Members
of the Goethe Institute in Glasgow visited Braidhurst High School last week to
organise a ‘German Adventure’ morning for S2 pupils.   Pupils were put into groups of four and were
required to ‘visit’ a number of cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and
to carry out prescribed tasks.   The
group which covered the most cities and gained the most answers correct in the
shortest time won a prize.   Tasks
included identifying famous brands of aftershave in German, finding words on a
giant wordsquare, looking at Facebook posts in German, cracking number codes
and learning about famous German manufacturers.   They also had the opportunity to don German
wigs and hats to resemble German football fans at football matches.   There was much frantic moving from room to
room as pupils carried out the tasks with zeal and determination.

 

The
winning group was Christopher Duncan, Shah Afzahl and Jordan Falconer from
class 2L.   Pictured with them are Tammy
Smith, Kristy Speirs, Amber Waldron and Amy Marshall, who also won a prize for
remembering the code to unlock the ‘safe’.

 

All
pupils were complimented on their enthusiasm, excellent behaviour and
team-working skills.   The pupils
thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to extend their knowledge of the culture of
German speaking countries and many hope to continue their study of German in
S3.