The whole world learns in these Kirchseeon classes
Created: 12/22/2022, 11:00 am
By: Robert Langer
Julia Perova sits at the electric piano and plays for children from all over the world at the Christmas party in Kirchseeon.
She comes from Ukraine and fled in April.
She actually loves the Russian composer Tchaikovsky.
But she can't play his works at the moment.
There is “music” of the war.
© Stefan Rossmann
Children from all over the world sit in special classes at the primary school in Kirchseeon.
Your main goal: learn German quickly.
A visit to the Christmas party.
Kirchseeon
- "Who knows this song?" asks Julia Perova and hits the keys on the piano.
Immediately after the first notes, the children's hands go up in the school in Kirchseeon.
"Jingle Bells" is a world-famous Christmas carol.
Clear.
The girls and boys know that.
It is a special group and a special Christmas party.
The approximately 50 students, not all of whom are there, come from all over the world, from Argentina and Bulgaria, from Ireland and Eritrea, from Iraq and Iran, from Romania and Somalia.
They live in different parts of the district.
They speak different languages, but learn German together at school, in special classes at the Kirchseeon site, from the first to the fourth grade.
They have an intensive program, largely all-day school with additional offers.
But after a year they can usually switch to the regular classes.
"The language is the focus," says one of the supervisors.
Project is financed by European program
"The project has been running for about ten years," explains headmaster Franz Kraxenberger.
It is financed by a European program.
The original idea arose from the opening of the borders in Europe and the freedom to travel, says Kraxenberger.
In the meantime, the number of countries of origin has increased significantly and has long since encompassed the entire globe.
The children learned at record speed, the principal is pleased to say.
There are additional offers and those responsible are all very committed.
Julia Perova sits relaxed at the piano, is happy about her performance, stands up, explains the pieces in broken German and with gestures.
She has only been learning the language herself for a few months.
Perova comes from Ukraine, from Charkiv.
In April she fled with her two sons.
Ultimate trigger was that the neighboring house was destroyed by a bomb hit.
She could leave the country, her husband wasn't allowed.
Perova studied music and is looking for a job as a teacher in Germany.
She is in the Ebersberg district because a friend has lived here for 20 years.
Her son Svyatoslov (8) goes to one of the German classes at the school.
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The kids in the canteen are excited.
The concert is something special for them.
There are small gifts on the table in front.
When the music starts, they are suddenly quiet, listening intently.
Perova plays classical music, the prelude by Bach, "Für Elise" by Beethoven, the lullaby by Brahms, but also "Halleluja" by Cohen and "Sloop John B", known among others in the Beach Boys version.
Some of the listening children come from refugee families.
For other children, the parents moved to Germany for a job.
From India, for example, because there was a good offer here in the IT sector.
Conflicts among the children are hardly noticeable.
"They play football together," says Linda Hösle, one of the supervisors.
They are on the ball together, including children from Ukraine and Russia.
At Perova it's a little different.
She actually loves works by the Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky.
But now she no longer plays it, she can no longer play it.
"It's music of war," she says.
But maybe that will change again.
Before that, she had performed a traditional song by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontowych in the canteen.
The Ukrainian children raised their hands enthusiastically.
The others enjoyed the melody.
Music moves without words and across all borders, Perova and the supervisors agree.
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