Frequently Asked Questions

• At the open day, you will have the opportunity to make a non-binding pre-registration. You will then receive an appointment and further information regarding the admission interview by email. This usually takes place in January.

• Some data (address, place of residence, parents’ email address, telephone number, child’s social security number, etc.) will be collected.

• During the admission interview, your child will have the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of German and English such as they have acquired through regular lessons at primary school. Prior knowledge of English is therefore only required to the extent that it is provided for in the primary school curriculum.

• To give us an insight into your child’s abilities, age-appropriate listening exercises, conversations and reading texts are used. Writing short texts is also part of the assessment.

• As the BJHS usually has more applications than places available, good primary school reports, a good knowledge of German and a solid foundation in English are a significant advantage for admission.

• To confirm your child’s registration, you must register in person at the school office on the first floor between 8 a.m. and 12 noon during the first two weeks after the semester break.

  Please bring the following with you:

  • the original school report (school report for Year 4) and a copy of it (BJHS must be specified as your first choice)

  • a copy of your child’s registration form

• For late applicants, there is an additional date for an admission interview in March.

• At the end of March or beginning of April, parents will be informed by email about their child’s suitability and/or the admission decision.

If your child cannot attend school for any reason, you must inform us before 9:00 am on the first day, either via email or telephone (0676 88 373 2377).

If your child is not having lunch for some reason today, please let us know before 9:00 am, either via email or telephone (0676 88 373 2377).
The pupils have lunch at the Europaschule next door, so in order to avoid you having to pay for a meal your child has not consumed, we need to inform them at 9:00 am of how many pupils are coming for lunch.

Yes. An absence of three days or more due to illness must be covered by an official confirmation of illness/injury from a doctor. Please give this to your child to give to us when he/she returns to school, or send it to us vial email.

We are well aware of how expensive school trips can be. Our Parents Association offers generous financial help for those families who need it, as we believe that it is very important for every child to be able to take part in such weeks away. Forms for such financial support can be obtained from the secretary’s office.

Ample parking is available behind Bäckerei Café Koll. Turn onto Europaallee at the traffic lights and you will see the carpark on your left. Please do not use the teachers’ car park behind the school.

No. Even when your child cannot do sports for a certain time, it is still necessary for him/her to attend the lessons.

Yes, absolutely. SchoolFox has become the established way for schools to communicate with parents and it is important for us to be able to see that you have really received any messages we send.

KEL stands for Kinder-Eltern-Lehrer (Child-Parent-Teacher). A KEL meeting is a formal meeting between a child, his/her parents and the class teacher. They take place once a year and the topic is set beforehand. Pupils are given the opportunity to prepare themselves during the Social Learning lessons. The idea is that the child speaks first, giving his or her feelings on the assigned topic, while the parents and teacher listen. Then the parents are invited to say something about their child and then the teacher. This setting allows pupils to both say and hear positive things about themselves and has proven to be a pleasurable experience for all concerned.