In third grade, shortly before summer break, we read the book *Das Vamperl* by Rente Welsh. Each of us created our own personalized reading role for this book. The roles kept getting longer and longer, so we ended up needing the entire hallway to work.
In June 2026, with the weather at its best, the entire school took a trip to the Ketteler Hof. All the children ran in the last charity run to fund this great field trip. We had a lot of fun!
In June 2026, we had a great class party. The Leuderalbert family invited us to their farm for the occasion.
We had plenty of space and time to play. There were go-karts, a race track, a can-tossing game, a big soccer field, and enough space to draw cool pictures on the ground with chalk.
It was a wonderful celebration, and many parents attended as well. A heartfelt THANK YOU goes out to the Leuderalbert family.
In June 2026, we took the bike test. In social studies class, we learned all the theory and practiced the route several times beforehand. Now it was time to ride on our own and remember everything. We were very excited. Luckily, everything went well, and all the children received their bike licenses!
On June 19, 2026, we held our sports day in perfect summer weather. All the "Bats" were highly motivated. We jumped, ran, climbed, threw, and played. It was a great day.
We won a trip to Frankenhof Wildlife Park with our herbarium from the Nature Promotion Society. In sunny weather, we started with a guided feeding tour. We were allowed to prepare and feed the food for various animals. For the meerkats, for example, we put the food into two bristly brooms. Then the meerkats had to work a bit for their food.
Afterwards, we had plenty of time to play in the large playground. There was even a brand new, large slide tower. For lunch, we all had a portion of chips before the bus took us back to school.
The Catholic children celebrated their First Holy Communion at the weekend. Today we went to the thanksgiving service together as a class and then to the vicarage. There we had cookies, coffee and juice and all the children were able to play and admire the festive dresses and suits.
We visited the Westmünsterland waste disposal company in Gescher. There we first learned a lot about correct waste separation. We then had to put our knowledge to the test and sort some waste into the correct garbage cans. We then toured the site. There were lots of garbage collection vehicles on the road and people who wanted to unload something at the building yard. We were even able to watch a refuse truck unload all the garbage. On the way back, we went to the truck scales with the whole class. All together we weighed 960kg! Then we made paper. To do this, we tore up old newspaper and colored paper, pureed it into a pulp and worked with scooping frames. Each of us now has a colored, recycled sheet of paper.
On Wednesday, many pupils gathered in the gym to watch some third graders perform a rubber twist. Classes 3a and 3b had rehearsed various choreographies with our teacher trainee in PE lessons.
Friday was the day again. All the classes worked hard and decorated their classrooms and the school corridors for Christmas. We made snow globes for the windows and covered glasses with white paper to make snowmen. Many parents helped out and there was a great buffet of cookies.
Ms. Sicking was in every class this week and talked a lot about teeth and dental health. Afterwards, we went to a prepared room. There, everyone was able to test their knowledge at various craft and game stations.
In October 2025, we held a reading evening at the school. We met at the big school gate at 6.00 pm. Everyone had cozy clothes on and cuddly blankets with them. First, Ms. Gerdes, Ms. Duesmann and Ms. Holtmann read us stories by Astrid Lindgren before we made ourselves comfortable in our reading caves. Finally, we all enjoyed a delicious pizza.
Today we cleaned the potatoes we harvested yesterday and then cooked them. We then ate the jacket potatoes with delicious apple sauce and herb dip. It was really tasty.
Today we made up for the excursion we missed in second grade: We walked to the Meyer family's potato field. Once there, we first learned a lot about potatoes and how they are grown. We were also able to discover many different varieties in the soil. Then we were allowed to take a close look at the large harvesting machine and even climb on it once. Each and every one of us harvested a bag full of potatoes. Tomorrow we will cook delicious jacket potatoes and enjoy them with apple sauce and herb dip.
After getting to know our class mentors briefly yesterday, today we went on a rally through the whole school building with our mentors.
