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The school supports social skills and community through democratic education, the student parliament, and social-pedagogical work, including projects for EU grades 5 and 6 and support for transitions to subsequent schools.
The Europe Branch implements German–English bilingual education with native English-speaking teachers; classes are designed so that roughly 50 percent of students are German-speaking and 50 percent English-speaking, and students learn to read and write in both mother tongue groups; English is taught by native speakers in subjects and as a separate language; French is offered in years 5–6.
A School Social Worker provides confidential counselling and support, including individual counselling, accompaniment to appointments, referrals to counselling centres, and social-pedagogical reporting; the service supports newly arrived families and works to prevent or respond to endangerment, with anti-bullying and democratic education initiatives.
Child protection and school absenteeism are addressed; safeguarding aims to protect children from harmful situations by early identification of endangerment, strengthening children's rights, and coordinating with parents, educators, and external agencies.
Charles Dickens Primary School Berlin operates as a State European School with an English–German Europe Branch that welcomes German- and English-speaking pupils. Located at Dickensweg 15, 14055 Berlin, the school comprises three buildings with spaces for Art and Science, libraries and ICT. Europe Branch runs 8:00–16:00, with supervision before and after school. English-taught subjects include English mother tongue, English partner tongue, Environmental Studies (years 1–4), History and Citizenship (years 5–6), Geography (years 5–6) and Science (years 5–6); German-taught subjects include German mother tongue, German partner tongue, Maths, Ethics and Religion; Art, Music and Sport can be delivered in either language, and French is offered in years 5–6. Europe Branch provides bilingual provision with English staff; a library of English and German books is supported by English librarians funded by the Förderkreis. Extracurricular options include theatre workshops, football, choir and a science club; student leadership is exercised in a School Parliament.
