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The Bunce Court School was an independent, private boarding school in the village of Otterden, in Kent, England. It was founded in 1933 by Anna Essinger, who had previously founded a boarding school, Landschulheim Herrlingen in the south of Germany, but after the Nazi Party seized power in 1933, she began to see that the school had no future in Germany. She quietly found a new home for the school and received permission from the parents of her pupils, most of whom were Jewish, to bring them to safety in England. The new school was called New Herrlingen School, but came to be known as Bunce Court. The school closed in 1948. Alumni, who sometimes stayed on at the school even after finishing, were devoted to the school and organized reunions for 55 years. They have referred to its "immense effect" on their lives, as "Shangri-La" and to being there as "walking on holy ground". == Landschulheim Herrlingen == The school was originally founded by Anna Essinger and two of her sisters in the Swabian town of Herrlingen in 1926.〔Michael Luick-Thrams, ("Anna Essinger and the New Herrlingen School" ) Parish of Otterden website. Dissertation excerpt, ''Creating 'New Americans': WWII-era European Refugees': Formation of American Identities''. Retrieved 28 September 2011〕 The school began as an adjunct to the children's home founded by Essinger's sister Klara in 1912. In 1925, as her own children and many of the children in care came of school age, she got the idea to turn the orphanage into a ''landschulheim'' (boarding school).〔 Landschulheim Herrlingen opened on 1 May 1926 as a private boarding school with 18 children ranging in age from 6 to 12. Anna Essinger became head of the school and her sister Paula, a trained nurse, became the school nurse and its housekeeper. The ceremonies to open the school were attended by Theodor Heuss and Otto Hirsch from Stuttgart, as well as the mayors of Göppingen and Ulm.〔(Anna Essinger biography ) Anna Essinger Gymnasium. Retrieved 28 September 2011 〕 Landschulheim Herrlingen was non-denominational, accepting children from any faith, and coeducational.〔 Having been influenced by progressive education in the United States, Essinger ran the school accordingly. The primary grades were taught using the Montessori method.〔D.M. Potten, ("Genesis and exodus of a school" ) (PDF) ''AJR Information'' (August 1990), p. 2. Retrieved 11 October 2011〕 Teachers were to set an example in "learning, laughing, loving and living" and the motto for the school was "Boys and girls learn to be inquisitive, curious and independent and to find things out themselves. All work is to encourage critical thinking."〔("Zur Geschichte des Landschulheimes" ) Haus unterm regenbogen. Retrieved 2 October 2011 〕 Individual work was encouraged. There was no testing of skills or attainment.〔 Instead, grading was replaced by an assessment that described the development of the individual child and progress was discussed with the children. Parents received the assessment of their children in writing. Academics were supplemented with a strong emphasis on the arts, as well as physical activity, including daily walks in the woods. The children learned two languages from the first day of school on, with emphasis on the spoken, rather than the written word. Learning was accomplished through living, whether from daily walks in the woods, from the tasks required of the children in and around the building, or at meal time, where there were "English" and "French" tables and those sitting at them would speak in those languages during the meal.〔 The arts were also offered. In addition to painting, drawing, singing and drama,〔(Walter Block reminscense ) Quakers in Britain. Retrieved 28 September 2011〕 the children learned to play music. In the evening, "Tante Anna" read a story, then gave each child a "good night kiss" and sent them off to bed. Staff and pupils were on a first-name basis;〔 Anna Essinger was generally called ''Tante'' (Aunt) Anna, or TA for short.〔 She was a strict disciplinarian with both staff and pupils,〔 but the environment at the school was loving and supportive. Corporal punishment was taboo.〔Michael Trede, (''Der Rückkehrer'' ) ecomed verlagsgesellschaft AG & Co. KG, Landsberg, Germany (2003), pp. 62–63 ISBN 3-609-16172-8 Retrieved 5 October 2011 〕 The teachers were idealistic〔Anthea Gerrie, ("Revealed: the wartime school that saved lives" ) ''The Jewish Chronicle'' (11 August 2011). Retrieved 29 September 2011〕 and in 1927, the school received very good early assessments. Enrolment soon grew to 60 pupils.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bunce Court School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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