Orientation Week Year 7

The transition to Year 7 is exciting. Suddenly everything is new: the building, the classmates, the teachers, the rules, the requirements. A successful start to Secondary School is important to us. After a week with our introductory programme, which above all awakens motivation and the joy of exploring the new environment, nobody feels alone or disoriented!

Here is an example of the timetable for the first week.

	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
1	Assembly	German Test	English Test I	Math Test (English department) MPR	Year 7 "survival guide" I Picking up the books from the library (9 am)
2	Introduction (Name game, 1 truth and 2 lies) Handing out agendas, schedules and lockers, voting for class speaker, Klassenbuch rotation	Gartenplatz Break Pick students up in the MPR	Gartenplatz Break Pick students up in the MPR	Math Test (English department) MPR
3	Class organisational tasks: AG selection, excuses, school year schedule, Class trip, 1 day Wandertag, discussing school rules and day to day routine	German Test II	English Test II	Gartenplatz Break	Math Test II
4	Personal introduction activity (e.g. students create small collages to introduce themselves to the school)	Languages Games	Birthday Calendars	Karaoke	Year 7 "survival guide" II
Lunch Break
5	Reviewing the collages Putting them up in the hallway	How to get to the gym, take students downstairs in Hof	Birthday Calendars	Write a letter to your Year 12 self and seal it in a time capsule.	Humboldthain Picnic
6	Scavenger Hunt	How to get to the gym, take students downstairs in Hof	Birthday Calendars
7	Scavenger Hunt	Sport class	Fine Motor Skills	Anti-Bullying