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Platanus Schule Berlin focuses on the future of self-efficacy - for students and teachers. Director of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Vanessa Masing: "Our award promotes key competences of the 21st … "The Duke of Edinburgh Award in Years 9 and 10"

We are delighted beyond measure to have been awarded and certified again as an " Environmental School in Europe" in 2023. The "Environmental School in Europe/ … "Also in 2023 again: We are “Environmental School in Europe”!"

Our summer festival this year was themed "Festival of Cultures" to reflect the colorfulness and diversity of our school community. There were over 20 different … "Our colorful and diverse summer party “Festival of Cultures”!"

This school year, a new project was allowed to move into the 5th and 6th grades for the first time. The Fairplayer.Manual is a preventive anti-bullying program. It was developed by … "Fairplayer Program – Against bullying and exclusion!"

Our 7th and 8th grade basketball team played their way through the preliminary and intermediate rounds to the finals of the ALBA BERLIN Oberschulliga! There they won all their games and ended … "And the winner is… PLATANUS SCHULE BERLIN!"

And it's time again to choose the elective courses for the next school year. Elective courses are part of the schedule for students in grades 5 and 6 and consist of one … "Our Elective Courses – “Show & Tell” Event"

Together with our Spanish partner school IES Pedro de Tolosa we were happy about the visit of 32 spanish students last week. The program included a family picnic at our school, hosted by the … "The visit of our Spanish exchange students!"

We are happy to finally report in detail about our first Platanus winter sports trip to Zell am Ziller in Austria with a total of 47 children and teenagers from Classes 4 to 9. It took place … "Our first Platanus winter sports trip to Austria!"

We could, of course, report on the visit of our ninth graders to Spain from the point of view of adults and point out how educationally valuable the exchange was, how … "Our visit to the Spanish partner school – an experience report!"

Following on from the topic of sex and relationships in Year 8 last year, a group of students – the Period Squad – became interested in the costs of menstrual hygiene products and … "We would like to thank our Period Squad task force!"

At our information-event about secondary school and bilingual abitur on January 19th 2023 we informed interested students and parents about our pedagogical concept, our focus, bilingual … "Online information event on the secondary school"

Dear Parents, How wonderful it was to finally celebrate such an enjoyable Christmas concert again yesterday in our whole school community after a break of 2 years. We hope you were able to … "Christmas Greetings from our Managing Directors"