April 7th is WHO World Health Day / The students of the Berlin Cosmopolitan School face the challenges
Children and young people live in uncertain times. In addition to the many crises in the world, they grow up in the midst of a pandemic and have to cope with the effects of an increasingly polluted planet in the future. Health concerns related to diseases such as cancer, asthma and heart disease are also increasing. The link between human disease and a polluted planet is there. Therefore, on World Health Day 2022, the WHO wants to draw the world’s attention to the urgent measures to keep people and the planet healthy. The Berlin Cosmopolitan School also sees this connection and prepares the students of Generation Z and Alpha through critical thinking and growth mindset to face the challenges creatively and optimistically.
Yvonne Wende, founder and director of the Berlin Cosmopolitan School, describes the work of the Berlin Cosmopolitan School, Preschool and Kindergarten: “We work with the children to imagine a world in which clean air, clean water and clean food are available to everyone. We envision livable cities, where people are in control of their health and the health of the planet. Today, on World Health Day, we are putting our focus on our health and the health of our planet.”
The focus on the climate crisis is unavoidable because, among other things, it is the greatest health threat to humanity. The Berlin Cosmopolitan School’s answer is: learning in nature, about nature and for nature. Therefore, the Berlin Cosmopolitan School will create an extracurricular place of learning in nature at the Hotel Müggelsee, Berlin-Köpenick.
In addition, the Berlin Cosmopolitan School has been actively working to stay healthy and protect the planet for a long time. That’s why the Berlin Cosmopolitan School has committed to becoming carbon neutral with the help of Planetly. In addition, children learn to take care of their mental health from the very first year of life.
The high school students have joined forces in a climate rescue club: they are currently working on an environmental week dedicated to raising awareness throughout the BCS community of the most pressing question in human history: how will we save our planet?
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.