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Find information on dates for events and links to registration or further information below.
Individual members of the AGTV are informed regularly of opportunities for teachers and students via email.
Events for AGTV and Partners in 2015
These lists are updated during the year as events come online or are added.
Term 1 - 2015
Mon 9 Feb: Geelong Western District NW Meeting
Thur 12 Feb: Committee meeting
Thur 26 Feb: Seminar for Teachers of VCE German
Fri 27 Feb: Leadership Team Conference - by invitation
Fri 27 Feb: Kreatives Deutsch PD - Goethe-Institut Australien
Mon 2 Mar: GI Autobahn workshop for Students - Geelong Western District Network
Tue 3 Mar: GI Autobahn workshop for Students - Calder Network
Tue 3 Mar: Teacher Network Meeting - Rangeview Primary School in Mitcham
Wed 4 Mar: GI Autobahn workshop for Students - Wimmera Mallee Network
Thur 5 Mar: NW Calder Network Meeting - Spring Gully Primary School in Bendigo
Fri 6 Mar: Deadline for registration for UN Conference for Year 12 students - tbc
Fri 6 - Sun 8 Mar: DaFWEBKON 2015 - international online conference via Austria
Tue 10 Mar: SAGSE De-Briefing Scotch College
Wed 18 Mar: AGTV Primary Matters Conference - Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre, Preston
Thur 19 Mar: Committee meeting
Term 2 - 2015
Sun 19 Apr: Melbourne Language Picnic - at Myuna Farm Doveton
Thur 30 Apr: Committee meeting
Fri 1 May: MLTAV Conference
Wed 14 - Fri 29 May: AUDI Festival of German Films
Tue 2 Jun: AGTV - United Nations Association Student Conference
Thur 4 Jun: Committee meeting
Wed 10 Jun: VCAA General Achievement Test for Year 12 students
July Holidays
Thur 9 - Sun 12 Jul: AFMLTA Conference in Melbourne
Term 3 - 2015
Thur 23 Jul: German Day Out for Secondary Students
Thur 6 Aug: Committee meeting
Sun 16 Aug: AGTV Student Forum for Year 12 Students of German
Fri 4 and Sat 5 Sep: AGTV Victorian State Conference for Teachers of German
Term 4 - 2015
Thur 22 Oct: Goethe-Institut School Film Festival at ACMI
Other Events and Milestone 2015
- International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies
- 1000 Jahre Leipzig
- 650 Jahre Universitaet Wien
- 150 Jahre Wiener Ringstrasse
- 50 Jahre Israel-Deutschland
- 25 Jahre Deutsche Einheit
Term 1 - 2014
Thur 20 Feb: AGTV PD for Teachers of VCE German
Wed 26 Feb: Committee and Leadership Team meeting - by invitation
Sat 1 March: AGTV-BJR Picnic at the Botanical Gardens
Tue 4 Mar: SAGSE De-Briefing from 2013 scholarship winners
Wed 5 Mar: Gippsland Teacher Network Meeting - register online
Thur 13 Mar: AGTV Primary Conference - Registrations close Fri 7th March - PROGRAM
Sat 15 - Sun 16 Mar: DaFWEBKON - Online worldwide conference for teachers of German
Sun 16 Mar - Melbourne Language Picnic - Edinburgh Gardens in North Fitzroy -RSVP 12th March
Thur 27 Mar: Audi German Film Festival opening night in Melbourne
Fri 28 Mar: Audi German Film Festival - Student film ages 8 to 10
Tue 1 Apr - Audi German Film Festival - Student film ages 12 to 15
Wed 2 Apr - Audi German Film Festival - Student film ages 15 to 18
Term 2 - 2014
Wednesday 6 May: World Colouring Day
Thur 8 May: AGTV Committee meeting
Fri 9 May: LanguageVision - European Language Festival - at the NGV for years 1 to 4
13-15 May: NAPLAN Testing in schools - Years 3,5,7,9
Fri 16 May: MLTAV Conference - online registrations
Mon 19 - Thur 29 May: Language Perfect World Championship - online competition
incl. AGTV World Championship Cup if top score from a current AGTV member school!
Sat 24 May: AGTV Workshop for Inexperienced Teachers of VCE German
Fri 30 May: Closing date for Goethe-Institut/AGTV Year 10 Awards
[Mon 7 Jun: Upgrading of Wild Apricot companion site - online registration not available]
Wed 11 June: VCAA GAT Test for VCE Students
July Holidays
Fri 4 - Sat 5 Jul: NATG in Adelaide - by invitation
Sat 5 - Mon 7 Jul: Goethe-Institut National Conference in Adelaide
Term 3
Regional Finals of the AGTV Years 4 to 9 Poetry Competition held in AGTV Networks
Thur 17 Jul: AGTV Committee meeting
Thur 24 July: German Day Out - secondary students
Fri 8 Aug: Last day for registration of participation in Kunst und Poesie and in Deutsch roX 2014
Mon 11 Aug: Last day for results of AGTV Regional Poetry Finals - Invitations to State Final to follow
Tue 12 Aug: Last day for tickets and registration: AGTV Year 12 Forum for students of VCE German
Sun 17 Aug: AGTV Year 12 Forum for Students of VCE German - STUDENT REGISTRATIONS
Fri 22 Aug: Poetry Competition at Monash University - Years 10 to 12
Fri 29 Aug: Closing date for receipt of school entries in the Kunst und Poesie competition
Sat 30 Aug: State Final for Years 5 to 9 - AGTV Poetry Competition - By invitation only
Fri 5 Sep: Closing date for entries GI School Film Festival - Deutsch feiern
Fri 5 and Sat 6 Sep: AGTV Victorian State Conference - Friday in Preston and Saturday in CBD Melbourne
Mon 8 Sep: Last day to register participation in the AGTV KINDERCHOR DES JAHRES 2014
Fri 12 Sep: Closing date for entries to AGTV Deutsch roX German Song writing competition
Term 4
Mon 6 Oct - 2 Nov: period for oral examinations for VCE Languages
Fri 10 Oct: SAGSE Presentation Banquet - 2014 scholarship winners incl. AGTV Scholarship
Thur 16 Oct: AGTV Committee meeting
Thur 30 Oct: GI School Film Festival in Melbourne - AGTV share sponsorship of cash prizes
Fri 31 Oct: Due date for videos for AGTV Kinderchor des Jahres 2014
Tue 11 Nov: AGTV Annual General Meeting - Bayview on the Park, 52 Queens Road, Melbourne
Tue 11 Nov: AGTV/GI Presentation Evening - Graduate House, University of Melbourne
Mon 17 November - Written Exam for VCE German
Other Events and Milestones in 2014
- 1914-2014 - 100 Years since the start of WWI
- 25 Years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
- 70 year anniversary of the Austrian Club in Melbourne - founded 1944
- Annual Danube Day on 29 June in Europe
International Qualifications for Students of German
Internationally recognised certificates can be achieved by students through the Goethe-Institut in Australia.
Assessment can be conducted in your school by arrangement in some cases. This is a wonderful opportunity and well worth pursuing to promote your language program.
This is opportunity is not available in other languages. Contact your local Goethe-Institut for information about these exams. Visit the GI central website for an overview:
- Goethe-Institut Certifcate A1: Fit in Deutsch 1
- Goethe-Institut Certifcate A2: Fit in Deutsch 2 - overview and sample texts
- Goethe-Institut Classes
What's on for German at University
- Melbourne-Monash German Seminar Series
- DAAD Australia Newsletters
- RMIT International Industry Experience and Research Program
What's on for German in the Community
- Schulen: Partner der Zukunft (Partners for the future) - follow the activities of Germany's 1500 partner schools around the world
- Kleiner Kalendar .de - What's on in Germany
See also Goethe Boutique: Other Resources for ideas for Excursions e.g. Clubs, Westgarthtown, Schwerkolt Cottage and others
Performances
- Liedertafel Arion - Founded in 1860
- Lieder Society of Victoria - Since 1975
- Australian Bach Society - Founded in 2011
German Live to Air and in the Media Online in Victoria
- SBS Radio German Program - Daily programs in the German language
- Deutsche in Melbourne - Reports in German about all manner of happenings
- 3ZZZ Community Radio - German and Austrian programs
See more News & Events: Media Links
Events and Milestones in 2013
- 200th Birthday of Ludwig Leichhardt
- 200th Birthday of Richard Wagner
- 100 Years of Canberra
- 70 Jahre Weiβe Rose - Tagesschau photos and text
- European Year of Citizens
- UNESCO: International Year of Water Cooperation - 22 March World Water Day
- International Year of Statistics
- Mathematics of Planet Earth
- 2013 Chinese Year of the Snake
The opportunity to experience German language and cultures is evident in Victoria, Australia and especially in our Asian-Pacific Region.
- Goethe-Institut Australia
- Goethe-Institut Indonesia - Regional Office for Australia is in Jakarta
- Culture and Development - in Southeast Asia
- Science Film Festival - for young people in Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand
- Goethe-Institut China
- Goethe-Institut Vietnam
- Goethe-Institut Malaysia
- Goethe-Institut Japan
- Goethe-Institut Korea
- Goethe-Institut India
- Goethe-Institut - in your part of the world
Milestones for German in 2012
- Handwritten Exhibition in Canberra - 26 November 2011 to 18 March 2012
- 10 Jahre NATG - Network of Australian teachers of German founded in 2002
- 18th Jewish Film Festival Berlin and Potsdam 2012
- 40 Jahre Goethe-Institut Australien - the first office opened in Melbourne in 1972
- 40 Years Diplomatic Relations between China and Germany - German Mission in Beijing
- 50 Years European-Australia Relations - Celebration and link to Radio National
- 60 Years German-Australian Diplomatic Relations - Calendar of events
- 100 Jahre Studio Babelsberg - Film studio
- 125 Years of the Bosch Group - as well as 150 year anniversary of the founder's birth
- 200 Jahre die Brüder Grimm - This will be a theme for Goethe-Institut in Australia in 2012.
- Klimt 2012 - Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), painting genius and pioneer of the Modern era around 1900, would have celebrated his 150th birthday in 2012.
- Lübeck ist die deutsche Stadt der Wissenschaften 2012 - Hanse trifft Humboldt
- Friedrich Jahr 2012 - Celebrating 300 years since the birth of Frederick the Great
- 775 Jahre Berlin
- 800 Jahre Thomaskirche, Thomanerchor und Thomaschule
- UN Internationales Jahr des Genossenschaften - International Year of Cooperatives
- UN Internationales Jahr der nachhaltiger Energie fuer alle - International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
- Natur des Jahres 2012
Milestones for German in 2011
- European Green Capital Award - Hamburg 2011
- Jugendwort des Jahres
- Natur des Jahres
- Jubiläen großer deutscher Persönlichkeiten im Jahr 2011
- Das Kleist-Jahr 2011
- Jahr der Wälder - International Year of the Forest
- Jahr der Chemie - International Year of Chemistry
- 500 Jahre Till Eulenspiegel
- 250 Jahre FABER-CASTELL
- 125 Jahre Auto
- 125. Geburtstag des Kurfürstendamms - Ku'damm
- 100 Jahre Bayreuth Festival - Celebrating the music of Wagner
- 60 Jahre Goethe-Institut
- 50 Jahre Bau der Mauer - Dedicated website
- 50 Jahre Bau der Mauer - SBS Audio Broadcast
- 50 Jahre Ampelmann in Berlin
- 50 Jahre deutsch-türkisches Anwerbeabkommen
- 25 Years German Grant for Journalism in Australia
- 25 Years of German Environmental Policy
- 21 Years Hanse Sail in Rostock - World’s biggest gathering of traditional ships with 250 sailing ships and steamers
- 10 Jahre Bestehen des Jüdischen Museums Berlin
- Brecht Musikfest - Robyn Archer sang Brecht in his birthplace Augsburg in 2011
