German Week 2026!

In the last week of term 3, the school celebrated the German Week. This was organised to both raise the profile of German at school and to teach the students about German culture.

Apart from having engaging activities for German for the Middle School students, the program also included activities for Primary German students and for German students in the Senior School.

The highlight of the German Week, was the  music and dance presentation by the music group, Schwarzwald.  Here is what two of our senior studnets had to  say about German week!

Par:

Last term, we had German Week, where we got to experience different parts of Germany’s culture. This included us making a nice chocolate snack called Schoko-Knusperberge made with coconut flakes and rice krispies. We were also introduced to a variety of German games like Mensch ärgere Dich nicht (Man, don’t get angry!) and Sticks. An especially fun activity was the Scavenger Hunt where we had to translate lots of things into German and take fun photos. The German teachers worked very hard in preparing this for the students and we appreciate their efforts greatly!

Indi:

In term three, we all participated in German Week, which we got to see and also try out many different fun activities. All of these activities were part of Germany’s culture such as one being where we had a Bavarian Oompah band come to Lakeside College and perform yodelling as well as a very known German dance formally known as Schuhplattler. This was an impressive performance from the band and they also kept everyone indulged by bringing up volunteers, whilst also talking about German culture. A thank you to all the staff that helped us students experience German culture.

We look forward to the next occasion when we can prepare activities to engage them further with the German culture.

Gabriel Njuho

Secondary Teacher