German

Our teachers are native speakers, brilliant Educators and are amazing at connecting with, and inspiring their students.

Pre-schooler German

Lots of songs, rhymes and puppet play. Lots and lots of active games – jumping/hopping, hiding/seeking and touching/feeling things. Our pre-schooler programs are very hands-on and include many sensory elements to get the children engaged and speaking German naturally. We explicitly teach the following topics using a play-based methodology;

Basic Greetings; Numbers 1-20; Colours; eating and drinking; fruits,  common animals (farm and zoo animals); body parts & clothing; the outdoors & environment; weather; transport; and movement/actions.

We explore many of the cultural elements of Germany including Breads, Sausages and their cakes; Grimm’s Fairy Tales; Football (soccer), Recycling; Castles; Bavaria; the Wall & East/West Germany;  what school is like for children in Germany, using Euros for money, and what Christmas and Easter is like for children living in Germany.

Primary German Beginner

A 2-year rolling program including but not limited to: Basic Greetings; Numbers 1-50; Colours; Food, drinks & eating; Fruits; Vegetables; common animals; farm and zoo animals; body parts & clothing; the outdoors & environment; weather; transport; sport and movement.  Learning about the cultural aspects of the different German regions as well. Exploring all of the German festivals and celebrations.

Primary German Intermediate I

Consolidating all the core vocab learnt in Beginner level, and adding in the grammar and sentence structure.  Several more Core Vocab topics. Numbers 1-100. Time, Money & Shopping. Ordering in a café. A lot more conversation practice to build fluency and many more new words within each topic.

Primary German Intermediate II

More grammar, more Vocab and more practice. Building conversational fluency and increasing the complexity of the sentence structures and the types of conversations. Manipulating numbers to do simple maths. Simple literacy exercises with writing activities in German.  Numbers 1-100, also larger numbers such as 1,000,  10,000 etc.  Becoming proficient with telling the time. Giving directions.

Primary German Advanced

Children must be either fluent in basic German or have already done 5 years+ learning conversational German. Building fluency in reading, writing and speaking German. German maths; German writing activities; German conversational games.