Comenius 2009Comenius 2009GermanyGermanyGreeceGreeceHungaryHungary

TransylvaniaTransylvania

Social projectSocial project

„„Wichernstift / Wichern-school“Wichernstift / Wichern-school“

StructureStructure

1) General facts / school structure1) General facts / school structure 2) guided tour of school2) guided tour of school

- staff room- staff room

- elementary school- elementary school

- 8th grade / recreation rooms- 8th grade / recreation rooms

- other specific rooms / Wichern‘s - other specific rooms / Wichern‘s theories theories

WichernstiftWichernstift

Established in 1948Established in 1948 Youth psychiatry, home for senior citizens, Youth psychiatry, home for senior citizens,

Wichern-schoolWichern-school

Wichern-school Wichern-school

Children (boys)Children (boys) with serious problems with serious problems

with concentration, with concentration, integration within a integration within a group, who are group, who are extremely aggressive extremely aggressive or hyperactiveor hyperactive

> Individual help for > Individual help for individual problemsindividual problems

Staff room Staff room

10 teachers, 2 social 10 teachers, 2 social education workerseducation workers

daily morning daily morning assemblyassembly

Weekly conferencesWeekly conferences Daily feedback to Daily feedback to

parents and parents and supervising tutors supervising tutors

Elementary schoolElementary school

5 – 7 pupils5 – 7 pupils Individual learningIndividual learning Special recompense Special recompense

systemssystems

- token system- token system

- card system- card system

- feedback forms- feedback forms

Elementary school - ClassroomElementary school - Classroom

Card systemCard system Borrowed from football Borrowed from football

red and yellow cards are red and yellow cards are used, when rules are used, when rules are injuredinjured

Students have to leave Students have to leave the classroom and bring the classroom and bring the cards to the “Crisis the cards to the “Crisis office”office”

Green cards allow them to Green cards allow them to go back to class go back to class

Feedback formFeedback form

8th grade8th grade

Between 5 and 9 Between 5 and 9 pupilspupils

Weekly time tableWeekly time table Still recompense Still recompense

systemsystem

Recreation rooms / free timeRecreation rooms / free time

School yard , soccer School yard , soccer field field

Seperate recreation Seperate recreation rooms for young and rooms for young and older pupilsolder pupils

School yardSchool yard

Other rooms Other rooms

Wichern‘s theoriesWichern‘s theories

Johann Hinrich Wichern : a theologian Johann Hinrich Wichern : a theologian who lived from 1808 to 1881who lived from 1808 to 1881

believed in peoples’ uniqueness and their believed in peoples’ uniqueness and their ability to choose the right sideability to choose the right side

church should support people who need church should support people who need helphelp

he wanted to stop immorality and show he wanted to stop immorality and show young people a new way of livingyoung people a new way of living

he wanted to give them a sense of he wanted to give them a sense of community, teach them discipline and community, teach them discipline and offer special helpoffer special help

SourcesSources

www.wichernstift.comwww.wichernstift.com www.wikipedia.dewww.wikipedia.de http://www.wichern-schule.info/http://www.wichern-schule.info/ BrochuresBrochures Wichernschule Wichernschule

Special thanks to the teachers, social Special thanks to the teachers, social education workers and especially to Mrs education workers and especially to Mrs Meyer-Folkerts Meyer-Folkerts

We hope you enjoyed our presentation !We hope you enjoyed our presentation !

Sina Becker,Mareike Bödeker,Sina Becker,Mareike Bödeker,Anja Gerling Anja Gerling