Annual calendar 2025/2026

Always up-to-date: parent education

Parenting programs support you in your daily family life to enable your child to develop well and healthily. Here you will find an overview of current courses and events in the Canton of Zurich.

Parenting courses

Programm 2025/2026

Open House at Zurich City Schools in Spring!
Tuesday, March 17th 2026

Experience school life firsthand!
Come and get a glimpse into everyday school life, including after-school care:

  • Take this opportunity to get a direct look at the classrooms.
  • Discover current topics and projects.
  • Talk to the teachers and caregivers.

Warmly invited are: parents, grandparents & other caregivers

The parents council offers croissants/cake and tea/coffee in the library during 10 o`clock break

Lecture “Unsure about choosing a course?”
January 29, 2026
6:30 p.m. to 8:10 p.m
Singing hall school Riedenhalden

Ghita Benaich from the “eifach mache.ch” association and Steve and Ximena talk about their professional careers. They guide you as parents through the evening and talk about the opportunities your children have after compulsory school. They give you an insight into different career paths and provide a realistic basis for decision-making when choosing a career. This lecture is aimed at parents and high school students. Of course, your interested children are welcome.

Please register yourself and your child by Monday, January 26, 2026 by email to: er_riedenhalden@gmx.ch

Storytelling night
November 14, 2025
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m

This year’s theme invites you to use books as a vehicle to travel to the past or future. Crime cases can be solved thanks to time travel, great historical eras can be experienced up close and fantastic worlds of tomorrow can be explored. After the storytelling night there is a buffet organized by the parents’ council. All primary school students are cordially invited to get refreshments there for the way home. 

Lecture “How emotions influence learning”
September 10, 2025
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
followed by an aperitif

Under what circumstances does your child learn better? What needs to be in place so that your child can memorize the content more quickly? How Can positive emotions be used for learning and how does the relationship between parents and children influence learning success? We were able to win Carla Kronig from the Viventa technical school as a speaker. She is an educational scientist and familylab seminar leader.