A Project for Professional Orientation
Enterprise German

Enterprise German promotes the collaboration between schools and German companies or Australian companies with a relationship to German speaking countries within the region. The project combines aspects of professional orientation with creativity and inventor spirit.

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Registration

Registrations for 2022 are now open.
If you have questions please contact anna-lena.schenck@goethe.de

Registration for schools

Preferred start date

Term 2 2022 (Year 9/10) - Application deadline 28 March 2022

Term 3 2022 (Year 9/10) - Application deadline 13 June 2022

Name of teacher

Email address

Phone number

Name and email of principal

Name and address of school

Class level

Number of students

Do you know any German Companies or Australian companies in the region with business relationships with Germany? If so, which ones?

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Registration for companies

Would you like to inspire a new generation of doers, makers and dreamers? Are you working for a German speaking company in Australia or does your company have any connections to German-speaking countries? Are you interested in collaborating with students in an innovative creative ideas contest? If you're a YES on all fronts, please keep reading.

Your role in the project and your company’s involvement would be kept to a minimum. We would simply like to give the student groups the chance to get to know your company and it would be great if students had the chance to email some short interview questions to a representative of your team or conduct an online interview or if possible meet in person around May/June 2022 and/or August/September 2022. It would be ideal, but not mandatory, if this person was a German-speaking employee.

To find out more register your interest or please email: anna-lena.schenck@goethe.de.

Company

Contact

Email address

Phone number

Address

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Project handbook

Project Manual (PDF, 16 MB)

Project schedule

Project Schedule 2022 (PDF, 95 kB)

Teaching Materials

The teaching materials at A1/A2 level are divided into three modules. The materials serve as a basis for the participation in the idea contest, but can also be used without taking part in the competition.

Project Manual (PDF, 24 MB)

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Module 1: Our Economic Area

Getting to know the domestic economy and finding a partner company.

Teaching Materials Module 1 (PDF, 8 MB)

Module 1 AC Unit German Years 9-10 7-10 Sequence (PDF, 124 kB)

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Module 2: Our Partner Company

Visiting the partner company and creating a portrait of the company.

Teaching Materials Module 2 (PDF, 7 MB)

Module 2 AC Unit German Years 9-10 7-10 Sequence (PDF, 124 kB)

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Module 3: Our Business Idea

Inventing a product or service for the partner company.

Teaching Materials Module 3 (PDF, 7 MB)

Module 3 AC Unit German Years 9-10 F-10 Sequence (PDF, 124 kB)

Winners

Winners 2021

More than 300 students from 18 schools participated in the popular Australia-wide ideas competition Enterprise German - Unternehmen Deutsch 2021. Of the 97 innovative ideas, you can now see the top 3 ideas from Term 2 and Term 3. A big thank you and congratulations to all involved, especially to the students of Vermont Secondary College who won the online voting with their innovative idea Spülmaschine der Zukunft for their partner company Bosch and 261 out of 316 votes.

Would you like to take part in this great project in the coming year? Registrations are now open.

Top 3 - Term 2

1. BOSCH - Die Spülmaschine der Zukunft – Vermont Secondary College, VIC

Die Spülmaschine der Zukunft (JPG, 179 kB)

2. BRITA - Schorle to go – die Flasche der Zukunft - German International School, NSW

3. Philips Dictation - Dyslexie Hilfe - Kenmore State High School, QLD

Top 3 - Term 3

1. BayWa re - Einfach Solar - McKinnon Secondary College, VIC

1. BayWa re - Einfach Solar Poster

BayWa re - Einfach Solar (PDF, 3 MB)

2. BASF – Der Rökoboter - Roboter Unkrautzieher - Mentone Girls’ Grammar School, VIC

Der Rökoboter - Roboter Unkrautzieher (PDF, 2 MB)

3. SBS GERMAN – Einheit in der Isolation - St Peters Lutheran College, QLD

Winners 2020

Top 3

1. Digitale A Münze App (Kenmore State High School, QLD - Aldi)

2. Eco Haus (Camberwell Girls Grammar School, VIC - Grün Eco Design)

3. Nanoroboter (Oberon High School, VIC – Strabag)

Runners-Up

Brezel Kit (St Rita’s College, QLD - Bretzel Bitz)

Catering Wagen (Kenmore State High School, QLD – Cafè Bee sting)

©Kenmore State High School, QLD - Café Beesting
Flowerpower (Kenmore State High School, QLD – Bosch)

Solarsweeper (St Andrews Lutheran College, QLD – (BayWare)

Winners 2019

In the school year 2019, more than 350 students from 16 schools participated in the Australia-wide ideas contest Enterprise German. On November 8, 2019, the most innovative product, service and marketing ideas for a selected partner company were announced from 96 submissions. Students, teachers and principals as well as representatives of the partner companies such as Aldi, SAP, DB Schenker, King of Cakes, Die Neue Woche and Moerk Water as well as representatives of the German Embassy came together to share the creativity and ingenuity of this year's participants at the Goethe-Institut Sydney. Congratulations to the proud winning teams and many thanks to all who support this creative project for professional orientation. The lucky winners will now compete in an international competition against the winning groups from Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand. You too can be part of the jury and select your favourite idea until November 30:

goethe.de/enterprisegermanasiapacific

Unternehmen Deutsch

The winning team from Korowa Anglican Girls' School in Melbourne together with Sebastian Kress from SAP, Deputy Principal Liana Gooch, German teacher Emily Kent and Eva Baker and Anna-Lena Schenck from the Goethe-Institut Australien | © Goethe-Institut in Australien 1st Place: SAP Kühlschrank (Korowa Anglican Girl’s School, VIC)

2nd Place: Leica Heimat (Camberwell Girls Grammar School, VIC)

Leica Heimat (PDF, 2 MB)

3rd Place: Lufthansa Familienklasse (GISS, NSW)

Award for Design & Entertainment: Nutie (Kenmore SHS, QLD)

Winners 2018

Nora Aubineau-Schüssler from the winning team and German teacher Denise Parsons from the German International School Sydney with Eva Baker and Anna-Lena Schenck from the Goethe-Institut Australien at the awards ceremony in Melbourne on 9 November 2018 | © Tania Jovanovic Photography More than 300 students from 17 schools participated in the Australia-wide ideas competition Unternehmen Deutsch-Enterprise German in the school year 2018. Small groups of students worked together to develop an innovative product, service and marketing idea for their partner company. Out of 75 submissions, the most innovative eight ideas were announced at a festive awards ceremony in Melbourne on November 9. Students, teachers and principals as well as representatives of partner companies such as Bosch, DB Schenker, SBS German, Melbourne Design Studios and Bretzel Biz, the German Embassy and the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce came together to celebrate the creativity and inventiveness of this year's participants. Congratulations again to the proud winners and thanks to everyone who supports this great project for professional orientation.

1. SBS Kinderprogramm / SBS German
SINN: Ivy Semple, Nora Aubineau-Schüssler, Saskia Scholle, Nelli Conrad
German International School Sydney, NSW

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2. Selbstgemachte Brillen der Zukunft / Dresden Optics
Fowlers große Jungs: Jeffrey Chum, James Liao, Mannie Psarakis, Travis Chun Yu
McKinnon Secondary College, VIC

3. Bosch Valet Parken - Autodienst / Bosch
Glühbirne: Thomas White, Elliot Starkey, Sophie Chen, Elizabeth Lim, Eloise Maher
Box Hill High School, VIC

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4. Wolkenschläfer / Lufthansa
Default: Daniel Frost, Eli Murray, Juan Blason
Kenmore State High School, QLD

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5. Backunterricht mit Wolfgang an Schulen / King of Cakes
Cannibal Cakes: Sevval Cikrikci, Isobel Farmer, Lily Hall
Sandgate District State High School, QLD

@King of Cakes

SPECIAL PRIZES FOR DESIGN

Designideen / Melbourne Design Studios
Die Jungunternehmerinnen: Nina Liu, Liying Yang, Angel Li
McKinnon Secondary College, VIC

Designideen (PDF, 2 MB)

Australisches Dirndl / Schnucki
Die Kahoots: Anna Petersen, Sophie Ellis, Kate Blee, Terina Pickering, Isabelle Chui
Ferny Grove State High School, QLD
Dirndl

© Schnucki
SPECIAL PRIZE FOR INNOVATION & PRESENTATION

Green Leaf - eine App, die Menschen mit Angst oder Stress hilft / Bayer
Dhanya Gajendran
Rossmoyne Senior High School, WA

Winners 2017

The winning team at the Awards Night at Kenmore State High School on 10 November 2017 | © Silver Rose Photography The piloting phase of the ideas competition Enterprise German has come to an end for the school year 2017. Student groups from three classes from the PASCH schools Box Hill High School (Melbourne, Victoria), Kenmore State High School, and Ferny Grove State High School (Brisbane, Queensland) have partnered with a company in their region to develop an innovative business idea as well as an advertisement idea.
It wasn't easy for the jury, consisting of representatives from educational institutions and the German Embassy, to select the three most creative ideas and associated commercials from the impressive 15 submissions.

1. Prize
School: Box Hill High School, Melbourne, Victoria
Group: 40 K
Partner company: Dresden Optics
Business idea: Retrievable Glasses
TV ad:

Retrievable Glasses | @Box Hill High School 2. Prize
School: Kenmore State High School, Brisbane, Queensland
Group: Ta Dah!
Partner company: King of Cakes
Business idea: The Treasure Box
Radio ad:

Presentation King of Cakes (PDF, 2 MB)

Treasure Box | @Kenmore State High School 3. Prize
School: Ferny Grove State High School
Group: Kirschkuchen
Partner company: Des Alpes
Business idea: The Rösti Train