Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg

Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg (DSH or HMB) is a German international school in Hermannsburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It serves Grade levels kindergarten through Grade 12. It was established in 1856, making it the oldest private school in the province.

HMB is supported by German government. In 1965 it had 14 teachers and 307 learners.[1]

Hermannsburg has English, a local language, as its main language of instruction, unlike most German schools worldwide, although it has an intense German language programme,[2] and all students take German classes. isiZulu is also offered in the High School, as a second language alongside Afrikaans. Music and sport are other focus areas, besides the academic programme.

The school offers boarding facilities, and day students from Greytown, 25 kilometres (16 mi) away, may use a bus service provided by the school. HMB is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Kranskop.

Campus

There are four boarding facilities in the school and they are available for students in Grades 8-12. The Jungsheim, in the southwest of the campus, serves boys in Grades 8-9 while the Männerheim, in the south of the campus, serves boys in Grades 10-12. Mädchenheim, in the northwest of the campus, serves girls in Grades 8 and 9, while Neues Mädchenheim, in the east of the campus, serves girls in Grades 10-12.

References

  1. ↑ "Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672" (Archive). Bundestag (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Ngene, Bunye (2013). Die Stellung der deutschen Sprache in Afrika: Der Einfluss der deutschen und nigerianischen Sprachpolitik auf die deutsche Sprache in Nigeria. de:Diplomica Verlag. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-3-8428-6912-7. Dies liegt an der Konzeption der deutschsprachigen Schulen mit deutschem Schulziel, die sich als sogenannte Expertenschule größtenteils an deutsche Staatsangehörige und deutsche Muttersprachler wenden und nur in begrenztem Maße auch Kinder anderer Muttersprachen aufnehmen (Z.B. die deutsche Schule in Nigeria). Auch die Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg/Südafrika gehört als einzige geförderte landessprachige Schule mit verstärktem Deutschunterricht (L) in Afrika zu den kleineren deutschen Auslandsschulen. (The reason for this [smaller size of German-language schools compared to bilingual schools] is the school concept of the German-language schools with German educational goals. As so-called expert schools these are mostly targeted at German nationals and native German speakers and only admit a limited amount of children who are native speakers of a different language (the German school in Nigeria is such an example). The only subsidised local language school with enhanced German language instruction, the German school in Hermannsburg/South Africa, is among the smaller German overseas schools.)

External links

Coordinates: 29°02′26″S 30°47′47″E / 29.04056°S 30.79639°E / -29.04056; 30.79639

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.