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32-1081: Nelson Mandela School may refer to Nelson Mandela School, Berlin , Germany Nelson Mandela Primary School, a school in Birmingham , United Kingdom Nelson Mandela University , university in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (formerly Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University) Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital , a teaching hospital in Mthatha, South Africa Nelson Mandela High School, Sierra Leone , in Waterloo, Sierra Leone Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology , university in Arusha, Tanzania Nelson Mandela High School, Canada , in Calgary, Alberta, Canada See also [ edit ] Nelson Mandela (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

64-418: A building in another district. This school has only a few classes and officially belongs to Nelson Mandela, however the purpose of it is to eventually become a different state international and bilingual school. As the old head retired in 2011, 2013 saw the introduction of a new one. Both the primary and the secondary school have a head. The primary has a sub-head just for that school. The secondary school has

96-606: A deputy head. There are department heads for all subjects, both in the Primary and the Secondary school. The Primary school offers classes 1–6. Classes 1&2 are taught together. The average class size is around 22-24 students. The teaching teams consist of a German-speaking and an English-speaking teacher, as well as a social pedagogue (educator). Primary classes commence at 8 a.m. and cease at 4 p.m. Exceptions are Fridays, on which classes generally cease at 12.30 or 13.15. There

128-524: A few "legalized" fixed sales stalls or to enforce the market ban with permanent controls. During a raid three days later, police officers spoke to journalists of a misappropriation of the park, violations of the Green Spaces Protection Act and of food law, as well as of missing business licenses on the part of the vendors. In 2020, the district administration planned to downsize and legalize the street food market. The street food market

160-651: A hill was filled in the northeast corner of the park and the parade ground became a parking lot. In 1959, a new children's playground was again built in the northeast. At the southern edge of the roundel of the lawn is one of four geodetic reference points in Berlin. There are several works of sculpture in the Prussia Park. In 1926, the Berliner Straßenbahn-Betriebs-GmbH, which had apartments for its employees on Pommersche Strasse, had

192-461: A science laboratory, a computer room and the "Bewegungsraum" (the "motion room", in which dance and drama classes are held). The school also has one music room, a canteen, the Aula (which can be used for sports classes as well as assemblies) and the "Foyer". There is a library. There are two school yards, a larger one containing a variety of different objects like a football court, table tennis tables or

224-472: A size of 55,000 m , the park is one of the smaller parks in Berlin. North of Fehrbelliner Platz, Preußenpark extends between Brandenburgische Straße and Württembergische Straße to Pommersche Straße . The park has several sculptures, including Antilope , created by the sculptor Artur Hoffman in 1926, Borussia , a five-metre-high sculpture originally created by the sculptor Reinhold Begas in 1855, and Faustkämpfer ( Pugilist ) created by Eberhard Encke in

256-472: A slide, and the "Chill Hof" ("chill yard"), which is considerably smaller. As in the secondary, in the primary there are interactive white-boards in the classrooms, but this varies. Preu%C3%9Fenpark Preußenpark ( Prussian Park ), also known as Thai Park or ThaiPark Berlin , is a public park in the Berlin quarter of Wilmersdorf , which belongs to the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf . With

288-471: Is a morning break and a lunch break as well as free-time and study time (supervised lessons for working independently). Lessons are taught in either German or English. Mathematics tends to be taught in German, Science and Social Studies are mostly taught by the international English-speaking colleagues. Electives like computing, cooking, art or running are offered once a week for classes 3/4 and 5/6. NMS Primary

320-445: Is connected to fast-speed Internet and has wifí access for teachers and upper Secondary students. The library is well-equipped with books, reference materials and digital workspaces for either PCs or laptops. Laptops and hotspots can be borrowed here for projects and in times of online learning. The old building of the primary has four floors, on which there are classrooms and one computer room and an art room. The new building contains

352-464: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nelson Mandela School, Berlin Classes are taught both in German and English. Primary school is from class 1 - 6, secondary school is from class 7 - 12 or 13. After year 10, students take the middle school exams ( Mittlerer Schulabschluss ), after which the students have the freedom to choose between

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384-493: Is inclusive and has an extensive team of social pedagogues to support students with special needs. Classes at Nelson-Mandela start at 8 a.m. usually, however this can vary depending on the timetable. Particularly in upper secondary, classes can commence at a later time. The lessons are 45 minutes in length, with five-minute breaks in between to allow time for relocating to the next classroom or eating and drinking, for example. Lessons are taught in German or English; this depends on

416-404: Is now mentioned in travel guides. The market was never approved, but grew anarchically out of the family reunion of Thai Berliners. The sale and preparation of food is not allowed, so the official version is that Thai families picnic and visitors are kindly offered something. On September 20, 2017, it was announced that a political decision had to be made either to limit the street food market to

448-504: The 10th lesson, which ends at 16:40, or can leave earlier. Many school clubs and groups meet after school. These meetings vary in length, however they usually do not last longer than 2 hours. The school yard has a basketball court, benches, a running track and a table tennis table and a gym hall, which is equipped with a variety of athletic equipment. There is also the academic library, which not only has computers and laptops but also numerous books, magazines and films on different subjects and

480-455: The 1920s. Since the 1990s, the park has become known as a meeting place for Thais and East Asians who host markets and festivities during the summer months. The park was laid out in 1904 according to designs by the garden architect Richard Thieme as Platz D. At that time, the square comprised only the northwestern area of today's park. The size was 17,000 m . In the southern area, between Brandenburgische Straße and Württembergische Straße ,

512-598: The German bilingual Abitur or the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme . The Nelson Mandela School was founded in 2000 by the Berlin senate. At this time, the school was still in Lichterfelde and only housed three or four classes. It then moved to Pfalzburger Str. 23 where it stayed for one year before the secondary relocated to Kastanienallee in 2003. The primary remained at Pfalzburger Str. 23. An extension for

544-532: The bronze sculpture of a life-size antelope erected in Preußenpark, named Antilope (Antelope). The work was created by the sculptor Artur Hoffmann . However, the installation was carried out without the permission of the city of Berlin, on whose land the sculpture was erected. In October 1926, the Berlin City Council subsequently approved the installation. In 1944, the antelope disappeared and

576-470: The first one has two art rooms in which all art classes are taught. Two rooms on the first floor are also the offices of the upper secondary coordinators; Mr. Spiller and Ms. Premkumar for the IB Diploma program and Mr. Röthemeier and Ms. Ibold for the bilingual Abitur. The ground floor houses the kitchen—for vocational education purposes—and the wood workshop. P.E. classes are taught in the gym adjacent to

608-425: The large lawn, which still exists today, was joined by a broad axis to the south that led centrally to Fehrbelliner Platz. This was designed as an ornamental square between Hohenzollerndamm and Preußenpark. In the second half of the 1930s, a further enlargement and redesign of the park took place. The area east of Bayerische Straße was integrated into the park complex and Bayerische Straße south of Pommersche Straße

640-499: The lawn is a birdbath with duck, created by sculptor Rudolf Leptien in the 1950s from shell limestone. As part of the creation of the wide main axis in the early 1920s, the sculpture Faustkämpfer ( Pugilist ) by Eberhard Encke was placed at the widened southern end of the main axis. Around 1934, this was moved to the Humboldt Park, today's Volkspark Wilmersdorf. It is also said to have been melted down in 1944. Sometime in

672-493: The lending library, from which one can lend novels. As to the architecture of the school building, the Nelson-Mandela-School is housed in the old building and the new building, which is reached by crossing the school yard. The former has three floors—the first one contains classrooms, the second one science labs (all science classes are taught here) and two computer rooms, and the third one consists of classrooms,

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704-507: The mid-1990s, the park's sunbathing lawn developed into a popular meeting place known as "Thaiwiese" ("Thai meadow"), for people of East Asian origin - mainly Thais, but also Filipinos, Chinese, Vietnamese and Laotians. They gather here in fine weather to meet friends and acquaintances and sell home-prepared food. This turned into a street food market that became known far beyond the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district and

736-531: The new building of the Wilmersdorf City Hall was planned. Around 1910, based on designs by the architect Otto Herrnring , a toilet house was built on the western edge of the park on Brandenburgische Straße, which has survived and is now a listed building. After the town hall plans north of Fehrbelliner Platz were abandoned, the area was integrated into the park. The planning for this was done between 1920 and 1925, again by Richard Thieme. The oval of

768-476: The primary—a new building directly adjacent to the old one—was constructed in 2007. The school grew rapidly until the secondary saw the need to move again, this time to Pfalzburger Str. 30, just down the road from the primary. This happened in 2011. Until this day, construction on the secondary school yard has not completely ceased. In 2013, an extension of the school, called the NMS-NEO, was founded and moved into

800-439: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nelson Mandela School . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nelson_Mandela_School&oldid=1227608300 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

832-611: The school yard, the Wilmersdorfer Sportplatz (which is a short walk away from the school) or occasionally also the nearby Preußenpark . The Nelson Mandela School's yearly Bundesjugendspiele take place at the Stadion Wilmersdorf , located close to S Hohenzollerndamm. Many classrooms are equipped with interactive white-boards. Each classroom has a computer linked up to the white board or beamer. There are two fully equipped computer rooms. The entire school

864-553: The sculptor Reinhold Begas in 1855. The sculpture is about five meters high and was placed in the Prussian Park on a pedestal about two meters high. This shows the personification of Prussia in the form of a female figure with helmet, armor, sword and flowing robe. In 1980, the marble original was placed in the Lapidarium to protect it from environmental influences. A cast stone copy was installed on February 14, 1981. On

896-687: The teacher entirely. Hence, situations can arise when one has a particular subject in German one year and in English the next, or vice versa. However, the school tries very hard to decrease situations like this and is very open when it comes to language issues. There is a fixed 15 minute break from 09:35 to 09:50 and a fixed 20 minute break later in the day from 13:05 to 13:25. Students also have at least one free lunch period every day (or even multiple free lessons for IB and Abitur students). Classes usually cease at 15:50. This can and does vary hugely, however, and some upper secondary students are required to take

928-437: The two music rooms and the Aula, an assembly hall where the school assembles regularly. The ground floor is made up of the canteen, the library and the secretary's and principal's offices. There is a canteen run by Thomas Beier, an independent cook and caterer, and his assistants. The menu varies daily but always includes a soup, salad, a vegetarian dish and a meat one. The two floors in the new building contain classrooms only;

960-500: Was banned from the park on 31 December 2021. Since July 31, 2021, the Thailändische Verein Berlin e.V. (Thai Association of Berlin) has been operating a street food market in the park on an interim basis with permission from the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district office "until a market building was completed." The operation is limited to Friday through Sunday from 10 am to 8 pm and ended on October 31. In 2022,

992-565: Was probably melted down. In 1955, a new cast was made during the sculptor's lifetime, based on his original. In the tradition of the first installation, the Gemeinnützige Heimstätten-Gesellschaft, the subsidiary of BVG for the management of BVG's housing property, took over the financing. In 1936, the Free State of Prussia donated to the city of Berlin the sculpture Borussia , which had been created by

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1024-568: Was removed. The opening of the new part of the park took place on June 4, 1938. Nearly 5000 shrubs were planted in this area. Richard Thieme was again responsible for the planning as the district garden director. The area south of the oval was redesigned. The main axis disappeared and was replaced by curved paths. The ornamental square on Fehrbelliner Platz was leveled into a parade ground. The park now had different benches for Aryan and (in yellow) for non-Aryan visitors. Likewise, there were separate playgrounds for children. After World War II, in 1949

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