GERMAN NEWS

Deutsch für die Zukunft

(German for the Future)

AGTV German Poetry Competition

Over the last couple of months a number of students from Levels 4, 5 and 6 have been busy practising for the AGTV German Poetry Competition. This annual event, which commenced over 25 years ago, is a wonderful opportunity for students of German to enhance their German language skills, boost their confidence and self-esteem, as well as uniting with other German students to share a love of language learning.

This week the following students will be participating in the regional final:

Level 4:

Josephine 4M

Ines 4V

Molly 4H

Level 5:

Siddharth 5/6W

Matilda 5/6H

Will LW 5/6K

Level 6:

Sisley 5/6H

Miranda 5/6K

Kaitlyn 5/6K

They will be judged remotely on their poetry performances, including their pronunciation, intonation, phrasing and how well they are able to deliver the meaning of their poem to the judges.

Thank you to each of these students for the outstanding time and effort they have put into preparing for this special event.

We wish them all the very best for the regional final!

Foundation Fun

In German, Foundation students have been celebrating the Olympic Games and looking at the sporting events in Tokyo. We have also looked at the instrumental version of the German National Anthem and sung along with the song “Deutschlandlied”.

In addition we have been learning all about "Die Spielzeuge" (Toys)!

Some of our new words are:

die Puppe Doll

das Auto Car

der Roboter Robot

der Zug Train

der Computer Computer

der Ball Ball

We are continuing to practise our colours, numbers, singing and dancing.

Some of the songs we have learnt are:

Brüderchen, komm tanz mit mir Little brother, come dance with me

Fünf kleine Enten Five Little Ducks

Der Spielzeug Tanz The Toy Dance

Das Deutschlandlied The German National Anthem

Keep up the great work with Remote and Flexible Home Learning in German! I have really enjoyed seeing your work in Seesaw. I have also heard some very good pronunciation of German in the recorded videos. Toll! Sehr gut, gemacht!!

Frau Taylor

DID YOU KNOW?

By our German Captain, Sisley

The Chancellor’s office in Berlin was built between 1997 and 2001 and is known locally as the Federal washing machine by how the side of the building looks like a giant washing machine.

The highest mountain in Germany is Zugspitze, and is 2,962 meters above sea level. Zugspitze is also an attractive destination for non-skiers and at the very top, a 360 degree camera is recording and shown on this website.

https:/zugspitze.de/en

The first newspaper was published in 1605 in Germany. Its name was aller “Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien” which translates to “Account of all Distinguished and Commemorable News”. It was written by Johann Carolus, who lived in Strasbourg.

Viel Spaß und Vergnügen!

Should you have any queries about how to best support your child’s German language development, we would love to hear from you on the Sentral Parent Portal.

Frau Ulrike Lindner Frau Megan Taylor Frau Sophia Kent

Viel Spaß und Vergnügen!

Should you have any queries about how to best support your child’s German language development, we would love to hear from you on the Sentral Parent Portal.

Frau Ulrike Lindner Frau Megan Taylor

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