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Welchen Tag haben wir heute? Wie spät ist es?

2.3.10

Competition for March

I know you have enjoyed watching "Maus auf dem Mars". So the question this month is....

How many episodes were made of "Maus auf dem Mars"?


Put your answers in the blue post box in room 8. Don't forget to include your name and class!

29.1.10

Competition for February

I haven't blogged for ages, so thought I'd try and get going again with some Fasching-related fun.

The question for February is:

What date is Rosenmontag (Rose Monday) this year?

Answer: It was February 15th. Dan in 10O/Je1 wins this month!



On this day during the Kaneval period  there are parades, parties and lots of dressing up in the streets of Germany.

Put your answer on a piece of paper with your name and German class on it in the blue postbox in room 8.

10.10.09

Competition for October


The TV tower (Fernsehturm) in Berlin celebrates its 40th birthday this October.

How tall is the tower?

Answers in the blue box in Room 8 please. Don't forget your name and class!

6.9.09

Free rice website


Click on the link below to donate grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to help end hunger. The website has the added bonus of allowing you to practise your German vocabulary.

Free Rice

1.9.09

Ein neuer Anfang!

Welcome back everyone! A new term and a new name for me :)
As you can see I have changed the blog over the summer ever so slightly. The main change is the new website address, as I thought the old one might be a little confusing (for me and the new year 7s!). I have kept the widgets, links and all the old posts. You can access old posts by clicking on the archive at the side.
I hope you continue to enjoy the blog and keep contributing to it. Have a great year- viel Spaß!

9.7.09

Ein gutes Jahr!

I would like to say a big well done to all my classes this year. I have been really pleased with the effort you have put into your lessons and I hope that you have enjoyed learning German this year.

Year 9
Even if you are not carrying on with a language next year, you have learnt lots of useful language and some great life skills. Don't forget that these skills will come in handy if you decide to take up another language later on- maybe at Sixth Form. I wish you all the best for your future studies. Of course, I will still be teaching some of you next year if you have opted for German. Don't forget to check out the KS4 blog- Spitze!

Have a good summer and come back relaxed and ready to learn!
In September there will be more blog competitions, games, info and even a new blog name!

Bis bald!

3.7.09

Im Eiscafé


Der Sommer ist hier!

Year 7 are learning how to read a menu in an ice-cream café and how to order food and drink.
Click on the link below to see an example of a real menu.

Eiskarte

2.7.09

Competition for July


This month in German is Juli. The competition this month is about the German band of the same name. You can find out more about the band by clicking the link below.


Question: what is the name of the band's lead singer?

Juli- website

Answers on a piece of paper please. Include your name and set and post in the blue postbox in room 8.

22.5.09

Competition for June- Ben 9J/Je1 hat gewonnen!



Das ist mein Lieblingskinderbuch!

Frage- Wer hat ihm auf den Kopf gemacht?
Who was it? Watch and find out! Answers in German please. Post your answers in the blue post box. Don't forget your name and set!

Antwort: Es war der Hund!

8.5.09

Köln- Tourismus


Click here for a link to a useful site about the German city of Cologne. Year 8 are currently working on Chapter 5 of Logo 2 "Los geht's nach Köln".

5.5.09

Die Welt

1.5.09

Competition for May. Wer ist das?- Amy 7Je2 hat gewonnen


Wer ist die Frau im Bild? Wie heisst sie?
The woman in the photo is Angela Merkel. She is the German chancellor.

Write down who you think the woman is and what her job is. Put your name and form on your entry and post in the blue post box in room 8.

Winners will be picked at the end of May.

Viel Glück!

23.3.09

Goanimate

Below are a couple of examples of my year 9 class' first attempts at using Goanimate. They used the website to produce cartoon strips on the topic of invitations to the cinema. I was really pleased with what they managed to produce in just one lesson.

GoAnimate.com: Dracula and Frankenstein :D


Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!

GoAnimate.com: WOOO!


Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!



Link to the Goanimate website

20.3.09

Wordle task

My Year 7 class have been preparing for their assessments. I asked them to use Wordle to make word clouds from their presentations.

WORDLE

I have published some of the results below. I am sure they would like you to comment on their work. I think the results were great. However, I would like to remind you all that spelling is important!

Lewis =]

George

Brad

Megan

Well done, Year 7! Gut gemacht!

19.3.09

Disney.de

By clicking on the link below you can visit the Disney site in German. There are some nice activities on there, as well as lots of games and stuff to print out.

Disney.de

Viel Spaß!

Deutsches Essen- lecker!


My Year 8 class have been working on the topic of food recently. They all produced a mini lesson to teach a partner 5 new food and drink words of their own choice. I was really pleased with the different vocabulary that they chose and also the variety of resources that they produced: flash cards, wordsearches, puzzles, gap-fill texts. Well done Year 8! Gut gemacht!



Click here for a link to a good website that I found, which is all about German food.

Der Osterhase kommt!

7.3.09

Competition for March- Jamie 9J/Je1 hat gewonnen!



Can you name the famous German composer whose works include "The Wedding March"? It is the 200th anniversary of his birth this year.

Write his name on a piece of paper and post in the postbox in room 8. Don't forget to include your name and form too. The winner will be drawn at the end of March.

Viel Glück!

Karnevalmasken


Die 7. Klasse hat Masken gebastelt...