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Chess and Art at the German School Nairobi

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I strolled into the Art Room at the German School, Nairobi about two weeks ago to have a look at their Art Exhibition.  There were numerous paintings, drawings and art pieces on display.

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The beautiful mural which depicts the school with it multicultural student population and connection to Kenya.

Imagine my surprise when I walked into one of the rooms to find myself in front of number of art pieces involving chess!

I have enclosed photos from the exhibition to show you what the children did.  It is always a delight to see kids involved with art and then combined with chess!

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Translation is “Bride & Groom”

img_2613-minimg_2612-minThe interesting thing about the German School is that they hosted a fantastic event about 18 months ago and the story was covered on this website – German School host chess tournament.

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A Knight with wings?

img_2609-min There were other drawings as well that involved chess.

img_2614-min img_2615-min img_2617-min img_2619-min img_2616-minThe talent exhibited by these kids extended through the different genre of art as shown below.

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Connect the word with art!
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Tribute to the late Nelson Mandela

The German School have a hugely popular multilingual kindergarten and schooling up to the Arbitur Level (A Levels).  The medium of instruction in the Primary & Secondary School is in German and a number of Kenyan children attend this school.  The school also has a scholarship program that takes children from non German backgrounds in grade 4 and successfully integrates them into the German School.

For further details on the school you can visit their website German School Nairobi.