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Today is May 15th, 2020, and if the Corona Pandemic hadn’t thwarted our plans, we would all have celebrated a huge and wonderful anniversary together today, because Platanus School and Platanus … "10 YEARS – HAPPY BIRTHDAY PLATANUS!"

After the first three weeks and the experiences of school closure and home schooling, which were completely new for all of us, we would like to thank all of our students, parents and of course our team from the … "Many Thanks and Happy Easter!"

In the last few months, we have discussed much and informed ourselves about what we as a school can do in concrete terms together with the children, young people and you as parents. We … "We are Pilot School at “Schools for Earth”"

From February 21st to March 1st 2020 the 70th Berlinale will take place in our city. For this occasion, we are happy to announce that we have put a lot of effort into organizing a special offer for … "We love cinema and are in Berlinale Fever!"

"Women in AI" (WAI) is a non-profit association that works worldwide for gender justice in the research and working world of artificial intelligence (AI). Through active cooperation, joint research, … "New Workshop: Artificial Intelligence!"

On Saturday evening, our great Magic Movie Night took place again, which is organized every year in November by our parent‘s association 'Platanus & Friends'. For the children there were two … "Magic Movies! Disco Dancing! Great Photos!"

Our Spanish teacher Ms. Gianatelli from Argentina had a great idea for her project day - focus on Spanish with the 8th grade. She gathered the whole class in the dance school "Caramba" in … "Spanish Project Day: Our 8th Graders dance Salsa!"

In our Platanus Kindergarten in Benjamin-Vogelsdorff-Straße we celebrated a wonderful lantern festival on Friday. In the afternoon we came together in our garden. The parents of our kindergarten … "Lantern Festival in the Kindergarten!"

We are pleased that our Platanus Kindergarten has now been officially certified as a "Kita mit Biss" by the Dental Service Berlin. The prerequisites for this certification are that the … "Our little ones have the right and healthy bite!"

Once a month people of all ages and from all over the world cook meals for the needy in Berlin-Kreuzberg at the “Homeless Veggie Dinner”. In March 2010 the project was founded by Dario Adamic … "Social Commitment for the Needy in Berlin!"

From this school year we offer two new elective courses in grades 5 and 6. In addition to our classics IT and Media Studies and STEAM, students can now also choose Robotics and Coding. We now offer four … "Our new courses: Robotics and Coding!"

The last days before the summer holidays are always a very special time for us. Therefore we'd like to share it. On Tuesday, the unforgettable and wonderful farewell party of the 6th grade took place, and… "Well Done! Happy Summer Holidays!"