German Day at the University of Technology Sydney.

On Friday, the 14th of June, the Year 10 German class took the day off class for a German excursion: attending the Stage 5 German Day at the University of Technology, Sydney.

We started the day off with a bus trip down Parramatta Road to UTS, and after arriving, made our way into one of the lecture theatres. We listened to presentations from representatives from UNSW, USYD, UTS, MQ and the Goethe Institut, with information on courses at uni, studying as an international student in Germany and how you can use German in your career (plus treats of Gummibärchen, fruit, and free UTS merch).

Next, we split into group activities! We were each grouped with two other classmates from Fort Street and mixed with students from different schools from all over Sydney. In these activity sections, we practised speaking German and played games such as mini board games, tongue twisters and a version of musical chairs, which incorporated German phrases and words. We got to meet other students who are also studying German and connected over our similarities (and even won maltesers).

For lunch, we were given delicious pretzels to snack on and a chance to socialise with other schools in the UTS Hideout, where there were pool tables, sofas, chess sets and even a piano! After lunch we were treated to a UTS campus tour, showing us all their facilities, including medical robots for nursing simulations, an entirely green lecture theatre, a colour coded lab, themed buildings and a five story library (with a unicorn sculpture and a napping area with bean bags).

After we said auf Wiedersehen to the other schools, the amazing Frau Reynolds and Frau Hunger took us all through the rain to Lüneburger, a German bakery at Central Station, where we could try out our German skills on the staff and order various German pastries, including cinnamon sugar pretzels, thus concluding an amazing day!

Lila Bachfischer and Maya Te