At the end of the last school year, Mrs. Weufen-Püschel decided to approach the topic for that period – Australia – a bit different than usual, in the form of project-oriented work. We were given a long list of possible topics on the subject, ranging from the history and geography of Australia over more current ones (such as Jörg's essay on environmental issues and Stefan's work on the Sydney Olympic Summer Games) to themes like Dreamtime, Aboriginal art and poetry ( see below). It was highly interesting listening to Katharina’s experiences at an Australian high school and Daniel’s adventure in Kakadu National Park .While most students decided to work alone, there were also some groups that worked on the more complicated topics such as Bianca, Holger and Michael who prepared a detailed essay about Cultural Genocide and the Stolen Generation .
Though Ms. Weufen-Püschel gave us all material as a starting point for a work, many also did some research on their own, using books from our school library or the Internet as additional resources. Because the overall quality of the essays was quite high, we also decided to prepare an exposition of our project with a big collection of colourful pictures in the B-Foyer.
Although the exposition was meant for all students from classes 5 to 13, we were positively surprised when other teachers visited it with a complete English class (who were currently working on the same subject). Overall the response from students and teachers was quite enthusiastic and made us happy.

Fabian Giesen, 13A

An Aboriginal poem chosen by Yvonne Geef