After last year's exhausting Oktoberfest, I wasn't sure I'd want to attempt another one, but with my new half-time schedule and wisdom gained from last year's failures, I thought I might just give it one more try.
This year, my colleague and I were able to schedule things so that we could both be at the Oktoberfest, and two teachers are definitely better than one!
We started planning earlier and more students volunteered to bring in food. My colleague also emphasized to the students that they should only take a small serving until everyone had been served, and there was enough for everyone.
This year I pre-made dough for Lebkuchenherzen, which we rolled, cut out, and baked during the Fest.
Our Success period (intervention/enrichment time) is only 40 minutes long, so not all of the students' cookies were baked and cooled by the end of the period, but I was able to stay and finish up and students picked up their cookies later on the way to lunch. They were delicious!
Most students had time to do their own dishes, though there was still quite a lot of cleanup to do afterwards. My colleague had a class right afterwards, but I was done for the day and could enjoy some peace and quiet and dish washing.
Overall, it was a big improvement over last year and a good experience for students. It's still super tiring for teachers, and the 40 minute Success period really isn't long enough for what we wanted to do. Maybe we'll need to scale it back for next year and/or use some class time for part of it, but I'm glad we tried again.
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