It seems like only a few months ago since we started the school year in September, but last week already saw us doing not only the A-level and GCSE exams, but also Key Stage 3’s end of year exams! How time flies! That means that over the last weeks there has been a lot of revision of old topics going on. Fortunately, this year both French and German have introduced sentence builder books instead of […]

Today I would like to hold a spotlight on my two wonderful 6th Form German students: Ulyana from Russia, and Jaehyeok from South Korea. Read for yourself what they have to say about their experience of studying German at Fyling Hall:   Ulyana:  When I came to Fyling Hall, I knew that I wanted to continue my pioneering in German culture. I have always been a fan of Rammstein (I’m going to their concert this summer) […]

Nikolaustag is here again! It is becoming a tradition in Fyling Hall’s German lessons that our year 7s make their own Nikolausstiefel. What is that all about? On the 6th of November, St Nicholas’ Day (Nikolaustag) is celebrated in Germany. This goes back to the 3rd century, when Nicholas was the bishop of Myra, which is in what is Turkey today. He was a rich man, and known for helping poor people – notoriously he dropped three […]

When is the last time you got a letter? A proper hand-written one; one, that isn’t a bill or a bank statement? I don’t know about you, but I am always thrilled when I find one of these rare specimens in my letterbox. Our year 7 pupils are in for this treat: This week, each of them was given the name of a pupil from Bremerhaven in Germany, and they wrote a letter introducing themselves […]

Although not the first country that springs to mind when thinking about holiday destinations, Germany has a lot to offer. This is not only the great cities like Berlin, Munich or Hamburg, but also the little towns that are scattered all over the country. Since we cannot visit them ourselves, our year 11 GCSE German group have done some online research about one German town each. Emie, Eve, Freddie and Ulyana then delivered a presentation […]

To celebrate World Book Day, during our last online German lesson, year 9 filled in a questionnaire about their reading habits and favourite books, and wrote an article about it. See what they have come up with! #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:100%;} /* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML […]

Today (two weeks into the new year, and into online learning) I would like to put a spotlight on German lessons. Allow me to give you a look into our German classroom and the wide variety of topics Years 7 to 13 are covering at the moment. Year 7 have just learnt vocabulary for a variety of animals, and now they are working towards describing their own pets, or what pet they would like to […]

Fyling Hall’s Year 9 German students have been practicing skills by playing Guess Who. Whilst learning how to describe people, they are also doing this in writing. Not as easy as it sounds, thanks to the dreaded adjective endings! Last year, during lockdown, they learnt about clothes, and last week they learnt how to describe facial features. Practicing skills with Guess Who is great fun. We may even try it next week when we will […]

It has been some time since we wrote to our pen friends in Bremerhaven (Germany). As we have not written since the beginning of lockdown in March, we have taken up communications again!  Year 8 used lesson time to write letters, even integrating the content of our last unit, in which they learnt how to describe their house. We are hoping in return to learn a lot about how our penpals in the North of […]

Fyling Hall’s Year 8 demonstrated a bit of Halloween spirit in their German lesson. In their last lesson before Half Term, they practiced words for furniture and learnt how to use prepositions. Wo ist die Spinne? Where is the spider? Their pictures show and describe where the giant spider, Die Spinne, is hiding.  True Halloween spirit in German! Schöne Ferien! 

Every new school year, one of the greatest pleasures is to get to know a whole new year group. It is amazing to see how quickly and with how much enthusiasm the pupils pick up a new language. After 2 weeks of learning German, Fyling Hall’s Year 7s are already able to have little conversations. See for yourselves!

Fyling Hall’s Year 7 pupils have been making posters in German. During lockdown pupils have been learning German words for activities and about the weather. What better way to demonstrate their knowledge than to put their sentences together on a poster? Take a look at their fantastic posters! 

On the 6th of November, St Nicholas’ Day (Nikolaustag) is celebrated in Germany. This goes back to the 3rd century AD, when Nicholas was the bishop of Myra, which is in what is Turkey today. He was a rich man, and known for helping poor people – notoriously he dropped three sacks of gold through a poor family’s chimney which saved their children from being sold into slavery. Today, St Nicholas is still doing good. […]

Learning a language is all about communication. That’s why, at Fyling Hall, we feel so lucky to have quite a number of students from Germany as that means that our learners can try out their newly acquired language in real life. Year 8 enjoy making the most of their very own Simon from beautiful Bavaria who is always happy to help out in class as a sparring partner. We invite other native speakers, who do […]