LANGUAGES

YEAR 9 LANGUAGES EXPO 

On Tuesday 19 July, the Year 9 language students held an exposition to showcase their research on a variety of topics. The exposition was held during lunchtime where students as well as teachers of the East Campus could come along to learn about French speaking countries and different aspects of the German speaking countries. In addition to the stands, many of the language students also prepared games and food to give out. Students who visited could also vote for their favourite stand and participate in a quiz, which contained a mix of questions which could be answered by looking at all the stands at the exposition. 

Overall, the Language Exposition was extremely enjoyable and unforgettable. We would like to thank Madame Lynd, Madame Antal, Herr Nutting and all the staff involved in making this event possible! 

Christina Tan & Anya Aquende

Year 9 Students

LANGUAGES EXPO PRIZES

During the Expo, students were able to vote for the most informative displays and the most fun displays. The winners of these prizes are:

• Most informative: Switzerland
• Most fun: Switzerland

The runners-up in both categories were German Desserts; there were several displays with that title, so well done to all.

GERMAN MODEL UN 2022

The German Model UN is an imitation of a typical United Nations conference, except in German. And with equal say between the countries. And with actual children. But I digress. Here is my recount of the invigorating, high-octane, in-your-face, egad-everything's-in-German experience.

After navigating to the fantastical land of "North Melbourne", we joined the twelve other schools with varying numbers of countries. Innnnn the left corner we have... the powerful Sofia and Georgia Linardou sister duo repping Germany! Don't let their lack of delegates fool you... they'll (germanly) suplex any amendments to the preamble without mercy! My fellow Egypt representatives were Ilya Zyuzin and Jack Campbell, two Year 10s illegally smuggled into the exclusive VCE event. 

Alliances were formed, backs were stabbed (figurative), speeches were made, meat was for some reason constantly talked about, France decided that a worthy financial decision would be to donate 10% of its GDI to developing countries and -- most importantly -- fun was had.

★★★★☆

food was good 👍👍

Vielen Dank to Frau Reid and Frau Fowler.

Persephone Gardiner

Year 12 Student

THE OKTOBERFEST

Oktoberfest changes yearly by ending on the first Sunday of October and starting two weeks before, because of this it starts on 17 of September and goes until 3 of October. Oktoberfest is one of the biggest festivals in Germany and surrounding countries. Oktoberfest is celebrated by drinking beer, dressing up in folk costumes, dancing and music. The festival is taking place at Theresienwiese in Munich this year and 2 million gallons of beer is expected to be drunk.

It first happened in 1810 through the marriage of the Crown Prince of Bavaria, who later became King of Bavaria. There was a five-day celebration of beer and the celebration of this wedding. In 1818 it became an annual festival.

DAS OKTOBERFEST

Das Oktoberfest ist jedes Jahr anders- es endet am ersten Sonntag im Oktober und beginnt zwei Wochen vorher, daher beginnt es am 17. September und dauert bis zum 3. Oktober. Das Oktoberfest ist eine der größten Volksfeste in Deutschland in den NachbarLändern. es gibt Biertrinken, Trachten, Tanzen und Musik. Das Oktoberfest ist auf der Theresienwiese München statt und die besucher trinken normalerweise 2 Millionen Liter Bier getrunken werden.

Das Fest hat 1810 mit der Hochzeit von cron princen Bayern begonnen. Später König von Bayern.

Gil Yomtovyan & Finn Sharp

Year 9 German Students

YEAR 7 FRENCH AUX CHAMPS ELYSÉES PERFORMANCE

On the last day of Term 2, Monsieur Chamontin organised a performance by some of his Year 7 French students at the main campus. Here is Solomon Batkilin’s (Year 7) colourful description of the experience:

“AUX CHAMPS ELYSÉES! AUX CHAMPS ELYSÉES!" 

Aux Champs Elysees will be engraved into our minds forever after all the laughs and singing we did that day. A huge French Flag was held as we all took a deep breath and started to sing. Let me tell you, it wasn’t an easy journey. We all spent countless sessions in French repeatedly listening to the same song over and over, constantly singing over and over. Until we got it just right. Keep in mind that most of us have only been doing French for 1 Semester! But at the end of the day, we did our best. We had a great time learning and performing Aux Champs Elysées. It will be a memory to remember for a long long time.

Jenny Lynd

Languages Learning Area Manager