It encourages visitors to reflect on the impact of resource extraction on food security, biodiversity, and climate change — both locally and globally.

This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to engage with powerful visual storytelling that inspires awareness, reflection, and action for our planet.

Admission is free, and everyone is warmly welcome.

🎭 Anigyɛe – The Musical at the German International School Accra 🎶

On 4 and 5 June 2026, the German International School Accra will transform into a stage full of music, dance, creativity, and emotion from 6:00 PM onwards. With “Anigyɛe – The Musical”, our students proudly present a special community project prepared with tremendous dedication, teamwork, and passion.

Look forward to two unforgettable evenings featuring impressive performances, colourful scenes, and musical highlights that reflect the diversity and creativity of our school community.

📍 German International School Accra
🕕 Start: 6:00 PM
🎟️ Tickets: 50 GHS
👧 Free entry for children under 12

We are very much looking forward to celebrating these special musical evenings together with our entire school community and many guests.

🇩🇪 Experiencing Football Together – Public Viewing at the Swiss Club ⚽🌍

The German International School Accra warmly invites everyone to join us for public viewing events of selected World Cup 2026 matches! At the Swiss Club on the school campus, we will show exciting matches involving Germany, Ghana, and other international teams live via projector and TV.

Look forward to a fantastic atmosphere, international encounters, and exciting football evenings in the spirit of our motto “Building Bridges”. Drinks will be available on site — feel free to bring family, friends, and plenty of good energy!

We are looking forward to enjoying the matches together with our school community and guests.

🇩🇪 Who Would Like to Test Their Football Expertise Within the GISA Community? ⚽🏆

To match the excitement of the World Cup 2026, our “GISA” prediction game on Kicktipp is about to begin! The main focus is, of course, fun and friendly competition within our international school community.

Adults can participate with an entry fee of 100 GHS. For interested students, there will also be a separate prediction game at a later stage without any participation fee, but with attractive prizes.

If you are interested or have any questions, simply send a short email to Karl Stigler:
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We are looking forward to many football experts joining the competition!

🕵️‍♂️ Holiday Camp 2026 – “Everyone’s a Suspect”

The German International School Accra warmly invites children and young people to join this year’s Summer Camp 2026. From 29 June to 3 July 2026, participants can look forward to an exciting week filled with adventure, creativity, teamwork, and mystery on our school campus.

Under the motto “Everyone’s a Suspect”, children will dive into a world of clues, detective missions, and mystery challenges. Exciting team activities, creative workshops, games, and problem-solving tasks will ensure plenty of fun and memorable experiences throughout the week. One special highlight will also be a swimming day.

The camp is open to children and young people aged 5 to 15 and offers a wonderful opportunity to make new friends, stay active during the holidays, and enjoy our vibrant international community.

📅 Dates: Monday, 29 June – Friday, 3 July 2026
🕗 Time: 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM
👧 Age group: 5–15 years
💰 Fee: 1000 Cedi

📞 Registration and further information:
Sara Debackere
Tel.: +233 59 755 6847

🏗️ Double Construction Project – Investments in Quality and Safety

Two important construction projects are currently taking place simultaneously at the German International School Accra. After a long period of preparation, our multifunctional room is finally receiving its new sports flooring. The delivery experienced further delays due to the impact of the Iran conflict, making the wait even longer. We are therefore especially pleased that the new soft sports floor is now being installed in blue — the colour chosen by our school community at the beginning of the school year.

At the same time, the balustrade in the primary school building is being raised to further improve safety for our students. For this project, we are deliberately using sustainable bamboo, combining safety, functionality, and environmental responsibility.

🧸 Nursery and Kindergarten

This week, the children in the nursery continued exploring the topic of water, with a special focus on animals. While rescuing animals trapped in “ice blocks”, the children playfully strengthened their fine motor skills and problem-solving abilities. Creative activities such as painting and crafting fish also encouraged imagination and artistic expression.

By washing and caring for toy animals, the children gained important sensory experiences with water and developed an early understanding of care and hygiene.

In kindergarten, the past few days revolved around the exciting topic of professions 👩‍⚕️👨‍🚒👮‍♂️👩‍🍳👨‍🔧👩‍🏫🚑🚒. The children greatly enjoyed learning about different jobs, talking about them, and discovering together what people do in their everyday work lives.

During learning time, the children also explored magnets 🧲🔍. They experimented, tested different objects, and were fascinated to discover which materials are magnetic and how magnetism works.

Of course, music time was once again a joyful highlight 🎶🥁🎤. With great enthusiasm, the children sang, played instruments, and practised diligently for our musical 🌟🎭💃🕺. The children are making wonderful progress and are increasingly growing together as one big ensemble.

Alongside all these activities, our regular kindergarten routine included free play, shared activities, movement, and many beautiful moments of friendship and togetherness.

A special highlight at the end of the week was our movie day on the topic of professions 🎬🍿. Together, the children were able to explore different professions once again in an exciting and child-friendly way while enjoying a cosy afternoon together.

Primary School

Classes 1/2

In German, Classes 1/2 focused on long and short vowels. The children listened carefully to identify whether a vowel sound was long or short and learned their first spelling strategies connected to this topic. One important rule they discovered was that short vowels are often followed by two consonants or a double consonant, while long vowels are usually marked differently. This video provided helpful listening examples: https://youtu.be/LYNe45odpUQ?feature=shared

In Mathematics, we worked with fact families. The children explored how addition and subtraction problems belong together and how several related equations can be formed from one number sentence. We also investigated similar connections between multiplication and division problems. This helped the children understand that mathematical operations are connected rather than isolated tasks.

In English, we continued working with the story “The Enormous Turnip”. The children greatly enjoyed acting out the story in small groups through role play. This helped them better understand the sequence of events, retell the story in their own words, and practise new vocabulary. Please feel free to encourage your child to retell the story again at home.

Classes 3/4

In German lessons, the children worked intensively on sentence elements and explored how sentences are structured. A particular focus was placed on identifying the subject and predicate within sentences. The students also continued working on their reading role projects, resulting in many long and creative contributions. In spelling, the children focused on words with double consonants as well as the special spelling patterns “tz” and “ck”.

In Mathematics, the children completed the topic of “Time”, practising both reading clocks and calculating time intervals.

Class 3 worked diligently on mastering the multiplication tables up to ten and strengthening their calculation strategies. Class 4 focused intensively on written multiplication and practised solving multiplication problems confidently using written methods.

Secondary School

Class 5

In German lessons, we are entering the final phase of our reading journal project. To conclude our class novel, the students are creating a so-called “reading box”. For this activity, each child needs a shoebox or a similar container. Inside the box, students collect and design objects that play an important role in the story or that accompanied them during the reading process.

📐 Mathematics Class 5 – Geometry with Skill and Precision

This week, we continued working intensively on the topic of geometry in Mathematics. The students drew numerous geometric figures, calculated areas, and deepened their understanding of parallel lines.

Using the set square is becoming increasingly familiar to us. Through many practical exercises, we learned helpful tricks and techniques for accurate measuring and precise drawing.

At the end of the week, the students demonstrated their skills in a small geometry competition. This required not only mathematical understanding, but also careful work and practical precision. With great motivation and concentration, the students showed what they had already learned and achieved excellent results.

We are looking forward to continuing to develop our skills further in the coming weeks while revisiting and discovering new topics in geometry.

In Geography, the students are currently creating very creative presentations of Germany’s neighbouring countries, displayed informatively inside shoeboxes.

Class 6

🎒 Class 6 – Excitement, Preparation, and Challenging Mysteries

This week, there was really only one major topic in our class: OUR SCHOOL SLEEPOVER! The excitement accompanied us throughout the entire week. Already on Monday morning, we began preparing intensively for Friday. Together, we organised ourselves, collected ideas for food and drinks, discussed possible games and movies, and even created a music playlist.

On Wednesday, tasks were assigned and everyone decided which items they would bring along. We also clarified remaining questions. Now the anticipation is rising even more — we are very excited for tonight and curious about everything that awaits us!

Alongside the preparations, we also worked hard in class. In German lessons, the focus was on process descriptions and revising object descriptions. Using a practice test, we specifically prepared for the final German class test of this school year, which will take place next week.

During the joint lessons with the DaF learners, the students applied object descriptions in a practical way. In small groups, they investigated and experimented with the mysterious “banana needle trick”. Using pictures and short written explanations, the students tried to reconstruct how the trick works. One group succeeded particularly well, while the others were initially left with quite a mystery.

In English lessons, the students continued working on the topic “Writing a Biography”. They researched information about a person of their choice, collected relevant facts, and organised them meaningfully. The students showed great interest in the topic and collaborated very well within their groups. The presentations will take place next week.

In Mathematics, we also worked intensively on dividing decimal fractions. We practised many calculations until our heads were almost spinning — but by now, we feel much more confident solving these problems.

Overall, it was a varied week full of preparation, teamwork, learning, and growing excitement for a very special shared experience.

Classes 7/8

📚 German Classes 7/8 – Preparation, Reading, and Reflection

This week, we worked on a variety of topics in German lessons. For the native German speakers, the main focus was the final preparation for next week’s class test. Together, we read texts, summarised content, and reviewed our knowledge through a practice test.

Afterwards, the students reflected independently on their results, identified their strengths, and noted important points to remember for the upcoming class test. In addition, we completed exercises on sentence structure, sentence formulation, and punctuation in order to further strengthen our language skills.

During the joint lessons with the DaF learners, reading time was used very intensively. The students worked with great concentration on their class readings and continued completing tasks in their reading journals. The focus was on careful reading, text comprehension, and discussing what had been read.

This week therefore helped us not only expand our knowledge, but also strengthen important foundations for future tasks in German lessons.

In Mathematics, Class 8 worked on various tasks involving daily and monthly interest rates. Class 7 practised percentage calculations intensively in order to strengthen their understanding of percentages, base values, and percentage rates. Together, Classes 7 and 8 also applied and deepened their knowledge through a fun board game on percentages and interest calculations.

To prepare for the upcoming class test, the students are additionally working with a competency check that allows them to independently review their results and assess their own learning progress.

In Ethics lessons, the students collected information and knowledge about mosques in preparation for our upcoming excursion to the National Mosque of Ghana in Accra.

In Biology, we concluded our topic on viruses and bacteria by discussing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during a current affairs lesson. The students explored causes, transmission, and protective measures, while also discussing the importance of international cooperation in the field of global health.

In History, the students are currently creating a “wall newspaper” comparing different revolutions throughout human history.

In Geography, the focus was on exogenic processes. The students learned about different forms of weathering. Frost weathering was examined as an example of physical weathering, while the formation of karst caves served as an example of chemical weathering. Together, the students also explored the importance of these processes in everyday life, for example in relation to roads and mountainous regions.

Dates & Upcoming Events

🎯 Saturday, 23 May 2026, 2:00–4:00 PM
GISA Teen Club – Laser Shooting at Cypher Zone
An action-packed afternoon for Grades 7/8 with exciting laser tag battles at Spintex.

🕌 Wednesday, 27 May 2026 (tentative)
Eid al-Adha – No School 🏫❌

🎨 Friday, 29 May 2026, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM
Art & Environmental Exhibition – “Life is Dying”
Exhibition by environmental artist and activist Mowgli in the Multifunctional Room at the German International School Accra.

🎭 Thursday & Friday, 4–5 June 2026, 6:00 PM
Anigyɛe – The School Musical
The German International School Accra transforms into a stage filled with music, creativity, and impressive performances.

🎶 Wednesday, 10 June 2026, 6:00 PM
“Not Only Classical” – Music Evening at the German International School Accra
A varied musical evening featuring performances by students, teachers, and guests.

⛪ Sunday, 14 June 2026, 10:30 AM
German-speaking Church Service at Ridge Church
All denominations are warmly welcome.

⚽ June/July 2026
Public Viewing of Selected World Cup 2026 Matches at the Swiss Club
Join us for exciting football evenings featuring German, Ghanaian, and international teams.

🎉 Thursday, 25 June 2026
End-of-Year Celebration at the German International School Accra

📄 Friday, 26 June 2026
Last Day of School & Report Card Distribution before the Summer Holidays 🏫🌞

🌞 Monday, 29 June – Friday, 3 July 2026
Summer Camp & Holiday Care 🎒🏕️
Under the motto “Everyone’s a Suspect”, children can look forward to a week full of mysteries, adventures, and teamwork.

🇩🇪 Monday, 6 July – Friday, 24 July 2026
DaF Summer Programme at the German International School Accra
Playful German learning under the motto “A Journey Around the World”.