Hamburg school in criticism: Christian holidays subsequently added!

Hamburg school in criticism: Christian holidays subsequently added!

Hamburg, Deutschland - The Theodor-Haubach primary school (THS) in Hamburg, Altona district, recently criticized because she had only listed Islamic holidays in her school calendar, while Christian holidays were completely missing. The excitement on social media was great when the student and parenting made aware of this grievance. Under the Islamic holidays listed, the beginning of the Ramadan on February 28, the end of Ramadan on March 30th, the breaking of fasting on March 31 and the Iranian New Year's Festival (Nowruz) on March 20, as well as the Islamic sacrificial party, which takes place from June 4th to 9th, as of course Magazin reported.

After the criticism became loud, the school reacted and added to the Christian holidays in their calendar. This now includes Easter, Pentecost, Advent Sundays and Christmas holidays. These changes occurred after the school had previously been pointed out to better map the diversity of religious affiliations in the school community. The parents had complained several times about the lack of the Christian holidays, but a direct statement by the school on the questions of the religious affiliation of the students initially failed.

school profile and teaching concept

The Theodor-Haubach elementary school pursues an unconventional teaching model. By 2018, the school worked with cross -year learning groups, but returned to homogeneous learning groups. There are no grades at the THS; Instead, a "competence -oriented grid certificate" is used. Homework is only given up in individual cases or on special occasions. This is in accordance with the school's self -image as a "democratic school", which has been offering a working group for equal diversity since 2021, which is committed to racism and discrimination.

In addition to its curriculum, THS offers foreign language lessons in Turkish and French. The French courses are carried out in cooperation with a language school, whereby costs for the parents are incurred, which must be emphasized in the current discussion about participation and equal opportunities for all students.

Another aspect of the school policy of the THS refers to the recommendations for choosing costume for carnival. In 2022, parents were encouraged to avoid discriminatory and gender -specific costumes. In a written letter that the school recently sent, it was pointed out that children should dress more creatively than professions or plants instead of using stereotypical representations - a measure that the school sees as part of its efforts to diversity.

While the discussion about the school calendar and the focus continues on Islamic holidays, the Theodor-Haubach primary school shows with the additions carried out and the desired intercultural dialogues that it endeavors to respect and integrate the different beliefs of their student body. According to the kmk it is essential that schools in a multicultural environment understand and implement the need for intercultural education.