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Superhero factory

Over the last few weeks and months, a member of staff from the Superhero Factory has been visiting our individual classes to carry out the superhero project.

The day began with a discussion of what makes superheroes special and what abilities they can have. This was followed by tips on how to appear confident and self-assured and how the children can behave in conflict situations.

The children were taught that they are all strong, should believe in themselves and should not attach so much importance to the (negative) opinions of others. With the help of thoughts about important people and activities that the children know well, an imaginary protective shield was created to help the children not let the negative words of others (e.g. insults) get to them so much.

Again and again there were small role-playing games in which what had been discussed could be put to the test.

It was always an entertaining four hours in which the children were interested and contributed great ideas and contributions.

Nature hunters at the Bernhard Overberg School

The children from the third year of the Bernhard-Overberg-Schule were delighted to receive the first prize in the "Nature on the Trail" competition. This prize is awarded by the Nature Promotion Society, which was founded in 1990. With numerous campaigns and competitions in the Borken district, the society is committed to ensuring that the region remains liveable for future generations. The pupils took a close look during several nature walks near the Bernhard-Overberg-Schule. They looked for a wide variety of native plants, identified them and compiled an extensive herbarium. This convinced the jury, so that Mr. Markus Lanfer, member of the advisory board of the Nature Promotion Society, presented the proud children with the first prize: they were delighted to receive a voucher for a trip to Frankenhof.

Carnival 2025

The Overberg pupils impress in new school jerseys

The children from the fourth year of the Bernhard Overberg School put their footballing talent to the test at the Euregio School Winter Cup. The Overberg School entered one girls' team and one boys' team. They were each equipped with a brand new set of jerseys purchased by the school's support association. After exciting matches, the girls' team successfully finished in fourth place. The boys' team was convincing and took first place in the tournament. The teams were cheered on by many of their classmates, who spent the school morning on the sidelines.

Farewell

Marga Süß-Fortkamp left ÜMI at the end of the year. We would like to thank her and wish her all the best!

Open singing on 20.12.2024

Farewells

Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to our school social worker Christiane Liebing as she has found a school closer to home. We wish her a good start at her new school!

We also had to say goodbye to our cleaner Marie-Luise Heßling. She went into well-deserved retirement. We wish her all the best for the future and, above all, good health.

We collect for Uganda

Overbergler donate Christmas parcels for the Gronau food banks

Advent is also a special time at the Bernhard-Overberg-Schule, during which the entire school community tries to pause and create space for special moments. The school morning begins in all classes during these weeks with a small Advent celebration, where people sing, tell stories and read aloud. The school is decorated for Christmas and the children rehearse diligently for the performances on the last day of school. It has now become a tradition that all Overberglers also want to make Gronau and Eperan families happy during these weeks who are currently not doing so well. The children, parents and teachers donated lots of Christmas parcels containing great surprises. These parcels have now been collected by the managing director of the Gronau food banks, Mr. Reiner Liedtke, and the first chairman, Mr. Manfred Lenz, who will hand them over to the families in the coming weeks. The elementary school's student parliament accepted their thanks on behalf of the entire elementary school and helped to load the many parcels.

Tractor lights at the Overberg School

After the light drive at the weekend, some of the light tractors came to our schoolyard this Monday and lit up the dark morning.

Toboggan singing in the Agatha Church

Despite the weather, we walked to Agatha Church today with the whole school community and sang Christmas carols together with lots of other children.

Turkey cheeks sweeten the school morning

The entire school community at Bernhard-Overberg-Schule was delighted with a surprise that the school's support association had commissioned from St. Nicholas. On St. Nicholas morning, the children of the school parliament found four large boxes full of fragrant mare's cheeks, which they then distributed to the children and adults together with the chairpersons of the school's support association, Tobias Bürger and Rita Meyer. Well fortified, all the children from the school then went to the Agatha Church in Epe for the big toboggan sing.

Craft day at the Overbergschule

This year's craft day took place on Friday, 29.11.2024. All classes spent 4 hours cutting, gluing and crafting to decorate the classrooms and corridors for Christmas.

Dental health campaign week

In the week from 18-22.11.2024, our school once again took part in the dental health campaign. As part of the subject lessons, all classes dealt extensively with the topic of "dental health". In addition to the KAI brushing method, everyone learned a lot about teeth and the functions of individual teeth. Many things could be tried out practically at all the stations. The fourth-graders were even allowed to make their own toothpaste and take it home with them.

Sponsored run on 4.10.2024

Today, all the children at the school were dressed for sport as they took part in this year's sponsored run. Classes 1 and 2 were highly motivated at the start, followed later by classes 3 and 4, and ran many laps around the school in the beautiful weather. To ensure that all the children had enough to drink, there was a drinks station at the school and at the halfway point.

Play "My body belongs to me"

Building on the play "Nein-Tonne", the theater pedagogical workshop came back to our class. Small scenes were used to express feelings of yes and no. "What can I do as a child if someone crosses my physical boundaries?" and "How do I defend myself against sexual violence?" were two important questions that were answered. It became clear that in cases of sexual violence, the perpetrator is always to blame.

The children should be empowered to prevent dangerous situations and learn to get help when they need it. The children were given three questions to answer:

1. Do I have a yes or a no feeling?
2. Does anyone know where I am?
3. Can I get help if I need it?

Despite the difficult topic, the children were eager to participate thanks to the great actors, the catchy song "My body..." and the age-appropriate play scenes.

No garbage can

On 1.10.2024, the Theaterpädagogische Werkstatt from Osnabrück was back at our school. For the first two years, there was the "No ton". Using short play sequences, the children learned more about the difference between yes and no feelings.

Drumming magic as a guest at the Bernhard Overberg School

"Children to the drums" - this was the motto of an action day at the Bernhard Overberg School, which was financed by the school's support association.

After a morning full of rhythms, dances and African sounds, all parents and grandparents were invited to a great hands-on concert. All the children and adults went on a musical fantasy journey to the magical drum land of "Tamborena", where the young musicians met lions, elephants and many other wild animals. All members of the audience were also encouraged to dance, drum and join in. This magical drumming day will remain in everyone's memory.

The Borken district sees yellow

As part of the "The Borken district sees yellow" campaign, some fourth graders handed out yellow thumbs before the start of school to parents who brought their children to school. Most parents behaved correctly and received a "thumbs up".

School enrollment ceremony for the new first graders

All the children and teachers of our school welcomed our new first graders today in bright sunshine with a trellis. Mrs. Schmeing then welcomed all first graders and their parents at the main staircase. Classes 3a, 3b and 3c recited an ABC poem and sang "You belong to us". After a short prayer, all the children went to their classes and experienced their first lesson.