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AGTV GERMAN POETRY COMPETITION REGIONAL FINAL

Last Wednesday, 23rd July ten Level 4 – 6 students from Rangeview PS participated in the annual AGTV German Poetry Competition Regional Final. The regional final was held at Mullauna Secondary College and involved German students from Years 4 – 9 from the Knox Metro Network.

Students recited their poems in front of two judges and were judged according to their pronunciation, intonation, dictation, and the overall delivery and interpretation of their poem. All our students did an excellent job in learning and reciting their poems. It gives us great pleasure to announce the results of the competition:

Grade 4: 1st - Zoe (4J)

                  2nd  - Isabelle (4J)

                  3rd - Machaela (4J)

Grade 5: 1st - Annika (5V) Open Category

                  1st - Myra (5V)

                  2nd - Ryan (5G)

                  3rd - Tessa (5V)

Grade 6:  1st - Suhani (6A) 

                   2nd - Bavjot (5/6C)

                   3rd - Alysha (6G)

Students from year 5 – 9 who were awarded a first or second place at the regional final are now invited to take part in the state final, held at the Austrian Club in Heidelberg in October. All students involved in the competition received a medal, certificate and prizes. 

Thank you to our wonderful Language Assistant, Frau Myriam Gad, for preparing the students for the competition and to Frau Marika Ferguson for attending the regional final.

Congratulations to all our poetry students! We are very proud of you! Gut gemacht! (Well done!)

GERMAN WORD OF THE WEEK

This week’s German Word/Phrase of the Week is:

Gut gemacht!

Well done!

Students who correctly use this phrase may be awarded house-points for their team. Viel Spaß damit! (Have fun with it!)

DID YOU KNOW?

By our German Captains, 

Suhani & Maheli

• More than 800 million currywurst sausages are eaten every year in Germany. The snack is so popular that there’s even a museum dedicated to it in Berlin.

• The most famous German food exports are sauerkraut, sausages and pretzels (Brezeln)

• Most German main dishes include meat and sometimes fish – the most popular kinds are pork, beef, veal or fish

Should you have any queries about how to best support your child’s German language development, we would love to hear from you.

Frau Ulrike Lindner

Frau Angelina Rosas-Ortiz            Frau Myriam Gad