School enrolment ceremony 2022

After two long years, the German International School Dubai was finally able to hold a big school enrolment ceremony again. Equipped with school uniforms and satchels, the new schoolchildren and their parents attended the enrolment ceremony in the festively decorated canteen, which was filled to capacity.

Of course, the bulging school cone was not to be missed - the typical German tradition is also cultivated at DISD far away from the German homeland. With beating hearts, the little ABCs took their seats in the first rows of the hall.

Principal Michael Lummel opened the event together with primary school principal Inga Rehbein. They were particularly pleased to welcome not only the 89 first graders but also their parents to DISD in person. Then student from Year 2 performed a welcome song for their new classmates. Ms. Rehbein had prepared a short poem for her subsequent speech. The new primary school children listened to her attentively. This was followed by a great rap song on the subject of school, which the music teachers Ms. Halushko and Ms. Hafner had prepared. Without further ado, the song was rehearsed with the whole class and everyone rapped and clapped along enthusiastically.

The first graders were then called to the stage one class at a time. After a first class snapshot, the children went with their class teacher to their first lesson in the primary school area. On the way, the little ones were cheered on by the older ones, this year's graduates. They had lined up in a long row and accompanied the school starters on their way through the foyer with a hearty round of applause.

While the children got to know each other and their teacher in the classrooms and were allowed to color in their name badges, there was coffee and cake for the waiting parents. The parents' council and parents from the second classes were on hand to help the new parents. They had already actively helped with the preparation of the party room and the cake buffet. The parents took the opportunity to get to know each other and exchange ideas. After the children had returned from their first lessons, a few souvenir photos were taken and then this wonderful and exciting first day at school came to an end.