Primary School with Bilingual Classes

At our primary school, around 250 children are learning in two learning groups (Grades 1 to 3 and Grades 4 to 6). We provide a positive environment in which the children are constantly presented with new tasks and learning opportunities. As primary school teachers, we see ourselves as learning guides.

We work with our pupils according to the Klax pedagogy. This includes self-organised learning: we define individual learning paths and goals with each child. By learning with goals, we encourage the children to plan their learning independently and evaluate their progress. This fosters a reflective approach to learning. From an early age, our pupils take responsibility for their own educational process.

What We Offer

• Emphasis on art: more art lessons than at other schools
• Digital Technology in the classroom
• Teach teams: the teachers work in so-called teaching triangles and support each other. In grades 1–2, the teachers are additionally supported by pedagogical specialists.
• Club-Line
• English from Grade 1 on
• Bilingual classes
• Various sports and exercise classes
• Swimming lessons starting in primary school
• Three meals a day together  

In our bilingual class, both English and German are equally important. This prepares children and young people for a globalised, networked world.

Language Acquisition Through Immersion

The successful immersion learning method involves acquiring a foreign language through everyday use, rather than exclusively through lessons. Rather than focusing on grammar and vocabulary, the foreign language is spoken in everyday situations. This enables children and young people to quickly start expressing themselves colloquially in both languages. They then progress to understanding technical texts, participating in discussions and, of course, writing texts.

The effectiveness of the immersion method has been scientifically proven by various studies in Canada, the USA and Germany (see the EUROPA study by the University of Kiel, for example).

The choice of secondary school after the sixth grade is an important decision for all parents and children. With the completion of the sixth school year at Klax School, our children are self-organized, creative and competent and thus ready for the next step. We want to accompany our students on their way and support them in their development.

With the change into the middle school of the Klax school the children meet friends and classmates again. In addition, they stay in their familiar inspiring environment and meet familiar learning methods as well as pedagogues who see them as growing personalities.