German
Key Stage 3 Super-Curriculum Resources

Borrow a book from Herr Elmans Bibliothek. He has a selection of German picture books and novels from easy-readers to young adult fiction.

Collins German Dictionary Word of the Day - Expand your vocabulary by learning a new word every day with their carefully curated - and often unusual - word choices. Click through to find what the word means, and examples of how it might be used.

Yr 7 - Read the information about Sebestian Vettel in Stimmt 1 on page 27 in exercise 4. Can you fill in the Supertrumps card about him in German? You will need to access with your activelearn username and password.

Yr 8 Read about an Igloo-building holiday in Stimmt 2 page 26 ex 1 and page 27 ex.2. You will learn more about compound words in German and about how to break them down. You will need to access with your activelearn username and password.

Yr 9 What's it like being in the media glare? Read the 3 articles on page 26 of your online text book. How much could you understand? Can you work out whether the statements in exercise 2 on page 27 are true or false? You will need to access with your activelearn username and password.

If you have Netflix, try switching the audio to German and subtitles to English when watching your favourite series.

Get a bird's eye view of Germany with Daily Drone - and discover a little bit more about the country with every visit.

Follow Nico from Spain as he arrives in Germany from Spain. This is a free online webseries for beginner learners of German.

Y9 - If you love horses, you might like to watch some of these episodes of "Mein Pferdesommer". Activate the subtitles in German by clicking UT on the screen. You may not understand it all, but the horses are cute! 

Yr 7 Listen to information about Albert Einstein in Stimmt 1 on page 26 in exercise 3 - click the audio symbol and fill in the gaps about this famous German physicist. You will need to access with your activelearn username and password

Yr 8 Listen to Max, Veronica, Johannes and Martina and their opinions about icy adventure holidays - page 27 ex 3 You will need to access with your activelearn username and password.

Yr 9 What are these four people's opinions about celebrity culture? Make notes in English? Go to page 27 in the Stimmt 3. You will need to access with your activelearn username and password

Do you want to have a virtual tour of Berlin, Germany's capital city? Link here.

Maybe try out real German cuisine on your next visit to London - visit Stein's Berlin in South Kensington.

You could try out this Austrian cafe in North London. Austrian bakery and coffeehouse, 20 Camden Passage, N1 8ED

Sign up to an app such as Duolingo to practise and extend your German. How long can you make that streak?

Task - Put your language knowledge to the test with Linguatrivia, an interactive quiz by Linguascope. Simply select a language (French, Spanish, German, Italian, or English), choose a level of difficulty and answer questions against the clock.

With a bank of hundreds of questions on language, culture, geography, and more, Linguatrivia will put you through your paces whether you are revising for an exam or just want to practise and improve your language skills. You will need the school's username and password given to you by your MFL teacher

Competiion - The next German Olympiad run by the Goethe Institute (also known as the worlds' biggest German language contest) will take place in 2024. Entries will open in Autumn 2023 - keep your eyes open and in the meantime look at previous competitions and results here.

Yr 7 Task - Use the models on page 27 in exercises 5 & 6 to help you make your own set of Supertrump cards in German as outlined in exercise 7. Link here. You will need to access with your activelearn username and password

Yr8 Task - Design and write up a homepage in German advertising an unusual holiday, with pictures and bullet point details ex. mit Nachtwanderung (with night hike) and including reviews from previous customers - page 27 ex 6 You will need to access with your activelearn username and password

Y9 Task - Using pages 84-87 in Stimmt 3 as your inspiration, can you create a short fairytale or adventure story? You could fold a piece of A4 paper into a mini-booklet, write a sentence on each page and illustatre it. Or you could use the Comic-strip Creator in Linguascope (youll find link on the first page after you log in).