Pen friends in Bremerhaven

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...

Halloween spirit in German

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...

One of the greatest pleasures

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...

Making posters in German

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...

Everything food-related

These past weeks, year 8 have been working on everything food-related in their German lessons. They have learnt words for different food and meals, how to say what they don’t eat and why (“Ich esse keine Nudeln, denn ich bin glutenintolerant.”) for places to eat. They...