Athletics
The athletics programme consists of competitive and recreational sports, which are offered over three seasons throughout the academic year. Each sport is offered once during these terms, which enables us to offer a wide variety of sports. Our programme is in line with the German International School Sports Tournament organization (GISST). We strongly encourage all students to engage themselves in this athletics and further develop or find a new passion. Since 2010-2011 season, we are now also involved in the Berlin Schools Sports Conference (BSSC), which was founded by BBIS to promote opportunities for competitive sports within Berlin between international and bilingual schools.
Extracurricular Activities (ECA) Programme
Athletics is part of the Extracurricular Activities (ECA) programme, which oversees the complete range of activities at BBIS. Most BBIS activities are offered through this programme which coordinates registration, scheduling, and information about each ECA. The athletics programme also sends out seasonal sign-ups for training and after school and weekend games.
Staffing
BBIS staff members serve as coaches and chaperones on the athletic teams. We value and encourage staff members in working with the students outside the classroom, thus extending BBIS’s holistic philosophy and mission.
Philosophy
The athletics programme emphasizes participation, commitment, self-discipline, sportsmanship, effort and teamwork. Our competitive teams aim to play to the best of their ability and be successful in their games and tournaments. We teach our teams and players “to win and loose with grace”.
Travel Opportunities
Our students are involved in weekend and weekdays games and tournaments both in and outside of Berlin. We also travel within Europe and aim to provide students with an athletic as well as a cultural experience. We strongly believe that being part of a team helps our students to develop as considerate, disciplined, culturally aware and open-minded people who strive to get the best out themselves and their team.
Recreational Sports
Some of the recreational activities that are on offer throughout the year are (may vary from year to year):
- Sailing ES/MS/HS
- Archery MS/HS
- Football for ES
- Basketball for ES
- Climbing for ES/MS/HS
- Golf MS/HS
- Karate ES/MS/HS
- Softball MS/HS
Member of GISST
BBIS is a full member of the German International Schools Sports Tournament (GISST) organization, which consists of 11 international schools in Germany. Students from grade 6 to grade 12 are involved in GISST football, basketball, cross country, swimming, track and field, tennis, badminton, golf, and volleyball tournaments at different locations around Germany.We are the proud GISST overall winners for the following seasons: 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.
Categories
As a school we compete in the following GISST categories:
- U14 girls (grade 6,7 and 8)
- U14 boys (grade 6,7 and 8)
- Varsity girls (grade 9,10,11 and 12)
- Varsity boys (grade 9,10,11 and 12)
- Grade 2-5 (swimming and cross country only)
GISST Competitive Teams and Seasons
Fall season: | Football | (U14 boys + girls and varsity boys and girls) |
Fall season: | Badminton | (U14 boys + girls and varsity boys and girls) |
Fall season: | Volleyball | (Varsity boys and girls) |
Fall season: | Cross Country | (U14 boys + girls and varsity boys and girls) |
Winter season: | Basketball | (U14 boys + girls and varsity boys and girls) |
Winter season: | Swimming | (U14 boys + girls and varsity boys and girls) |
Winter season: | Swimming | (Grades 2-5) |
Spring season: | Tennis | (U14 boys + girls and varsity boys and girls) |
Spring season: | Track and Field | (U14 boys + girls and varsity boys and girls) |
Spring season: | Golf | (U14 boys + girls and varsity boys and girls) |
For detailed tournament results please click on the button in the menu bar on the right.
