Lights, Cámara, Acción! – BCS Achieves 3rd Place Nationwide in the Bundeswettbewerb Fremdsprachen
¡Qué orgullo! Our Grade 8 Spanish class has achieved an outstanding 3rd place in the nationwide Bundeswettbewerb Fremdsprachen – with a creative, courageous and highly relevant film project in Spanish.
Creativity Meets Language Skills
Each year, the competition brings together students from across Germany who demonstrate their language skills not only in the classroom, but above all through creative projects.
Participants submit theatre pieces, audio plays or films in different foreign languages. Our BCS students chose a topic that resonates with young people around the world: social pressure, trends, identity and health.
A Short Film About Peer Pressure and Self-Confidence
The result is a ten-minute short film entirely in Spanish, exploring peer pressure at school, beauty ideals and the pressure to “fit in”.
At times serious, at times humorous and always authentic, the film shows how young people find their own way between TikTok trends, expectations and self-confidence.
A True International Creative Team
What makes the project especially impressive is that the class developed it largely independently. From scriptwriting and acting to the final film production, the students worked together as a true international creative team – in Spanish, of course.
“It was wonderful to see how committed and creative the class was. They impressed not only with their language skills, but also by choosing a topic that directly affects many young people,” says the supervising Spanish teacher.
International Learning with a Global Perspective
This success once again highlights what defines BCS: international learning, creative project work and the courage to address social issues openly – in several languages and with a global perspective.
We warmly congratulate our fantastic Grade 8 students on this great achievement.
¡Enhorabuena, equipo!
About the Competition
The Bundeswettbewerb Fremdsprachen is one of Germany’s most renowned language competitions. Students from across the country take part in different foreign languages and present creative projects to a jury.
In the “TEAM Schule” category in particular, creativity, teamwork and intercultural communication are at the heart of the competition.
About the Berlin Cosmopolitan School, Preschool and Kindergarten
The Berlin Cosmopolitan School is changing the traditional way schools and kindergartens work with different approaches to learning in the areas of nature and environmental protection, sports, new work, culture, dance, music and art and much more. The aim of the independent school, preschool and kindergarten is to bring all students along according to their abilities.
“When school motivates, everyone learns more” is the conviction of the Berlin Cosmopolitan School. Regular outdoor learning, sports activities and competitions, digital projects such as robotics, internships from grade 6, music-making from kindergarten age, dance clubs, bilingual education and much more help the children to discover and develop their own preferences and abilities.
Important concerns of the Berlin Cosmopolitan School, Kindergarten and Preschool are social justice, equal opportunities in education and a balanced community. The school regularly awards scholarships to students and accepts refugees. Through its established network and internationally trained staff, the educational institution has the opportunity to explore new educational paths for every age group.
The Berlin Cosmopolitan School was founded in 2003 as a non-profit organisation by Yvonne Wende. In 2004, the first bilingual (English-German) kindergarten and preschool opened for Berlin-Mitte with 18 children. Shortly after, the primary school started and most recently, in 2009, the accredited bilingual Gymnasium of Berlin Cosmopolitan School 01P22. Since then, the number of students has steadily increased. Approximately 1,000 students from all over the world are now being taught on the Rückerstraße and Invalidenstraße campuses. The kindergarten has grown to a number of more than 300 children between the ages of 1 and 6.
In 2013, Berlin Cosmopolitan School was accredited as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, first for primary school and also for the Gymnasium. The IB Learner Profile is about developing children and young people into lifelong learners. The school and kindergarten use primary experiences to design lessons.
