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FERNY GROVEState High School

www.fernygroveshs.eq.edu.au

Ferny Grove State High SchoolMcGinn Road, Ferny Grove Qld 4055Ph 3550 5777 Fax 3550 5700

www.fernygroveshs.eq.edu.auinfo@fernygroveshs.eq.edu.auwww.facebook.com/FernyGroveSHSCRICOS Code 00608A

GERMAN IMMERSIONHead of Department

Mrs Fi Hudghtonfhudg1@eq.edu.au

3550 5785

Students and parents indicate their interest during Year 6 by completing an Expression of Interest Enrolment Form (available from the school office or on our school website) and forwarding it to Ferny Grove State High School. Students are selected on the basis of an interview, their primary school results and recommendations by their primary classroom and language teachers.

Please note that a formal enrolment interview with Administration staff is also required with enrolment into the German Immersion Program.

Expression of Interest forms can be sent to:

Mrs Fi HudghtonFerny Grove State High SchoolPO Box 128Ferny Hills Qld 4055Ph 07 3550 5785Fax 07 3550 5700Email fhudg1@eq.edu.au

Meet our team below. Please feel welcome to contact us for more information.

Mrs Fi HudghtonHead of Department

Mrs Ulla FreihofnerScience & HPE

Ms Jennifer KrischGerman & Humanities

Dr Inga Mertens-Walker Science

Dr Helen Nicolson Setz Maths & German

Mrs Christin FurnissGerman & HPE

Ms Rachel ValentHPE

Mrs Anja BradyGerman, Humanities

HOW DO I APPLY?

• It boosts understanding of English literacy

• It opens doors to study and career opportunities, especially in Europe where German is the most widely spoken language.

• It enhances flexibility of thinking, problem solving and critical thinking skills through learning the curriculum in German.

• It promotes persistence and risk-taking in learning.

• It provides opportunities in Year 12 (after completing Senior German in Year 11) to study German Extension.

• Students can study with other German language students from around the world through the Partner School of the Future Program (PASCH network). Fully-funded scholarships to Germany are awarded annually to two outstanding Year 11 students.

• Opportunity to sit the ‘Fit in Deutsch ‘ examination, an examination conducted globally by the Goethe Institut, to demonstrate German language ability against common European bench-marks.

Open the door to a bigger world!

The German Immersion program at Ferny Grove State High School offers students an exciting opportunity to develop a very high level of German language proficiency through learning the regular curriculum in German. It is the next best thing to students living in a German-speaking country.

Students learn exactly the same curriculum as other students during Years 7, 8 and 9 in German.

Core subjects include:

German, Mathematics, Science, Humanities, and Health and Physical Education (HPE).

In Year 10, students continue to learn Science and Humanities in German, and begin the Senior German Language course.

At the end of Year 10, students have the opportunity to travel to Germany on a three-and-half-week exchange program. Students stay with German families, attend school and tour Germany. We also host German students from these schools early each year. Our two partner schools are Schiller Gymnasium in Muenster and Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich.

• Students acquire knowledge of the German language to a high level and experience the rich variety of German culture.

• It enhances intercultural knowledge through interactions with German speakers.

Whoever is not acquainted with foreign languages knows nothing of his own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 - 1832.

GERMAN IMMERSION PROGRAM

• Become highly proficient in German

• Engage in intellectual challenges

• Take the opportunity for new and different life experiences

• Form supportive working relationships with like-minded students

• Develop effective learning habits.

German Immersion students are typically motivated students and are above average academically. Students are expected to commit to the program for four years.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

AN EXCITING EXCHANGE PROGRAM

BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM