Success Story: A 5-Day In-School english class trip in Berlin Full of Theatre, Music, Films & Big Ideas

Justin Wolter
Dec 1, 2025
3 min read

What if an englisch class trip didn’t require traveling at all, but still felt like a real adventure?

That’s exactly what happened at Melanchthon Gymnasium Berlin. For five days, 80 tenth-graders took part in an intensive, creative English project that turned the school into a stage, studio, startup lab and film set — all at once.

Together with LevelUp English, the students experienced an English-only week packed with performance, teamwork, laughter, and real ownership. By the end, the entire school was buzzing with confidence, creativity, and proud voices speaking English naturally.

📌 Project Overview

🏫 School: Melanchthon Gymnasium Berlin

📚 Grade: 10th

👩‍🎓 Students: 80

🕒 Duration: 5-day in-school project (multi-day English immersion)

🎯 Focus: 🎭 Theatre, 🎤 Music, 🎬 Filmmaking, 💡 Entrepreneurship

✨ What Made This Week Special

From the very first morning, it was clear this wasn’t “normal school.” Instead of sitting through lessons, students jumped into creative academies, each run by native-speaker facilitators with real backgrounds in their fields. Four academies ran simultaneously, so every group had its own space to explore English through doing — not just studying.

Key ingredients that made the week unforgettable:

✅ Four creative academies running in parallel, each led by experienced native speakers

✅ Students fully owned their work: writing scripts, composing songs, pitching startups, producing films

✅ The atmosphere felt like a real englisch class trip — immersive, energetic, and different from everyday classes

✅ By Friday, the school hall transformed into a live showcase space, featuring theatre performances, music acts, and original student films

🎭🎤🎬 Workshop Highlights

Each academy offered a different path into English: so every student could find a role that fit their personality, strengths, and curiosity.

🎶 Music Academy

Students explored self-expression through melodies and lyrics. Writing and performing in English made vocabulary and pronunciation feel alive — not forced. The result? More courage, more rhythm, more voice.

💡 Entrepreneurship Academy

Students tackled future-skills: brainstorming ideas, solving challenges, pitching concepts, and working creatively in teams. All communication was in English, so language became a real-world tool, not a school subject.

🎭 Theatre Academy

Performance-based learning helped students break language barriers fast. Through improvisation, role play and stage work, even quieter students found space to speak boldly and clearly.

🎬 Filmmaking Academy

Hands-on storytelling pushed students to craft narratives, act, direct, and edit short films in English. The process demanded teamwork, communication and creativity — naturally strengthening fluency.

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💬 Teacher Reflections

Teachers reported that students showed a different kind of engagement during this week: more independence, more speaking, more collaboration and noticeably more confidence using English out loud.