On 19 April 2021, the DHPS Netball U17A team showed off their talents again: Within a friendly game against Windhoek Gymnasium´s U17B team the young sporty talents were thinking fast, showed incredible fitness, defended very well and almost every shot was in. The score of 20 – 13 for the DHPS netball players was well deserved. “We...

How could your dream car look like? This question was explored by DHPS sixth graders during art class and the results submitted for the worldwide Toyota Dream Art Contest are very inspiring. The contest encourages children under the age of 8 years; 8 to 11 years and 12 to 15-year-olds...

On Wednesday, 07 April, Ms Heide Beinhauer, Executive Director of CLaSH (Association for Children with Language, Speech and Hearing Impairments of Namibia) visited the Diagnostic and Support Centre of our school to hand over school books, exercise books and games of historical and educational value. The cooperation between CLaSH or Ms Beinhauer and the DHPS...

Contemporary learning and teaching methods involve more than face-to-face lessons and browsing through books: It is about group work, interactive and flexible study methods, use of media and participation.The Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek (DHPS), one of the 140 German schools abroad worldwide, has spared no expense or effort in renovating...

Everything revolved around the topic of friendship during the holiday programme of the DHPS Child & Youth Centre from 23 - 26 March 2021. Why are we friends? What do friends experience together? How do friends behave?Friendships do not only exist between children and adults, but also between countries and...

Dear Learners, Parents, Colleagues and Friends of DHPSPlease find here our DHPS newsletter for March 2021 – we hope you enjoy reading this issue.

Visitors! After a year of no events due to Corona, the Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek (DHPS) could finally welcome special guests again for its “Cultural Day” on 19 March 2021. Shortly after International Women’s Day and shortly before Namibia’s Independence Day, four strong Namibian women from arts and culture visited...

For the course of one year, Bank Windhoek and Feedmaster offer an agricultural training programme for grade 9-11 learners. Within workshops, the aspiring farmers are equipped with knowledge and skills how to professionally rate cattle on agricultural expos. The workshops kicked off on 11 March 2021 and will mainly focus...

German-Iranian children's and youth author Nasrin Siege visited DHPS on 17 March 2021 and shared the story of the 'special sewing needle' from her 2019 published book “Morgen kommt die Hyäne zum Essen” ["Tomorrow the Hyena Comes to Eat"] with our youngest DHPS children. With her empathy and involvement of the kids the kindergarten...

320 learners of the DHPS had the opportunity to gain insights into their possible future careers on 10 and 11 March 2021. During the DHPS Careers Day, experts and professionals from dentistry, nuclear physics, audiology, human resources, graphic design, gastronomy, marketing, occupational therapy, software development, special education, law as well...