The CJD is one of Germany’s largest social and educational organisations. Every year, it gives 155,000 young people and adults guidance and opportunities for the future. Nine thousand five hundred full-time employees and numerous volunteers at over 150 locations provide help, support and education/training. This work is based on the Christian conception of what it means to be human, with the vision: “Let no one fall by the wayside!” We benefit from being one of the departments within CJD Braunschweig, which has been a leading and certified centre for the empowerment of talented and gifted children since 1977.

School library

The library supports the curriculum at all grade levels and provides opportunities for students to pursue their interests in learning, studying and reading. Students may request specific information or ask for assistance with searches or bibliographic information to help them in their research. All the students from the Reception Class, Year 1, and Year 3 visit the library on a regular basis for reading time and to check out books once a week during normal lessons. Primary and secondary students can also use the library during the breaks between blocks and during study time. Senior students are welcome to use the library as a place to study and read when they are not scheduled elsewhere. Parents are welcome to visit the library with their children for quiet reading and for book selection.

Afternoon Programmes

As an all-day school we enable children to learn and grow by expanding their horizons outside of the classroom. When formal lessons have ended, our afternoon activities encourage children to explore their world and learn in a more hands-on environment. Our Project Classes give children the chance to develop their hobbies and interests, or to hone their academic skills, while our Afternoon Recreation Areas allow children to learn freely through structured play and activities.

- Afternoon Recreation Areas

In order to provide an appropriate age-level working environment, our Afternoon Recreation Ares are split into groups. Pre-school and Reception Class, Years 1–5, and Years 6 & up each have their own respective areas of activities and leisure each afternoon. The programme for the Afternoon Recreation Ares includes special projects, crafting, organized activities, and play time. The activities are prepared by the professional educators and the schedule of activities is hung in the entrance hall each week.

- Secondary Afternoon Recreation

During the afternoon the pupils of the Secondary Sections have the choice to take a project, stay in the secondary afternoon recreational area or use the time for studying and homework.

Since 2013 our Year 8 has a regular exchange programme with a school in Badalona (Barcelona), Spain. The Spanish students visit the CJD International School Braunschweig – Wolfsburg for a week, where our Year 8s and their guest students share some outdoor and school activities. In the evenings and on the weekend the students spend time with their host families. In the month of May the same experience takes place in the nice town on the Catalan coast, situated a few kilometres from Barcelona city centre. It is a wonderful chance to practise and improve language skills and to better get to know a new culture.