All the students from 1-6 grade at IMS were mixed into 5 groups for our yearly Project Week, and each day, from Monday-Thursday, the students went to a different classroom to learn about Maria Montessori’s First Great Story: The Formation of the Universe. Each classroom focused on a different part of the story.
All students receive a report card at the end of each semester and at the end of the school year. This report card is written verbally and contains both learning content and individual learning progress.
We still offer emergency childcare and are happy to return home to International Montessori School in Wannsee on Monday.
⚡ Important information: emergency childcare ⚡Dear parents, Due to the current power outage in southwest Berlin, we are unable to operate our school. Families who urgently need childcare can bring their children to the Marille School.Further information and individual arrangements will be communicated directly to parents by email. We thank you for your understanding and flexibility in this extraordinary situation. Your team at the International Montessori School Berlin
Authentic Montessori education, bilingual German-English learning, and an attractive full-day program: This will be available in the future until graduation at IMS in Berlin-Wannsee! Our school has embarked on the path to becoming a community school. We are now accepting applications for grade 7 in summer 2026 at ims.verwaltung@montessori-friends.de.
James is born in Kenia and the more settled he got in Germany, the more he looked for opportunities to supporting families in his home country. His family had the possibility to donate some land in Muranga and with the help of our very experienced founder Ms Karin Wellenkötter, an idea was born to build Gracewill and Friends Community Homes as a charitable NGO hat serves destitute children from vulnerable backgrounds in remote rural areas of Muranga and its environs offering care and protection within a community setting by liaising with the local community leaders and business owners, Schools, Churches, family direct visits, and other key external partners. The targeted groups mostly are Orphans, mostly at risk of dropping out of school, ending up in the streets with addiction or other deviant behaviors as well as those mistreated or abandoned by their parents or other relatives and children from dysfunctional families.
In ‘Education and Peace’ Dr. Montessori wrote “Averting war is the work of politicians; establishing peace is the work of education.” Creating an atmosphere of respect and understanding of others is a core value of the Montessori pedagogy. What better way to honour everyone’s equal value than to celebrate the rights that all humans share and to learn about the special rights that belong to children?
A new school year has begun and the children in the first grades are slowly becoming more confident at IMS. There is so much to discover: the schoolyard and the school building, the quiet garden, and the full-day program after school.
On Saturday, September 13, 2025, the International Montessori School Berlin opened its doors to its new first graders—a special day full of joy, excitement, and festive cheer, lovingly prepared by the entire school community. It was a moment that marked the beginning of a wonderful educational journey.
As part of our after-school program, chess club takes place once a week. There, for an hour and a half, the participating children have time to get to know this strategic board game and to learn about a wide range of strategies. On March 5, 2025, female students took part in the Berlin School Championship and achieved third place together. Congratulations! With a lot of commitment and joy, they qualified for the German School Championship in Osnabrück.
