THERE ARE FOUR BRANCHES OF THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY:

HALLE Landesschulamt () Ernst-Kamieth-Straße 2, 06112 Halle (Saale) Tel. 0345 514 - 0 CATCHMENT AREA PUBLISHED BY: Halle, , Mansfeld-Südharz, -Anhalt Ministry of Education INFORMATION ABOUT Turmschanzenstraße 32 ATTENDING SCHOOL IN 39114 Magdeburg Landesschulamt Magdeburg SAXONY-ANHALT Turmschanzenstraße 31, 39114 Magdeburg Tel. 0391 567 - 01 Advice for refugees with children CATCHMENT AREA Magdeburg, , , Bördekreis,

DESSAU Landesschulamt Kühnauer Straße 161, 06846 Dessau Tel. 0340 6506 - 0 CATCHMENT AREA Dessau, Anhalt-,

GARDELEGEN Landesschulamt Philipp-Müller-Straße 2 – 4, 39638 Gardelegen Tel. 03907 8079 - 11 CATCHMENT AREA Altmarkkreis ,

Direct online access to the Additional information can local education authority be found online at

www.mk.sachsen-anhalt.de Picture// credits: Dizain, Drubig, Pelaez, Fotolia Revised: // March 2016 www.mk.sachsen-anhalt.de Dear parents, WHAT ARE THE RULES ABOUT GOING WHERE CAN MY CHILD LEARN GERMAN? welcome TO SCHOOL IN ? Whatever school your child attends, he or she will first to Saxony-Anhalt! In Saxony-Anhalt, just like everywhere else in Germany, be given special tuition in the German language. all children and adolescents attend school between Many schools have specially trained teachers for this, the ages of 6 and 18. Here they receive either a general who have been appointed by the local education This information sheet will provide you education or vocational training. authority just for this purpose. The children will be with information about education and taught in classes or groups at school, and will learn training at schools in Saxony-Anhalt. WHEN SHOULD MY CHILD FIRST German as quickly as possible. ATTEND SCHOOL? www.landesschulamt.sachsen-anhalt.de/landesschulamt You can find out more at the website If the initial reception centre sends you and your family addresses shown below. to live in a town or village and you are given a home WHAT SUPPORT WILL MY CHILD RECEIVE address, then your child will be required to attend IN SCHOOL; HOW WILL HE OR SHE LEARN? We wish your child every joy and school if he or she is at least 6 years old. He or she will WILL MY CHILD BE ABLE TO MIX WITH THE also be able to participate in school trips, excursions, OTHER CHILDREN? success at school. special events at school and swimming lessons. In classes which are less dependent on speaking and writing, such as music, sport, art and a few other sub- ATTENDANCE AT A STATE SCHOOL IS FREE jects, your child will be taught alongside all the other OF CHARGE. children in the same class. Your child will also receive special support to learn German. Once your child WHICH SCHOOL WILL MY CHILD ATTEND? reaches the required standard of spoken and written The school your child attends will depend mainly on German, he or she will be taught alongside the rest of their age, their educational background, and where you the children in all other subjects too. live, and will be decided by the local education autho- rity, an agency of the state of Saxony-Anhalt. You will IS SUPPORT ALSO AVAILABLE FROM PEOPLE be sent a letter telling you the name of the school in BELONGING TO MY OWN CULTURAL GROUP? which your child has been enrolled. Yes. Many foreign citizens from various countries in the world have organised clubs in Saxony-Anhalt. WHAT DO I HAVE TO BRING TO THE SCHOOL? These clubs are all members of the State Network of You will be given the most important information Migrant Organisations (LAMSA), whose aim is to help about this at an introductory meeting in the school. people with a migrant background find their feet in If you have any questions, please ask the school. German society and political life.

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GETTING State Network of Service centre for MY CHILD TO SCHOOL? Migrant Organisations in ‘Intercultural learning in Classes at all schools begin punctually at a set time in Saxony-Anhalt (LAMSA) day-care and school’ the morning; the individual school will provide more de- Contact: LAMSA e.V. tails. Please ensure that your child arrives in good time. Frau Mika Kaiyama Bernburger Straße 25a The same applies to adolescents at vocational schools. Phone: 0340 – 87 05 88 32 06108 Halle/Saale Email: Phone: 0345 – 171 940 51 WHAT TIME DOES THE SCHOOL DAY END? [email protected] Email: The school day may end either at lunchtime or in the [email protected] afternoon. You will be told more at your introductory meeting in the school.