Presentation of Pestalozzi-Gymnasium

More about our school

• About 900 students and 62 teachers

• youngest students are 10 years old

• grade 5 to grade 12

• 3-4 (5) parallel classes in each grade

• most subjects compulsory until grade

9

• second foreign language from grade

6 on

•-> Latin or French

Subjects

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Additional subjects in grade 8-9 Students have the choice between

different courses with 3 lesson/week:

• French

• politics economy (leading a students‘

company)

• biology/sports

• ecology/geography

• discoveries with computers in real life

• Natural science

Music at PGU

• Students of grades 5,6(only one class

in this grade) learn to play a wind

instrument like trompete, flute,

oboe, ...

• we have different music workshops:

little choir, orchestra, basic big band,

jazz choir, big band

Additional activities at PGU

• UNESCO-workshop

• Supervising of homework done by teachers and

students

• Workshops for students after lessons like computer.club,

Fischer technics, art, photography and video workshop,

...

• dispute settlement done by students

• advisory teachers for school and personal problems

• students who work as paramedics if medical problems

occur

• theater performances, concerts, exhibitions of school

work

Grades 10, 11, 12

• Each student can choose between different subject

• Compulsory: a foreign language, German, maths,

sports

• Choice for a third foreign language: French or

Spanish

• Choice between social subjects

• Choice between different subjects in science

• Choice between arts, literature, music

• Choice between religion and philosophy

•In total about 30-36 lessons of 45 min. per week

•Central examination (task in our country) and A-

level

Unna

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The town

The surroundings - Ruhr Area

The surroundings- Münsterland

The surroundings - Sauerland