Exchange
Our school offers a variety of exchange programmes and informs students of the 9th grade and the introductory phase about opportunities to gain an intercultural experience every year before the autumn holidays.
Contact: Ms Dancker
The last visit of AVS colleagues to St. Petersburg took place in 2018. A small impression of how the colleagues liked it:
Visit to St. Petersburg
Visit of the Russian colleagues 2018
Exchange partner:
School No. 223 is located in the Kirovsky district, that means in the Southwest of St. Petersburg, Russia. The middle school currently has 480 students and 58 teachers. It is a school with in-depth German lessons from grade 2. [http://www.innkruglova.narod.ru/deutschunterricht.htm]
Target group:
The exchange groups on both sides usually consist of 25 people, that means 23 students and two teachers in company. The participants are recruited from different age and class grades. A special feature of the German exchange group is that some parents, alumni and friends of AVS also travel with them.
Participation:
- Preparation of the exchange by the group (organisation, crash course in Russian)
Goals:
The goals are of course very diverse. In addition to general goals such as contributing to international understanding, reducing prejudices on both sides, improving language skills or getting to know another culture etc., some concrete goals can also be mentioned here that relate to the project work, such as the fundamental reprocessing of a historical conflict (2005), the artistic design of postcards for the 2006 World Cup or the creation of a new project-related website (2009).
Duration:
- The exchange meetings take place every year around the first of May. The groups stay with their hosts for about 10 days. The flight time from Hamburg to St. Petersburg is about two hours (for 1400 km).
Costs:
There are costs for the journey to and from St. Petersburg (flight/bus transfer) as well as for the extensive cultural programme. AVS exchange participants should expect to pay about 500 euros per person for their stay in St. Petersburg.
However, the Foundation for German-Russian Youth Exchange can reduce the costs for participants by about one third if – as recently – the application for a for a topic-oriented project work was successful. ( DRJA Foundation)
Exchange partner:
Students from different French schools, individual exchange
Target group:
Interested students in grades 8-11 who have been learning French for at least 2 years
Participation:
Search for an exchange partner and application, with the support of the French teachers
Goals:
- Getting to know school life and everyday life in a French family
- To use and deepen language skills
- Deepening knowledge of the country
- Promote intercultural meetings
- Improving skills
- Develop a lasting interest in the partner country
Duration:
- 3-month visit of the French exchange partners, the common summer holidays are included in the exchange
- Followed by return visit to France for 3 months (including at least 6 weeks school visit)
Costs:
About 400€ travel costs to France →> sponsorship of the Brigitte-Sauzay-exchange-programme by the German-French Youth Office
Contact person:
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Exchange partner: I.E.S. Laxeiro Lalín
Target group: Students of the WPU Spanish class (9th grade)
Participation: Interested students who volunteer to host a guest student
The visit to the exchange school in Itzehoe takes place in 9th grade.
Goals:
- Get to know the daily life of a Spanish family
- Experience school life in a Spanish school
- To use and deepen language skills
- Deepening knowledge of the country
- Improve intercultural competence
Duration: 1 week to 10 days
Costs: About 450 € (depending on flight and excursion costs, meals are provided by the host family)
Contact person: Frau Wykowski
Field report:
On 14.09.2018, we welcomed our exchange students from Spain. First, there was a small round of introductions at school. During the days they were there, we did various activities, such as bowling, a trip to Büsum and to Hamburg. We spent the last evening in such a way that everyone brought something to eat and we had a nice chat at a small closing celebration. We all got along very well, found it very interesting and are already looking forward to the return visit to Spain in the summer!