After a term break from learning German the Year 6/7s had a lesson focussed on “tuning back” into their language learning. They participated in a few activities. They were:

• Leute Bingo: students had to walk around the room asking questions to find out information from their classmates. Every question started with ‘Hast du…?’ (do you have …?) and was finished with phrases like ‘blaue Augen’ or ‘braunes Haar.’ If a student replied with ‘Ja’ their name went into a box. If they replied with ‘nein’ nothing was recorded. The aim of the game was to fill as many bingo boxes as possible! This was a great game to break the ice and start speaking in German again.

• Card Matching: in pairs/small groups students had to match German questions with answers. This was revision from term 1. With that information, they then constructed a short interview and then presented to another group. Again, a great way to get the students reading and speaking quickly in German.

• Reflection: Students lastly completed a reflection where they used traffic light colours of grun, orange und rot to gauge how they were feeling about the task. It was a quick and effective way for students to see where their language learning was at and to show me how their learning is progressing.

Every class approached this lesson with enthusiasm and I was very impressed with how much language they had retained from Term 1!