Map of Osnabrück

We used this map to find our way around the town of Osnabrück when we had free time - we saw some great places and also had ice-cream!! Our map-reading skills need some work.... we nearly got lost!

Day 3 photograph

The English group at Osnabrück station

Day 3 at the Train Station

Here is a group of Spanish Comenius 3Rs students in Osnabrück train station before going to see the Felix Nussbaum Museum.  They are looking forward to the visit and are very excited!

Oaklands' Comenius Display in England

This board is displayed in a very busy area of the school. We chose this area so that lots of people could see what we have done and what the project is about. Lots of students are interested in the project and are keen to enter the competitions or join our International Club. The display has been an inspiration for people to get involved. It has information about all the partner schools too with a map showing where they are located.

A SELF PORTRAIT BY FELIX NUSSBAUM

A self portrait by  Felix Nussbaum that we saw in the museum on the Wednesday !!!!!
The interpretation of this picture is that he is both hopeful and sad because of the positive and negative aspects. But also that he is hiding, who he really is and doesn't think what is happening to him is right. There are many more hidden meanings that we discovered in this painting whilst at the museum. His work is full of symbolism and metaphor. By Rebecca and Kira

DAY 3 - 19th March

Day 3

Wednesday 19th March 2014 by Rebecca and Kira

We woke up at 7 o’clock and for breakfast had salami, cheese and a banana. We met at the train station at 9:15 and got on the train to Osnabrück. It took about an hour and a half to get there. When we arrived, we had an English group photo and then we split into groups. One group went straight to the museum but the rest of us went around town in smaller groups shopping! It was quite difficult to navigate! Some of us got drinks from Starbucks, while others sat in a marketplace with yummy pretzels (or brezels as they’re called in German).

After shopping, we visited the Felix Nussbaum Museum. He was a Jewish artist who painted during the time of the Second World War. He was always fleeing from persecution by the Nazis. The museum was an architectural masterpiece because it was built as a rigid maze of concrete walls. This was to show the tricky and discriminative pathway that Felix’s life followed. His pictures all were verysad and had and air of misery about them as he had lived through the First World War and was living persecuted during the Second.

 A historic building we saw when in Osnabrück.

After the museum we still had time to go to some more shops and we bought some presents for our families like some bike shaped pasta and some yummy german chocolate. We bought ice-creams and eat them on our way back to the station. Our map reading skills weren’t very good so we nearly got lost several times. In the evening some of us went out with our exchange partners. We went to Pizza Hut and into some German shops e.g. New Yorker and Pimkie. A different group also met up in a cafe called the beat cafe. We tried new drinks like Kiba (cherry and banana juice mixed) it was heaven!!!!!!! We also had some old favourite foods like Ben and Jerry’s: they love ice cream in Germany too. We made lots of new friends from Spain, Germany and the Netherlands. Sadly there were no Italians there. We all exchanged e-mails and phone numbers and hope to stay in contact when we go home.

Comments from each nationality:

Lieke (the Netherlands) – Yesterday after Osnabrück we went kegeln (bowling). Before that we had eaten pizza with the whole group (15 people) and it was really nice! The game (kegeln) was also fun! We laughed a lot and it was a really nice game.

Tjorven (Germany) - Yesterday was a great day! We learnt a lot about  paintings and saw interesting buildings.It was very fun! The building was a spectacular architecture and you could feel how Felix Nussbaum life was. It was so amazing. The evening was very good, because we made new friends.

Cristina (Spain)- The museum had a very interesting building with strange forms. It also was a little bit scary because behind the museum there was a prison.

Matisse (England)- Yesterday we visited Osnabrück and went to a very interesting art museum. We learnt  about a Jewish painter and his story in the war. I was taught a lot of new and exciting facts and it was a great and very informative trip!!!

Matteo (Italy)- The museum in Osnabrück was very interesting and very informative for me.   I love visting other countries  and yesterday was a great day!

GERMANY, AT LAST!

THE SPANISH STUDENTS FROM CLARET SCHOOL IN GRAN CANARIA  HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED IN GERMANY AFTER A LONG AND TIRING JOURNEY, TO ENJOY A WEEK FULL OF EXCITEMENT, CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND LEARNING. THE PROJECT 3R'S IS HELPING OUR SCHOOL TO LIVE NEW EXPERIENCES  . THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL IN GERMANY, THEIR TEACHERS AND FAMILIES FOR WELCOMING US SO NICELY!