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The mission of our Pestalozzi school camps is to help children develop their potential, acquire new skills, and gain self-confidence. To fulfil our mission, we apply innovative teaching methods in a nurturing environment staffed by charismatic professionals and leaders in the worlds of science and culture.

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NEWS (GERMAN ONLY)

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Dezember 2024

Start in das
Campjahr 2025

Auch 2025 wächst unser Campprogramm, und zwar auf insgesamt 34 teilnehmende Klassen und 17 Wochencamps. 

Das in 2024 eingeführte Thema «Klimawissenschaften» wird fortgeführt und mit Nachfolgeprogrammen in Basel und Biel erweitert. Wir freuen uns auf mehrere neue Dozent:innen und rund 900 Kinder mit ihren Lehrpersonen.

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Dezember 2024

Verstärkung in unseren Philosophie-Workshops

 2025 wird der sehr erfolgreiche Workshop «Toleranz in unserer Gesellschaft» rund um Barbara Bleisch und Yves Bossart durch neue Philosoph:innen erweitert: Wir heissen Dr. Florian Wüstholz und Dr. Susanne Schmetkamp herzlich willkommen und wünschen ihnen viel Freude bei ihrer neuen Aufgabe an den Pestalozzi Schulcamps!

 

Bild: Yves Bosshart, SRF, im Austausch mit den Kindern.

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November 2024

Was für ein ereignisreiches Campjahr!

30 Schulklassen aus der ganzen Schweiz und Liechtenstein haben ein Pestalozzi Schulcamp erlebt, 250 Kinder durften eines der Nachfolgeprogramme in Kunst, Robotik und Naturwissenschaften besuchen und der Klimawandel wurde als neues Thema eingeführt. Unvergesslich sind die staunenden Kindergesichter in den Workshops und die berührenden Momente im Tanz, wenn Musik und Körperbewegungen eins werden. Herzlichen Dank allen, die zu diesen wunderbaren und nachhaltig wirkenden Momenten beigetragen haben! 

 

Bild: Prof. Thomas Stocker erklärt den Kindern das Klima.

FOUNDATION

Innovative approaches that engage the heart, the mind, and the body

We open new pathways to knowledge and support underprivileged children. Since August 2019, the Pestalozzi School Camps Foundation has enabled new forms of teaching and learning that have received very favourable reviews – from both experts and students.

 

CURRICULUM

Rediscovering science and culture 

Our curriculum complements standard school subjects with hands-on journeys into the worlds of science, cutting-edge technology, classical art, and culture. Our real-world scientists and artists introduce our young learners to the fascinating aspects of these worlds.

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By supporting our school camps, you can give children the gift of new educational opportunities.

PROGRAMMES

Capturing the imagination and discovering talent 

Capturing the imagination of children is essential to their learning success. This applies especially to underprivileged children. That’s why our Pestalozzi school camps and follow-up programmes make use of inspirational methods and innovative forms of conveying knowledge.

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Pestalozzi school camps

The children who attend Pestalozzi school camps enjoy the nurturing and picturesque environment of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village, while also benefiting from new approaches to education.

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Our follow-up programmes

Children often possess hidden talents. This is especially true in the case of underprivileged children. To protect and reinforce these talents, we offer our students special follow-up programmes.

PEOPLE

Learning with the best 

When our engaging professional dancers, distinguished scientists, and renowned experts in robotics step in front of the class, they’re met with a kind of contagious curiosity. That’s because they’re not only famous. They also know how to engender and amplify curiosity. 

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DR. BARBARA SOLENTHALER

Barbara Solenthaler is the director of a simulation-and-animation research group at ETH Zurich. The research group’s aim is to develop AI-based technologies to transform and streamline workflows in the area of visual effects and sophisticated medical devices.

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PROF. DR. DR. H.C.
MARCEL TANNER

Marcel Tanner helped to make the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute what it is today: an outstanding international institute for tropical medicine and infectious disease. Tanner is especially renowned for his research in the field of epidemiology.

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PROF. DR. SILVIA ARBER

Silvia Arber is a professor of neurobiology at the University of Basel’s Center for Molecular Life Sciences, as well as the director of a research group at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research. Arber is one of the world’s leading researchers in her field.

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