German Christmas Activities

German classes had a little taste of German Christmas this week. Years 7 and 8 sampled a Bunter Teller (colourful plate) with a range of German gingerbread, biscuits, Stollen and other treats. Years 9, 10 and 11 constructed and decorated gingerbread houses to share with their friends.

Wishing all the Fort Street community Frohe Weihnachten und schöne Sommerferien!

Auf Wiedersehen, Frau Märtens!

Thanks to the Goethe Institut´s Schulwärts program, Fort Street has had a German assistant teacher since August this year. Lina Märtens has been helping in German lessons as well as planning and teaching a number of lessons by herself. Students have enjoyed learning about a range of topics including food, music, German cities, history, birthdays and Christmas traditions. Year 11 in particular have enjoyed Frau Märtens’ “Idiom of the Day”, where they learnt that “it’s all sausage to me” means that something isn’t important but when “it’s all about the sausage”, it’s very important.

Frau Märtens is studying to be an English and Physics teacher and helped out in some of Ms Fluitsma´s science lessons too, teaching some lessons about physical forces and space.

Frau Märtens finishes at Fort Street this week, but will work at the Goethe Institut in Sydney early next year before returning to Tübingen to finish her degree. We will miss her and wish her all the best. Vielen Dank und auf Wiedersehen!