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The German International School Sydney has been awarded another two awards for our new classrooms - an excellent project, showcasing innovation in sustainability within the education sector. The Timber Design Awards, now in their 23rd year, are distinguished by a proud heritage of innovation and achievement. The Awards promote and encourage outstanding...

Our Junior and Senior Choirs, along with Primary School Teacher, Janine Boubbov, and Head of Primary School, Klemens Pedarnig, spread some joy and Christmas spirit at the Terrey Hills Nursing Home. Our students sang Christmas carols in English as well as several in German, and their performances were received with...

Congratulations to another class of 2022 – our fabulous Year 10! A week after we celebrated the graduation of our Year 12 students, we honoured Year 10 at their own ceremony at GISS. Year 10 class teachers Thomas Szartowicz and Ann-Kathrin Mannherz spoke about the best moments of the past...

We are proud to announce that our pioneering Passivehouse classrooms have been awarded the 2022 Sustainability Award in the Category Education and Research.The Sustainability Awards are Australia’s longest running and most prestigious awards program dedicated to acknowledging and celebrating excellence in sustainable design and architecture. betti&knut architecture were presented with the...

There were many cheers, much applause and a few tears as our graduating Year 12 students, families, teachers and GISS staff came together for a special graduation ceremony at Zest last Friday.  Year 12 class teachers, Mr Greenslade and Mr Day, spoke about their students’ hard work and dedication, their...

Congratulations to our very engaged and talented Year 10 students who won two 1st places at the 2022 Enterprise German Award by the Goethe-Institut Australien last night. Enterprise German promotes the collaboration between schools and German companies or Australian companies with a relationship to German speaking countries within the region....

We held our annual Gingerbread Workshop and children and parents alike had lots of fun creating beautiful gingerbread houses and santas. Thankfully there were plenty of lollies, as some of the tasty decorations ended up in small mouths instead of on the great creations. A very big thank you...

KOALA RESCUE… EIN LUSTIGES SPIEL MIT ERNSTER AUFGABE... VON ACR GAMES (SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AG) Der Name "Koala" leitet sich vom Dharug-Wort "gula" oder "gulamany" ab, was "kein Getränk" bedeutet. Koalas müssen nicht oft Wasser trinken, weil sie genug Feuchtigkeit aus den Eukalyptusblättern bekommen, die sie essen. Koalas trinken jedoch zunehmend...

Am Montag, 7. November 2022 besuchte uns Andreas Hänssig von der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M.  Seit 2018 arbeiten wir intensiv mit unserer Partneruniversität zusammen. Hr. Haenssig arbeitet an der dortigen Akademie für Bildungsforschung und Lehrkräftebildung. In dieser Funktion berät und begleitet er angehende Lehrkräfte, die ihre Schulpraktika im Ausland antreten. Durch die...