Award for Kriens elementary school
For the ninth time, recognition prizes are being awarded in the canton of Lucerne to promote innovative and progressive elementary school. A music project of the four Kriens center schools is also awarded a prize.
Around 300 children from 58 nations are currently learning in Kriens' four central school buildings. They differ in terms of culture, language, family background and social class. In this environment, the teaching team launched the "Culture in the Center" project, or KiZ for short, in autumn 2016. In summer 2017, 18 classes (from kindergarten to year 6) started the first year of the project.
While the first and second graders carried out cross-class cultural projects with music, dance and games, the third and fourth graders had the opportunity to attend workshops in dance, theater, choir and music. In years 5 and 6, pupils learned to play an instrument of their choice and rehearsed in a joint orchestra.
The jury praised the way in which culture becomes an element of social integration and diversity in the project and how the school and the music school move closer together through the collaboration.
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