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

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 musicians include…

Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Schumann and Brahms

USEFUL VIDEOS FOR LEARNING SOME GERMAN VOCABULARY

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.)