TOP : SAMARTH GUPTA ( YEAR 7 ) AND GEOFF LIU ( YEAR 8 ) WITH THEIR SHIELDS . BELOW : ZOOM CONVERSATION BETWEEN GERMAN TEACHER WARREN PRATT AND SAMARTH GUPTA
REMARKABLE RESULTS IN GERMAN POETRY COMPETITION
Scotch boys performed outstandingly at almost every year level
Although the pandemic has physically separated us all , German students at Scotch have strived to adapt to the new environment with much success . With the help of the German teachers , Scotch students performed outstandingly in the Association of German Teachers of Victoria ’ s poetry competition , with placegetters in nearly every year level for both the regional and state finals .
For the regional competition , William Wang ( Year 4 ) was first , followed by Noah Stamoulis ( Year 4 ), second . Matthew Chen ( Year 5 ) achieved third for his year level , and the prize winners for Year 7 were all Scotch boys – Jamie Chang , first , Samarth Gupta , second , and Witter Onggara , third . Geoff Liu attained first for Year 8 , and Ashwin Appu won first and Christopher O ' Connell came equal third for the Year 9s .
All students who won either first or second prize from Year 5 upwards were eligible to participate in the state finals – Samarth Gupta came first and Jamie Chang came fifth for the Year 7s and Geoff Liu came first for the Year 8s .
I ' m sure that all of the hardworking students were in no small part assisted by their studious German teachers , who not only helped the students in their preparations , but worked tirelessly to continue to make German class enjoyable and interesting through the new online medium . Scotch ' s remarkable results in the poetry competition are testament to the diligent nature of Scotch students and teachers alike .
Let ’ s hope that we will soon be reunited once again in the Language Building , eating Lebkuchen and baking Brezeln .
GEOFF LIU ( YEAR 8 )
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