Werner seitz tries to inspire schoolchildren to take part in mathematics competitions. "In times of G 8, however, it has become more difficult to recruit participants", says seitz. That's why frobenius gymnasium is now starting as early as possible: in the new school year 2013/14, 5b will be a specialized "math plus" class-class composed.

"It is not meant to be an elite class", seitz explains: "we don't want any straight A students." Rather, children are asked to take the spab at the have a knob and like to solve mathematical problems. Seitz, a mathematics supervisor, has taken the arts as a model for his concept. For example, there are schools with theater and music classes in which choral singing or acting are particularly required.

In addition to the regular four hours of math lessons per week, the fifth-graders in grade 5b receive an obligatory intensification lesson and an extra hour of "math-plus" as an optional subject. Children learn the material that was eliminated for G8: roman numerals, the binary system, and the theory of numbers. "That in itself is an enrichment", says principal helmut schreiner, himself a mathematics graduate. However, the school tasks are no more difficult than in the other classes. They only cover the regular curriculum.

Seitz also prepares children for math competitions. Because the solutions often required a completely new approach and differed from the standard recipe used in the classroom. "Trying things out and trying them out often helps", seitz explains. Even he as a teacher could not manage the tasks of the higher competitions at the first attempt. Seitz: "I don't have that much patience."

Schoolchildren form a community
He wants to get as many as possible of the 5b class to participate. Having all the math-enthusiastic students in the same class is intended to create a sense of community among them.

Frobenius high school has a rank to defend. Time and again, schools successfully take part in award rounds. At the 15. This time, there were five participants in the bavarian state mathematics competition. For this, the grammar school can look forward to an award and prize money of between 1000 and 1500 euros, because it is one of the eight best schools in bavaria. In the past, there have already been two national winners. You have embarked on a career in science.

It pays to take part, because the winners of the national competition can look forward to a scholarship. Seitz also wants to bring the schools into the competitions because they are important for the university. However, the students are not forced to study mathematics. Being good at math doesn't automatically mean you'll get a math degree. "It's a tough business, says seitz from his own experience.

At least the fifth graders will be able to read the roman numerals on monuments after the math plus year, according to schreiner. "That is a cultural-historical gain."
 

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They are called merle, filou or nugget, they are friendly, stress-resistant and they are good with children: so they have the best prerequisites to take away the fear of reading aloud from elementary school children in the bamberg region in the future. For three days, ten dog owners and their four-legged friends were trained by the johanniter in upper franconia to become reading dog teams – in theory and in practice.
"You go into the reading room with the child and give your dog a few minutes to explore the room and get to know the child a bit, then find a nice spot with the child and call your dog in": helmut winter, who is responsible for training the reading dog teams at the johannitern, gives tips for the reading meetings and looks at how the dog and dog owner handle the situation. Ultimately, the aim is to create a relaxed and calm atmosphere in which the children can concentrate fully on the dog and reading aloud to it.
The animals accept the children as they are, without being prejudiced, and even shy or fearful children find it easier to make contact with animals – this is what animal-assisted intervention makes use of in various areas, and this is also the basis for the success of the reading dogs: the dog simply listens patiently, does not criticize any mistakes and does not laugh at anyone. In this protected environment, the children can improve their reading skills and lose their fear of reading aloud.
"In central franconia, the johanniter have been using reading dogs for a long time, and we are pleased that this is now happening in bamberg as well", explains project manager tobias eckardt. "From now on, elementary schools from the region are welcome to contact us if they are interested. The reading dog teams then visit 'their' pupils at school every week: there, the children read to the reading dog for 20 minutes at a time."

Tasks clearly outlined

Anja gerber, who will be there with her dog merle, is already looking forward to the first game: "i would like to do something for the children. Finally, I would also be happy if my daughter got such support if necessary. Besides, i think it's good to do something with my dog, and merle is learning something, too." The task of the dog handlers, such as anja gerber, is also clearly defined in the reading sessions: the interaction takes place between the reading dog and the child, the dog owners remain in the background, only giving small help with the reading and praising the children when they have read their story aloud.
During the practical training with merle and her reading dog colleagues, everything runs smoothly: sometimes a little slower, sometimes a little faster, children and dogs find their way to each other – one reads, the other patiently listens. "Over time, the children develop a personal relationship with their reading dog and become more and more open to it. That's why it's important that the same dog always visits 'his' child and that the chemistry between the dog team and the child is right", tells helmut winter. If it doesn't work out, a new team will be looked for. But he has no worries about the freshly qualified upper franconian reading dogs: "the dogs are all very suitable, i'm almost a bit jealous that they are active in upper and not in central franconia". 

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The only really exciting thing about the pettstadt mayoral election is a percentage: how many percent will send jochen hack into his second term as head of the municipality. This could be interesting, since the man from the free electoral association (G) had won 53.27 percent in 2014 with two opposing candidates. Hack does not have an opponent now.

Pettstadt elects two more town councils this time than in 2014 due to more residents. During the last legislative period, there were four groups in the 14-member municipal council: CSU, SPD, G and BNL. These are the ones who are running again. For this body, voters have a choice of 101 candidates, with not all lists making full use of their possibilities – 28 candidates.

Jochen hack (52) is married, the father of three children and a foundation manager. Politically he has been involved for 20 years now. What motivates you to get involved in politics??

Jochen hack: my involvement in politics is local. It results from the strong ties to my home community. I was able to spend a really happy childhood here and still feel very much at home in pettstadt today. I would like to give back a lot of these experiences and develop pettstadt further in a livable and future-proof way.

What has angered you most about your community in the past year?? I don’t usually argue, but see the issues as a challenge to be solved.

What has been your greatest political achievement in the last six years?? There were several rough successes. I would like to highlight the two labor-intensive projects: the city bus connection and the provision of the entire community area with fiber optics to the home. Why you are the right mayor for your community? I stand for the motto of my electoral community: working for pettstadt, as well as the guidelines of being close to the town and its people, forward-looking and tradition-conscious, and not tied to any political party.

In which three areas do you see the greatest need for action in your community?? Due to rising birth rates and increased demand for childcare, there is an acute need for action both in the daycare center and in the after-school childcare center at the school. In the short to medium term, the need for space and care must be supplemented by new or expanded quarters and additional staff. Many burgers in our community are concerned about maintaining or expanding the local supply in the town. Ideas for this are already being tested for feasibility in cooperation with all participants

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The gemeinnutzige gesellschaft fur soziale dienste (GGSD) in nurnberg and the lebenshilfe erlangen-hochstadt are jointly launching a specialist school for special education nursing in herzogenaurach. The school is scheduled to begin operations as early as september 2019, according to a press release from the GGSD.

As a result, starting in the coming school year, up to 30 schoolchildren in herzogenaurach will have the opportunity to qualify in a two-year training program for working with people with disabilities. GGSD cooperates closely with lebenshilfe erlangen-hochstadt in this technical school. This offers beside rough instruction rooms for the future school directly locally outstanding views of the practice, so the communication.

"With the establishment of the school, we, as an educational institution, are helping to permanently secure the need for skilled workers in the numerous facilities of lebenshilfe erlangen-hochstadt. We ensure high-quality training with experienced teachers based on many years of experience. The close cooperation and spatial proximity to the lebenshilfe practical facilities create ideal conditions for sound training, which I am very pleased about", emphasizes ute kick, managing director of the GGSD, formerly herself the head of a specialist school for curative education for over 20 years.

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When will he finally arrive, the numerous children asked themselves, just like the many spectators who attended the soccer training of the FC herzogenaurach E-youth team?. Lothar matthaus had signed up to visit his hometown club and drove up at 5 p.M. On the dot. After slipping into his training outfit, he answered the first questions from the waiting journalists. Rather reluctantly, because he actually wanted to take the young soccer players out onto the artificial pitch before talking to the press. Matthaus made it clear right away: "I’m happy to help out in the youth area here. This is my hometown club."
In the past few years, it was difficult to put this affair of the heart into practice, as the 1990 world champion had too many other appointments and tasks on his plate. Currently, however, matthaus has more free time and is taking it. "I’m in herzogenaurach every six to eight weeks anyway and visit my parents. That’s why I like to come to the FCH, because that’s the place where I scored my first goals. Back there is my old school", says the 56-year-old, who lived in his hometown until he was a senior: he started playing soccer for the pumas when he was nine and came out at 18, when he was signed by borussia monchengladbach.

Old departures as fence toasts

He wanted to pass on a bit of what helped him to his world career to the up-and-coming kickers during training. "I want to give the kids motivation, because without motivation you can’t do it", said matthaus, who also discovered old departures on the sidelines such as manfred bierlein ("you’re still around, too"), with whom he once played together in the bavarian league for FC herzogenaurach.
After the obligatory team photo and the speech of the guest coach, the ball was rolling. Everyone could get an idea of what kind of bite the ex-world champion must have had in the past. That lothar matthaus lives fubball became clear in every sentence. "If you’re just going for a walk here, then you’ve got to stay home", the trained interior decorator admonished one of the young players and gave him an encouraging pat on the back before turning to the goalkeeper: "we’re going to do the drill just like i said we would."

Training has priority

Those who expected a show event were in for a surprise. Matthaus took more than two hours to train with the children, and then spent another half hour signing autographs with them. Much to the chagrin of some press representatives who wanted to interview the 56-year-old in between, but were told off: "that’s not possible now because we have training. If you ask mr. Heynckes during training, he’ll send you away, too", said matthaus dryly and immediately corrected his passes again.
Even with an "eckla herzogenaurach’s famous son kicked along and repeatedly demanded completions from his proteges. "Don’t switch off. When you have the follow-up shot, you put it in", said the german national team record player, who encouraged the talents in his closing speech to keep at it and wished them good luck for the future of soccer. "Every training session helps. If you take ten small steps, it’s a rough one."
The young spumas took away a lot from their training with the 1990 world champion and are already looking forward to their next appearance: lothar matthaus, who visibly enjoyed the training, announced it as a precaution – only the date has not yet been set.

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Off the couch and into the sneakers it was last saturday for the 65 participants of the aerobic event at the caspar-vischer-gymnasium (CVG).
The P-seminar sport under the direction of kathrin krebs had invited to a rough workout day in the gyms of the CVG and the pestalozzi school, a great opportunity to get to know new trend sports in particular. The registered participants were able to choose from twelve courses of one hour each – a total of four hours of power sports.
Well, if you had chosen your courses cleverly, some of the participants might still have felt an over-acidification of the muscles the next day. "Of course, four hours of intensive sports is a lot, but we trust that everyone knows his or her own body and will stop when it’s no longer possible", said sports teacher kathrin krebs.

Fitness studios participated

The 13 students of the P-seminar were divided into three groups: organization, sponsors and aerobics. The latter was responsible for selecting the workshops and contacting the participating fitness studios. "We studied the internet offers of the different studios and made a preselection", explained tina schlee from Q12. It was important to include sports that were not yet so well known. "But we didn’t just decide on paper, we took part in the lessons ourselves so that we could better assess the content." The result was a colorful offering that ranged from fascia training to fat burner, thai yoga or crossfit to zumba or pilates.

Pilates – quite strenuous

"Stretch your legs" was the phrase of trainer anna jahreis in the gymnasium of the pestalozzi school, which caused a slight uproar among the participants. Pilates was considered by many to be quite strenuous, because it teaches you where your body has muscles everywhere. Similar to body tone with anja waltes, which is performed more in a standing position than pilates.
"I think it’s great to go with a different trainer, you get good new inputs", said monique sieber, who regularly goes to the gym. She came with her son maximilian, who had never done anything like this before. "It’s pretty cool", said the schoolboy, but he will certainly later trace his muscles. With deep work and full-body workout, the two went into the afternoon hours.
"With our event we wanted to convey the joy of movement and make people take time for themselves, do something for their body", said kathrin krebs.

Better than medication

She regretted that many people nowadays prefer to take injections or medicines for physical problems rather than to fight the causes through exercise. "This is also a mission that we as physical education teachers see at our school: we want to encourage lifelong movement."

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The decision for the mayoralty of stadelhofen is between volker will (uwg) and wolfgang schrauder (CSU). Last sunday, the representative of the non-partisan electoral community received 46.3 percent of the vote, the CSU man 37.7 percent. The third-place finisher christian eberlein (jura wahlergruppe stadelhofen), however, missed the runoff election with just under 16 percent of the votes.

Volker will lives in wolkendorf. The 44-year-old is a warehouse manager and has been a member of the town council for six years. 58-year-old wolfgang schrauder has been third mayor so far. The innkeeper and farmer has been a member of the local CSU association in steinfeld/ stadelhofen since 1997 and has been a member of the town council for many years.

As part of our small series, we have now asked two supporters of the two remaining competitors for their arguments as to why they consider will or schrauder to be the right successor to ludwig gohl (uwg).

The runoff election will also define the future balance of power in the stadelhofen town council: according to the preliminary results of the town council election, the CSU and uwg will each have five seats, while the JWS will have two. Depending on who becomes mayor, however, the CSU or the uwg will be succeeded by one more council member.

Otto will: speaking for wolfgang schrauder…

I don’t vote for a party, I vote for the person wolfgang schrauder. Wolfgang has the talent to make everyone welcome and like him with his charming manner.

Wolfgang brings the people together. That’s what he did at the "950 years of steinfeld" festival proved himself with bravura. I am sure that he will be a worthy representative for our community in public and in cooperation with the authorities with his friendly and authoritative manner. He was the only councillor to attend the opening days of the ilek program. Where was the rest? At that time, no one seemed to be interested, and there was no election to be held.

Wolfgang stands up for citizens in all parts of the town. The citizens of robdorf, for example, listened at the meeting. Wolfgang has immediately taken the initiative and in the next meeting of the municipal council has made a request for a permanently installed traffic monitoring station. The application was approved for robdorf as well as for wotzendorf and eichenhull. Wolfgang can be counted on!

Taking responsibility, organizational skills and the willingness to help others is something he has learned and internalized since he was a child. What would our villages be without volunteerism?? These are often tasks with a lot of work and little glory. Wolfgang is not too shy and makes his time available for this purpose. I know what I’m talking about, for example, I used to put up the christmas tree in the village, now wolfgang does it. He is continuing traditions, and I think that’s very good. As a self-employed person, wolfgang is always available quickly, at any time and without complications. Many of us know that no matter what the issue, he is always available. That is simply not possible as an employee.

Currently, the question of what a mayor must be able to do or bring to the table is more urgent than ever. It’s time to stick together in federal politics and more importantly in our communities.

His experience and good network as a municipal councilor and 3. Mayors will be an advantage for us here.

There will be no time for a long training period. I trust that wolfgang will work as usual and make the necessary decisions prudently. The best for all, wolfgang schrauder, that’s who i choose.

Martin schmitt: speaking for volker will…

Iebe citizens, my name is martin schmitt, I am 22 years old, I come from wotzendorf and today I would like to convince you why you should once again exercise your right to vote and cast your vote for volker will. Volker, as a young, committed and above all down-to-earth candidate, is exactly the right person for the office of mayor, especially in today’s hysterical times. With his open and authentic manner, he is ideally suited to lead the community in a forward-looking manner, hopefully for the next few terms of office.

He has been demonstrating these leadership qualities for quite some time, whether as a soccer coach, as a camp manager in a community-owned business, or as an innkeeper in his business in wolkendorf. Through his open and honest dealings with the citizens, he always has an open ear and always tries to consider and fairly weigh all sides. I am convinced that volker does not advertise with empty promises, but pursues clear and, above all, feasible goals, be it with regard to the demands of commercial and agricultural enterprises or the preservation of our diverse natural and cultural landscape. This also includes the support of the clubs and organizations that shape the everyday life of our community and with which volker has been deeply rooted for many years.

As a young citizen, it is important to me to live in an attractive community where it is worthwhile to build your own future. For me, this includes a well-developed infrastructure as well as the possibility for young families to settle in the community without the living environment losing quality. Again, I firmly believe that volker will work for all generations to not only maintain but also improve the quality of life in our beautiful community, whether by maintaining the school and day care center or providing support for the elderly.

All in all, volker is, in my opinion, the optimal mayor to lead our community honestly, fairly and, above all, close to the burghers, on a good path and not only to maintain the cosiness and beauty of our jura community, but also to expand it.

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Draw threatens

The new elections are adjourned to the 17. November 2018 in the old school in hirschaid. If again no new board is formed, the sangergruppe regnitz-ebrachgrund can be closed down after almost 60 years of existence. 1959) by a majority vote of the members of the sangergruppe (see articles of association, §7 "dissolution of the sangergruppe"). The current board of directors will remain in place until the aforementioned date.

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Much is initially gray theory. The bavarian cabinet is turning the winter emergency plan for refugees into a general emergency plan. The counties start looking for accommodation to take in 200 to 300 people at a time for the short term. But hardly anyone realizes the scale of the issue as the year progresses. This will change in august at the latest.

Hall becomes an emergency shelter

"After consultation with the district office of kronach, it is planned to use the gymnasium from the 10th of the year. August to occupy. The district office has reported a maximum capacity of 150 places in the hall", the government of upper franconia informs at the end of july on our inquiry. The first buses with asylum seekers arrive at the school center in kronach a short time later. As a rule, the refugees from countries such as eritrea, senegal, nigeria, iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, syria or albania only occupy the hall temporarily, after which they are divided up among other facilities.

In october, the refugees leave the sports hall at the kreuzberg again. The schools return to their traditional rooms. New accommodation is now being provided for the asylum seekers. It is located on the land of the former company dreefs in unterrodach.

What will become of the young people?

Overall, the refugees are received with rough understanding. Many people volunteer to alleviate their suffering and integrate them as best they can. The longer the storm lasts, however, the more voices of uncertainty are raised as to whether the region is really in a position to cope with the situation. Debate calms down towards the end of the year. The flow of refugees seems to be slowing down.

One factor of the asylum issue that could also become an opportunity for the region are the unaccompanied youths. Young people from the arab-african region attend classes at the vocational school in kronach. They learn german, get a taste of professions and want to get involved. Some politicians see their integration as part of the answer to the question of how to counter demographic change.

A look at the statistics

Accommodations decentralized accommodations and shared accommodation of the government: in november 2014, a total of 169 asylum seekers in the district were accommodated there. To the 11. December 2015 there were 404. At the beginning of the year, ten asylum seekers were assigned to the district each week for decentralized accommodation. In october 2015, the weekly quota was increased to 15 asylum seekers.

Emergency shelter (school center). Unterrodach): after the first three buses (10., 11. And 13. August) 132 people were accommodated at the school center. The high at the end of august was 139 people. There are currently 38 people in unterrodach.

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A momentous day in the lives of 20 girls and boys was sunday’s first communion.
Accompanied by their parents, siblings, godparents and relatives, the communion children marched from the elementary school to the catholic parish church in altenkunstadt to the sound of the altenkunstadt musicians. The lovingly decorated house of worship was filled with the opening song "let our lives be a celebration" .
A rough tree in the sanctuary drew the eye, with each leaf on the branches bearing the name of one of the communicants. "Jesus, our tree of life was to be read and put this event also during the festive service into the center of attention.
Father boniface wished all the boys and girls that the communion children may continue to grow in their experiences, faith and love on this tree of life called jesus. After renewing their baptismal confession, they received the eucharist as the high point of the service. Many communion children and their relatives came to the catholic parish church again in the afternoon for the thanksgiving service.

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