Holiday Care
Past holiday care
Creatively through the Forum Wissen
Summer holiday childcare program for Children from ages 6 – 1210th – 14th July 2023
Monday till Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Why are researcher collecting plants? What are sculptures telling us about the ancient world? Which other things can be explored at the “Forum Wissen”? We ourselves can get creative on our way through the “Forum Wissen” and the collections of the University. We will learn how to write hieroglyphics, do plant printing, experiment with colors and other techniques. At the end we will design a small collection of our own.
This childcare program is designed for children between the ages of 6 – 12. The program is suitable for children who like to explore, collect and get creative themselves and/or have many questions and are looking for child-oriented answers.
This museum educational program starts daily at 8 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. Meeting point is the “Forum Wissen”. In the afternoon the individual needs of your children can be addressed flexibly in smaller groups. This is possible due to a good child to care ratio and the wide range of available rooms. The parental contribution amounts to 145 euros per child. In this sum the lunch is already included.
Unikids on the farm
Summer holiday childcare program for Children from ages 6 – 1217th – 21st July 2023
Monday till Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
How does sustainable, organic farming work in a practical sense? What must be done before the food makes its way to the shelves of the supermarket or to the table? What does grow at all in the summer time? How are farm animals provided for? In this program your children will become little farmers who can harvest, feed, muck and try out everything around farming.
This childcare program is designed for children between the ages of 6 – 12. The program is suitable for children who like animals and have little inhibitions to get dirty or want to drop those inhibitions.
This nature educational program starts daily at 8 a.m. at the Z-Campus (Goßler Straße/ZESS): a shuttle bus will pick up your children and drive them to the international education farm in Havensen. Accompanied by nature educators and caregivers of the “Kindertagespflege Göttingen e.V.” they will have an exiting day. At 4 p.m. you can pick up your children at the ZESS. The parental contribution amounts to 145 euro per child. This sum already includes the shuttle bus and a warm, homemade lunch at the farm.
In order to be able to offer these attractive holiday programme weeks, the university covers a significant part of the costs. Participation in the holiday programme is therefore not possible for external persons. For employees of the University, the holiday care offer is a benefit above the pay scale, which is taxed at a flat rate. This means that taxes on wages and social security contributions arising from the use of the holiday programme are also borne by the University.
Unikids on the farm (fully booked)
Summer holiday-care for children age 6 – 12 y.o.18 – 22 July 2022 Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Uhr How does a modern organic farm work? What has actually to be done to put our food on the table? What can grow in our region in summer? In our holiday programme, your children get actively involved in the daily business of an organic farm: Feeding, mucking out, harvesting - many exciting tasks await the little farmers, from which they can learn while having fun. The programme is aimed at 6 to 12 years old children who like animals, who have little inhibitions about getting dirty or want to break with those, and/or who enjoy outdoor activities. The nature education holiday programme starts every day at 8 am at the Z-Campus (Goßler Straße/ZESS): A shuttle bus will take your children to the international school farm in Hevensen. Here, they will spend an exciting day accompanied by nature pedagogues and qualified caregivers from Kindertagespflege Göttingen e.V.. At 4 pm you can pick up your children again at ZESS. The parents' fee of 130 euros per child includes the shuttle bus and a warm lunch from the farm's own organic kitchen. Siblings receive a discount.
„We wanna know! Radio kids discover the Forum Wissen“
Summer holiday-care for children age 8 – 12 y.o.25 – 29 July 2022 Monday to Friday 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Uhr
How is knowledge created? How is it obtained, presented and also understood? At Forum Wissen, your children will go on a journey of exploration through the "Rooms of Knowledge" and eventually report on it in their own podcast. And there are interesting things to discover, such as the laboratory, the workshop, the library and desk, but also a salon, a studio and a “wrong track” where you can get lost. In the media workshop led by Stadtradio, your children will not only learn how to use the technical devices, but also collect sounds and original sounds, they will deal with lively reporting, interviews, music selection and editing. This programme week is aimed at children aged 8 to 12 who have many questions and are looking for child-friendly answers, who want to discover their voices and use them as a tool, who simply want to try their hand at being a reporter or editor, or who want to take a look behind the scenes at Forum Wissen.
The media and museum educational holiday programme starts every day at 8 am and ends at 4 pm at Forum Wissen. During the course of the week, the children not only switch between the facilities of Stadtradio and Forum Wissen, but also move around the city as teams of reporters accompanied by qualified childcare workers from Kindertagespflege Göttingen e.V. or go to the University’s canteen for lunch. In the afternoon, due to the good childcare ratio and the wide range of rooms available, the individual needs of your children can be flexibly addressed in small groups. Lunch is included in the parental contribution of 130 euros per child.
Unikids on the farm
Summer holiday-care for children age 6 – 12 y.o.26th – 30th July 2021, Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Uhr
Do your children love animals, enjoy being in the great outdoors and / or are you interested in sustainable, ecological agriculture? The extensive grounds of the Heinz Sielmann Foundation near Duderstadt offer almost unlimited possibilities: whether goat barn or clay workshop, tree vein path or KiKA tree house - every child will find the right place to play and learn here.
The nature education holiday program starts daily at 8 a.m. on the Z-Campus (Goßler Straße) in the shuttle bus that takes your children to Gut Herbigshagen. Your children will spend an exciting and instructive day there, which is accompanied by nature educators and qualified supervisors from Kindertagespflege Göttingen e.V. A warm lunch from the farm's own organic kitchen and the shuttle bus that brings your children back to the Z-Campus at 4 p.m. are included in the parents' fee of 120 euros (100 euros for sisters or brothers).
Researchers’ stories on stage
Summer holiday-care for children age 6 – 12 y.o.2nd – 36th August 2020, Monday to Friday 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
In the theatre-workshop by the boat people project, the children follow the trails of well-known Göttingen researchers, like Dorothea Schlözer, Emmy Noether and Carl Friedrich Gauß. In a playful way, the children can take on different roles, go on adventures and tell stories on stage. The team of theatre trainers developed a diverse program, in which the children can learn individually as well as with and from another. Besides the introduction in acting, the Kindertagespflege childminders thought of a balanced program, including games and activities.
The workshop will mostly take place outside in the fresh air. When the weather is really bad, the well-ventilated work room of the boat people project also offers enough space for creativity and aerosols. A warm lunch is of course included in the parents' contribution of 120 euros (100 euros for sisters or brothers).
Unikids on the farm
Summer holiday-care for children age 6 – 12 y.o.20th – 24th July 2020, Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Uhr
How does organic farming work and how are the farm-animals being looked after? How does the produce get from the field to the table and what does CO²-emissions have to do with it? On the International Schulbauernhof (international school-farm) in Hardegsen the children can learn hands-on and through experience, what it means to work on a farm, how to feed and look after farm-animals as well as learn something about sustainable and organic farming. The agricultural-educational farm-staff and the Kindertagespflege e.V. childminders developed a diverse and exciting week in the surrounding region of Göttingen. A shuttle service, bringing the children to and back from the International Schulbauernhof, as well as a warm lunch and beverages are included in the program.
Researchers’ stories on stage
Summer holiday-care for children age 6 – 12 y.o.27th – 31th July 2020, Monday to Friday 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
In the theatre-workshop by the boat people project, the children follow the trails of well-known Göttingen researchers, like Dorothea Schlözer, Emmy Noether and Carl Friedrich Gauß. In a playful way, the children can take on different roles, go on adventures and tell stories on stage. The team of theatre trainers developed a diverse program, in which the children can learn individually as well as with and from another. Besides the introduction in acting, the Kindertagespflege childminders thought of a balanced program, including games and activities.Holiday Care2019
Explore nature – farm-life with animals
Summer holiday care for children from age 6 to 108th til 12th July 2019
Monday to Friday from 8 am to 4 pm
In this nature-educational program your children get the chance to participate in the working world of a modern organic farm. They get to know the animals and will tend to them, explore the vast area of the Heinz-Sielmann-Stiftung or can try the pasture or clay workshop. During the afternoons your children can look forward to numerous activities for playing and exercise. There will be a shuttle service for the transport to the farm and back to Göttingen. Of course a warm organic lunch is included in the program.
UniKids on Air - Radioworkshop
Summer holiday care for children from age 8 to 1215th til 19th July 2019
Monday to Friday from 8 am to 4 pm
In the media-educational program your children will produce their own little features, radio plays or reports, assort music and come up with crafty moderations. They can try out the works of a cutter, reporter or editor. The required equipment and know-how will be provided by the Göttinger Stadtradio. To get the intervies for the reports, the children will be on the road in the urban area in supervised groups. Nearly every topic that your children are interested in is possible.
With your agreement the prepared production will go on air at the Stadtradio.
Explore nature – farm-life with animals
Summer holiday care for children from age 6 to 10. 2nd to 6th of July 2018 Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm
During this week your children will have the opportunity to take part in a program that is all about “animals and nature”. Under the supervision of biologist and environmental educator Romulo Aramayo Schenk your children can explore the surrounding area of the estate Herbigshagen and get to know how an organic farm works. How does one get the wool from a sheep and how does a production chain work? How does one provide for and look after all the animals on the farm?
Furthermore your children can get creative in the meadow- and clay-workshops as well as take part in numerous gaming and moving related activities.
UNIkatTV – a media-workshop for children
Summer holiday care for children from age 8 to 12. Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm
During this holiday care your children will become GloboCuttern, which means they will create their own News-Show in regards to a global subject matter. Guided by Herbert Dohlen (Gespa e.V.) your children will film short spots, which they can edit in with material from international films, to visualise global correlations. Your children can act in front of or get active behind the camera, cut and edit sequences, play around with filters and effects, can built a professional newsstudio and/or act out the role of the newscaster.
The workshop will take place at the Musa. The afternoon program will be put together and guided by qualified childminders from the Kindertagespflege Göttingen e.V..
Past holiday programs
Clear the stage for children!
Summer holiday program for children from 6 to 12. 26th to 30th June 2017 Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. In the theatre in OP (ThOP) For one week your children get the opportunity to experience theatre in a playful and visionary way. By doing age-appropriate exercises and improvisations in the field of theatre pedagogy children will be introduced in acting an can gain some stage experience. Your children will be supported i.a. by actress Maja Müller-Bula (stille hunde) and the drama educator Christian Römer. In cooperation with:
Discovering forest animals
Autumn holiday program for children from 6 to 12. 9th to 13th October 2017 Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. During the autumn holidays your children are offered an exciting program with the topic "Forest animals". The program will be located in the area of the Waldpädagogikzentrum Goettingen (WPZ) - Regionales Umweltbildungszentrum (RUZ) Reinhausen an in the neighboring forest. During this week focusing on indigenous wildlife your children will get to know the animals better. Furthermore they will sneak, camouflage and practice track reading. They will build a compound for the pack of boars and go for an excursion on the museum of zoology. In cooperation with: