Children and young people grow in culture

Kulturstrolche explore Beckum

Kulturstrolche don't miss out on anything, they explore the cultural institutions of their city and regularly go on cultural expeditions as a class.

All primary schools in Beckum participate in this project from the 2nd to the 4th school year. During this time they deal with theatre and literature, music, history, art and dance and thus get to know cultural offers, but also their own artistic abilities.

Creating encounters between children and culture is the goal of the "Kulturstrolche" project. The name of the project is the programme: regardless of the purse and the interests of the parents, the children discover the cultural institutions in their city from the second to the fourth year of school and gain an insight into as many cultural genres as possible. For each cultural visit, there is a sticker in the collection booklet. The children document their experiences in their own cultural story.

"Kulturstrolche" was developed by the City of Münster and is protected as a trademark. The project is financially supported by the Kultursekretariat Gütersloh with funding from the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as organisationally as the overall project management.

Cooperation partners of the Beckumer Kulturstrolche are:
Kulturinitiative Filou e. V.
Schule für Musik im Kreis Warendorf e. V.
Stadtmuseum Beckum
Alte Brennerei Schwake Ennigerloh e. V.

In addition, the ambitious programme is also supported by sponsors.

Homepage of the Kulturstrolche

Beckum sponsors:

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Museumsverein Beckum e. V.

Brotherhood of the Beckumer Bauknechte

Lions Club Beckum-Ahlen

Cultural activities for 10 to 14 year olds

The KulturRucksack is an extracurricular cultural education programme aimed at 10- to 14-year-olds.

Kulturrucksack NRW state programme

Making art and culture accessible to all children and young people is the declared aim of the youth, culture and education policy of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. With the Kulturrucksack NRW state programme, the NRW Ministry of Culture and Science supports cities and municipalities in order to explicitly enable children and young people between the ages of 10 and 14 to participate in art and culture through a wide range of creative activities. The quality of the Kulturrucksack programmes and their sustainability are primarily due to the recurring collaboration with artists and cultural educators. The personal approach to the target group and the attractiveness of the programmes play a special role. Source: Arbeitsstelle Kulturelle Bildung NRW
Further information at www.kulturellebildung-nrw.de.

To register for the workshops, please contact the indicated contact persons of the respective projects.

Website of the state programme Kulturrucksack

Trailer for the Kulturrucksack

Image film about the Kulturrucksack

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Art enriches school life

The state programme Culture and Schools promotes cooperation between artists and children and young people in schools. Every year, approximately three to five projects are carried out in Beckum schools.

In the 2024/2025 school year, Martinschule and Kopernikus-Gymnasium are taking part in the Culture and School programme. The projects focus on theatre and performing arts.

Culture and School Homepage

Every child instruments, dancing, singing

JeKits is an educational programme in primary schools funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Roncallischule Neubeckum is a JeKits school with a focus on singing and the Neue Grundschule Mitte and the Martinsschule are also JeKits schools with a focus on instruments.

The School of Music in the District of Warendorf is an extracurricular cooperation partner for all JeKits schools in the District of Warendorf. It provides the teachers, procures the instruments and carries out all organisational tasks.

The JeKits programme is run over 2 school years. In the first year, all classes receive a compulsory weekly lesson as part of the morning lessons as an introduction to making music or singing together. The focus is on joy and discovering, experiencing and creating together.

In the second year, the knowledge is continued and deepened. For this purpose, the children receive two lessons outside of the morning classes. In the focus on instruments, each child also receives a free instrument on loan.

Participation in the second year is voluntary and subject to a fee. Children whose parents receive social benefits can apply for cost coverage through the JeKits Foundation. The Beumer Foundation can also make a contribution to the parents' fees if necessary. Information about this can be obtained from the teachers.

Website of the JeKits Foundation