The document describes facilities at the Kurt-Tucholsky-Gesamtschule in Krefeld, Germany. It details the two tower buildings for grades 5-10 that break from traditional school building forms, the solar hall landscaped like a jungle for outdoor breaks, and a student lounge for socializing, homework, and snacks. It also mentions a bakery cafe next door, a modern gym divided into three halls and changing rooms, a school garden with a pond and landscaping, an outdoor schoolyard for sports and socializing, and a favorite nearby supermarket students visit before and after school.

1. THE KURT-TUCHOLSKY-
GESAMTSCHULE
KREFELD, GERMANY
„Learning by eating“
Comenius 2012 - 2014

2. PRESENTATION OF THE KURT-TUCHOLSKY-GESAMTSCHULE, KREFELD, GERMANY
The Towers
The two towers in yellow in our school, which are built for the students from
5. to 10. grade, have a wonderful structure. It breaks the traditional building
form of school and let the kids enjoy learning inside it.

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The Solar Hall
This part of our school looks like a jungle. Here you can spend your
breaks sitting with your friends under palms and other exotic plants and
trees.

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The student‘s lounge
Doing your homework, chatting with your friends, having a snack, wating for
the next lesson to begin - whatever you want to do during a break:
here you can do it.

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The „bakery“
Next to the Solar Hall you can buy a snack.
Then you can just sit down, eat and talk to your friends
or you play some table-football. Who‘s going to win?

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The gym
The gym of the Kurt-Tucholsky-comprehensive school is very modern and
great. It is subdivide into three parts. Every sports hall part has a separate
changing room. Also, the three parts are separated through a movable wall.
Furthermore there is a tribune for sports event. Every day, several classes
come to the gym to do sport actively.

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The school‘s garden
In our school garden is a little pond with some fish. You can watch them
when you pass the pond on a little bridge. This picture was taken in winter –
in spring and summer the garden is very beautiful! There are large trees and
colorful flowers and bushes. Throughout the school year students take care
of the garden as an extracurricular activity.

8. PRESENTATION OF THE KURT-TUCHOLSKY-GESAMTSCHULE, KREFELD, GERMANY
The schoolyard
Our schoolyard is a playground too. Here you can play table
tennis, football or basketball.
If you aren't a sporty person you can just stand there or sit on a
bench and talk to your friends.

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Our favorite
This is
THE super
market around
the corner. A lot of
students love to go there
before or after school to buy
lunch or a snack.
supermarket

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and that‘s us…
well …

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… we can be really nice …
…sometimes ;-)