Language of the term
Our language for Term 5 is
GERMAN
The German flag...
BLACK (schwarz) represents dignity and determination,
RED (rot) represents bravery and strength and GOLD (gold) represents
wealth and power.
Some traditional German foods...
Schnitzel
Wurst
Asparagus (spargel)
Pretzels
Cheesecake
Icecream
Black Forest Gateau
Places to visit in Germany...
The Black Forest
The Moselle Valley
The Brandenberg Gate
This gate is paradoxically both a symbol of division and unity.
The chariot pulled by 4 horses, on top of Brandenburg Gate,
is supposed to represent ‘peace coming into the city’….
After World War 2, along with the Berlin wall, it represented
the separation in East and West Germany for many years.
Luckily, in 1989, the Berlin Wall came down and
Germany was reunited once again.
Berlin Zoo (Tiergarten)
Fairytale castles
Porta Nigra (Latin for black gate).
Miss Wilson used to work in a place opposite the Porta Nigra.
This is in Trier, the oldest city in Germany. Here you can find many pieces of
art and architecture from the Ancient World.
Karl Marx, a famous philosopher and revolutionary socialist was born here.
The Brothers Grimm collected fairy tales,
which until then had mainly been passed on orally.
How many of these fairy tales do you recognise?
Can you think of any others?
Famous German-speaking classical musicians include…
Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Schumann and Brahms
Count to ten in German
Some useful phrases
Two German Tongue Twisters (Zungenbrecher)
Kluge kleine Katzen
kratzen keine Krokodile.
(Clever little cats don't scratch crocodiles.)
Brautkleid bleibt Brautkleid
und Blaukraut bleibt Blaukraut.
(A wedding dress will always be a wedding dress and red cabbage will always be red cabbage.)
Here are some videos to help you...