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German Clubs and Culture Days

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Dive into German with our German Clubs or celebrate the diversity of languages with our Culture Day Packages. Not a specialist teacher? Not a problem! Our resources contain fully planned sessions, with interactive media and challenges appropriate to students‘ ages. Choose a weekly German club to run across the year for a continuous exploration of German or host a one-off Culture & Languages Celebration Day for your school community!

How to start a German Club

Language teaching has never been easier! We have prepared club materials and in-person support at your school to help you start a German club.

Now available: First German Club Resources

Pre-planned sessions and activities

We aim to motivate students and make teaching easy with contemporary learning materials and German Club themes. We are currently working on more clubs. You'll be able to order German Club Starter Packs from mid September.

Why start a German Club?

Give your students a glimpse of German, with our German Club Materials! Not a specialist German teacher? Not a problem! Our Club Leader Handbooks contain fully planned sessions, with interactive media and challenges appropriate to students‘ ages.

Comprehensive club materials, interactive media, worksheets with teacher solutions, and fun activites will ...

  • gamify German language learning for students with badges, awards, and in a fun club-house mentality
  • give teachers the opportunity to strengthen their German language teaching with ready-made template lessons that get students engaged with the German language
  • connect pupils and students who share an interest in language learning across schools and nationwide through community building
  • allow non-specialized teachers to explore German language teaching at their own speed in a pedagogically supervisory role
  • encourage and promote talent in students and teachers under the generous GIMAGINE umbrella, with current initiatives and events, incentive trips for teachers, and exchange programmes for students.


Culture Days

Do you want to explore more than one language and share the experience with your school community? Start with a Culture Day! Our Culture Days are special events at primary and secondary schools that celebrate and showcase the diversity of different European languages and cultures.

Celebrate the diversity of languages and cultures

Our resources include a wide range of activities that highlight different cultures' traditions, arts, heritage, and customs. Throughout a culture day, students engage in a variety of activities and work on different topics, including the preparation of presentations, performances, and creative projects. These outcomes are subsequently presented to the wider community during open days or school festivals.

Who is it for?

The Culture Day Package’s target groups are teachers or club leaders and their primary and secondary students and focus on KS 2 to 5:
  • Primary KS2 (7-11)
  • KS3 (12-14) + KS4 (15-16)
Each resource is accompanied by a detailed teacher guide and further ideas and tips on creating a memorable, fun and creative language & culture celebration for the entire school community. You do not need to be a specialist language teacher to run the sessions, and the material (unless specifically stated otherwise) aims at A1 beginner level of each language. You can also encourage KS5 pupils to lead Culture Day sessions.

What are the objectives and benefits of hosting a Culture Day?

  • create a rich and immersive experience to explore and appreciate the diversity of languages and cultures
  • promote cultural and language awareness, language learning, and cross-cultural understanding in an engaging manner
  • provide opportunities for schools to connect with the wider community
  • Empowering KS5 students to help develop Culture Days.

Culture Day Resources

The the Institut Français, the Consejería de Educación en el Reino Unido and the Goethe-Institut UK have developed a series of taster sessions and cultural exploration sessions in Spanish, French and German. Furthermore, a joint Language and Culture Quiz and Language Exchange Package comprises activities for all three languages.

Hosting a Culture Day at your school? Tell us about it!

If you are using our resources and ideas to host a Culture Day at your school, we would love to hear about it! Feel free to share your celebrations on social media and tag us:


Goethe-Institut
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@goetheinstitut_london

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GI_London1

Institut Français :
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@ifru_london 

Consejería de Educación en el Reino Unido:
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@consejeriauk

Questions?

We are delighted to hear from you!

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Our partners

The Culture Day resources on this webpage are being brought to you in partnership with the following partners