European Day of Laguages

Date: 2nd Oct 2016 @ 3:27pm

What a wunderbar day! That's wonderful in German (thank you Google!).

The day began with a whole school assesmbly.  Madam Taylor took us on an exciting adventure around Europe; playing games and speaking different languages.  Our favourite part was when some of the teachers attempted to say tongue twisters in different languages.  They actually did quite well!

Back in class we looked more closely at the language and culture of Germany; learning some simple words and phrases and finding out about school life and famous landmarks .

We then looked at the German Brothers Grimm.  We found out that these brothers were interested in folk and fairy tales and were one of the first people to publish them in books.  The children were surprised by how so many of their favourite stories were written down by the Grimm brothers.  Together we read Rapunzel and the children were given the opportunity to join in with lots of creative activies.

In the afternoon the children listened to some music from an opera based on Hansel and Gretel and they learnt a dance in the traditional German style.

To finish off our day we had a German food tasting picnic.

Auf Wiedershen