Refugee children from Ukraine: Every school in the Miesbach district puts together an aid package

Created: 04/07/2022, 09:00

By: Sebastian Grauvogl

Learning German: This is what Ukrainian children who want to take part in normal classes at schools in the Miesbach district have to do in the medium term.

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More than 130 refugee students from the Ukraine are already registered at the schools in the Miesbach district - and there are still more to come.

But the first offers for them start.

District

– Markus Rewitzer was deeply impressed by the first encounters with Ukrainian refugee children at his school.

"These are great children," says the rector of the Hausham elementary and middle school and headmaster spokesman for the Bavarian Teachers' Association (BLLV) in the Miesbach district.

"And they are very grateful that they can be here." It is not difficult to activate the resources that have actually been largely drained by the pandemic.

"Everyone wants to help from the bottom of their hearts," says Rewitzer, also speaking of his fellow principals throughout the district.

They would all try to put together a package to integrate the Ukrainian children into the ongoing school operations as best as possible.

The school authority can already report successes.

The first two "educational welcome groups" started this week at the Otterfing elementary school and the Holzkirchen secondary school, said Jürgen Heiss, the director of the school board.

A total of 25 refugee children are cared for here.

The remaining 105 would attend classes in regular classes.

About 50 of them in secondary schools, the others in primary schools.

Start welcome groups in several schools

Almost all district schools are already making a "contribution to the successful reception of the children and young people who have fled," emphasizes Heiss with praise.

After the Easter holidays, welcome groups are expected to start at the Rottach-Egern and Miesbach primary schools, as well as at the Hausham middle school and the Tegernsee high school.

In cooperation with the Fach-/Berufsoberschule Holzkirchen, the Miesbach vocational school can still use existing capacities in migration classes for Ukrainian young people.

Should the influx increase further, a welcome group is also conceivable here, explains Heiss.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to form further German classes at primary and secondary schools in the middle of the current school year.

Also read: Everything about the current situation of refugees from Ukraine in the district of Miesbach

According to Heiss, the acquisition of support staff for the welcome groups is “quite gratifying”.

Although the situation in elementary and middle schools is still tense due to the corona, there are many extracurricular support offers.

In addition to retired teachers, Ukrainian workers and volunteers would also be available for the assignment.

Where further groups are set up is decided with regard to the local conditions, emphasizes Heiss.

In addition to human resources, the spatial situation and transport links are also included in the planning.

Principal experiences “great openness”

Rewitzer also experiences a "great openness" in the schools in the district.

This new challenge after Corona can hardly be mastered otherwise.

Above all, the uncertainty of how long the Ukrainian schoolchildren will have to stay in the district before they can return home with their families makes planning difficult.

Nevertheless, one must prepare for all eventualities and individual needs.

According to Rewitzer, it will be crucial in the medium term to teach the children and young people sufficient German language skills to participate in regular classes.

"That is the most important prerequisite for integration."

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