OTR Afterschool Academy  – Primary students year 1 – 4 – 2022-2023 school year

OTR Academy that will regroup all sorts of activities and courses that will help our students develop skills that go beyond the pure curricular ones.

  • Annual or periodic classes
  • Promotion of the students’ own passions
  • Monday -Thursday 3.30 – 4.30 pm; Friday 2.30 – 3.30 pm


Monday

Theatre
During this class the student will work on:

  • Body expression
  • Concentration
  • Group dynamics or respect and listening to its partners
  • The space, preparation for the stage
  • The discovery of emotions
  • Voice, breathing, relaxation
  • The character
  • The game

The students will discover the theatre, stimulate the imagination, create and invent characters and short stories, develop memory and self-confidence, learn to express themselves in front of an audience. Theatrical performance at the end of the school year.


Luxembourgish
During this class, the students will be able to get to know to Luxembourgish language and the basic grammar. They will learn how to make simple sentences in Luxembourgish and will have a general understanding of this tongue.

Kapla
In this club students will participate in construction projects with KAPLA. They will learn teamwork and cooperation, perseverance and resilience, sharing, creativity, imaginative play and fine motor skills.


Tuesday

Choir
For all volunteer students wishing to sing together around the same project: Vocal practice and technique, song learning, vocal games, vocal warm-ups, polyphony work, for one or more shows during the year! This work revolves around a varied repertoire, polyphonic work, step-by-step learning… The songs chosen are taken from international repertoire; they are sing with one or more voices, which requires rigor and discipline from each. Discipline in vocal work, listening to oneself and to the group. Above all, enthusiasm, the pleasure of wanting to sing together. Coming to the choir is therefore finding time to have fun while singing!

Los Amigos de Don Quijote
In the « Los amigos de Don Quijote » class the goal is for Spanish-speaking students to develop communication skills (oral and written communication, reading skills, learning vocabulary, spelling and grammar) in the Spanish Language while having fun and developing creativity.

Chess - Cercle d’Echec “Philidor”
A chess class that will teach the beginners the basics of the game and will help the intermediate ones to improve their technical skills. The focus will be on learning while having fun! Chess origins go back more than 2000 years. Even of your child does not know this game or if he/she has only notions and is motivated to get involved in this fascinating brain sport, do not hesitate to register him/her.

Slime Club
This club is for all slime fans. They will create the slime and customize it according to their liking.


Wednesday

Brick4kids
Bricks4Kidz for Primary children use progressively motors, batteries, remote controls and receivers. Each topic comprises around 6 different models, with 2 or 3 levels of difficulty. The topic is introduced by sharing with the children information about the topic (pictures, power point, and short videos) and receiving their input, opinion and knowledge. Next, the children build the model of the day, understand how it works and play with it.

Cooking
A class that will help the children to channel their inner chef! The kids will learn how to make entire recipes on their own with confidence and fun!


Thursday

Beyond Japanese
The students will discover Japanese culture, both modern and traditional, for example, origami, calligraphy, anime, tea ceremony, etc. There will be manual activities, songs, games, and cuisine as well as introduction to the language, arts, and traditional events.

OTR Manga newspaper
Creation of the OTR Manga Newspaper telling life at school and told by its students.

  • Design of quarterly manga
  • Scripting (story, characters, work on the sets, perspective storyboard.
  • Learn to respect the proportions of the characters
  • coloring
  • cover page design using Wildstyle, alphabet, 3D graffiti techniques

At the end of each term the OTR Manga Newspaper will be printed and distributed to the school


Friday

Computational Thinking
‘Kids Life Skills’ is a non-profit organization that aims to give kids ages of 4-13 life skills that are important for the ‘Z’ generation (and all of us) such as self-learning, problem solving and teamwork via coding. By teaching and developing their understanding of general concepts, through games and adventure. We are upscaling and giving the kids a positive technological experience at an early age. We start the activity focusing on the logic, away from the screen and gradually connect the concepts to actual code, following learning coding, we add another layer of connecting the code on the computer to the real world, via plug-ins, and wireless connected devices, sensors and robotics. Our courses and activities are fun, engaging, stimulating and integrating hands-on games and activities. We strongly believe in allowing the kids the time to experiment, try, and get it wrong until they find a solution.

Soccer
Through this activity our sports team will use fun as a tool to involve children in the soccer game. The goal develop their motor and sports growth. The main objectives are: to offer opportunities to draw significant motor and moral experiences, to set the basis for sporting fair play and to give the opportunity to participate in aggregating activities.



Do you wish to enroll or to have more information ? Write to afternoon@otrschool.lu !