The Modern Languages Department teaches German to all Key Stage 3 pupils and those who choose to opt for it at Key Stage 4 either in the curriculum or after school for one evening per week.
How?
- By talking pupils abroad once a year
- By offering Saturday master-classes and day course at the Goethe Institute in London
- By teaching German in the local primary schools to give pupils a head start when they arrive here
- By inviting primary schools for ICT German work and breakfast to observe secondary school at first sight
- BY offering an oriental language summer school
- Pupils have access to the City Learning Centre and our own Enterprise Suite to prepare MFL learning using computer software
- In 2007 Year 8 will be fast-tracked for GCSE is two years.
In Key Stage 3 pupils follow Gute Reise 1 and 2. The course promotes communication from the outset and involves active and independent learning through individual, pair and group work. It is successful in offering an insight into Germany and German speaking countries.
In Key Stage 4 pupils pursue Fokus Deutsch which is a modular course whereby pupils collect points for their GCSE on four occasions throughout the two years. 75% of the course is exams and 25% is coursework. The course works closely with the new AQA specifications for the four modules including My World, Travel, Work and The Young Persons in Society.
Faculty rooms – the faculty has one language room with access to the Enterprise Suite for ICT and the City Learning Centre with its computer suite where a variety of ICT programmes, video conferencing and oriental texts can be accessed.
Four pupils took GCSE German last year showing the following results:
Grade B |
Grade C |
Grade D |
1 |
2 |
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This year 6 pupils have taken German after school on Thursdays for a two hour session.
Manor Foundation has developed primary links with three primary feeders – Priory, Tameside and All Saints. Pupils from there school are taught German on a weekly basis, visit Manor Foundation to use the Enterprise Suite and visit the CLC. It is hoped to expand this programme to other surrounding primary schools.
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