A resource booklet for use at KS3. Contains a phonics grid, key vocabulary by topic, high frequency vocabulary and phrases, some basic grammar notes and space for students to add their own vocabulary.
The booklet is designed to encourage independent learning and includes a contents page so that students can easily find the vocabulary they need.
We print this booklet A5 size with a coloured front cover so that we can refer to it throughout the course.
You could adapt this so that students add their own translations.
A few resources based around the Winter Olympics 2026.
Resources include a whole class quiz, a word match & wordsearch of key vocabulary (good to practise dictionary skills) and a blank athlete profile, where students could research athletes participating in the games.
This resource bank includes a revision programme, designed to encourage independent weekly revision broken down into key topics/subtopics. The revision programme is designed using the principal of interleaving and can be adapted as appropriate. The revision guide/workbook referred to is the Pearsons one, but this could easily be changed to reflect the page numbers in other revision guides.
The programme makes reference to some other resources, which are attached here (again, easily adapted) + to a speaking & writing questions booklet, which is for sale elsewhere on my shop.
These resources include a spreadsheet for trial exam results which will calculate grades for individual papers + overall grades at both Foundation & Higher Tier. Because there are no grade boundaries for the new exam, I have decided to use the last lot of grade boundaries as at least a starting point- the last lot of grade boundaries were back to where they should be, as the previous few years had adjustments for COVID and also to address the harsh marking for MFL. I have therefore created the spreadsheet using the Edexcel 2025 grade boundaries from the old exam, scaled to match the marks for each component for the new GCSE. In future years, you just need to change the marks to grades on the second sheet of the spreadsheet (overall marks to grades + individual components).
There are also tick sheet marksheets for the new writing exams to hopefully speed up marking and see where students are gaining/dropping marks + some feedback/target sheets for students to have for all components of the exams. These can be added to/adapted as necessary.
Finally there is a sheet for students to log their marks & grades for their trial exams - again, can be adapted as appropriate.
These concept maps provide a quick and easy cover solution for a lesson or two. The concept maps could be done individually or as a pair work activity.
The red resource booklet referred to is for sale elsewhere in my shop, but this reference could be changed to refer to any resources that the students might have, such as their own exercise book.
These concept maps provide a quick and easy cover solution for a lesson or two. The concept maps could be done individually or as a pair work activity.
The red resource booklet referred to is for sale elsewhere in my shop, but this reference could be changed to refer to any resources that the students might have, such as their own exercise book.
A few resources to revise/practise the past tense in the context of talking about your Christmas holidays. Useful for the first lesson back after Christmas!
Resources include resources to talk about what you ate and drank + resources to talk about the Christmas holidays in general.
The resources here include independent activities + whole class activities, including a ‘Quiz, Quiz, Trade’ activity (students read their card in German and the other person has to translate into English in order to ‘steal’ the card + a ‘Last one standing’ game. This game could be done from German to English (each student has a phrase and stands up at the start of the game --> teacher reads out the phrase in German and the student with that phrase either repeats it back in German or translates it into English and then sits down - winner is the last student standing up once all phrases have been done) or English to German (each student has a phrase and stands up at the start of the game --> teacher reads out the phrase in English and the student with that phrase reads out their phrase in German and then sits down - winner is the last student standing up once all phrases have been done).
A few resources to revise/practice the future tense in the context of talking about your New Year resolutions. Useful for the first lesson back after Christmas!
Resources include independent worksheets + a whole class game (last one standing). This game could be done from German to English (each student has a phrase and stands up at the start of the game --> teacher reads out the phrase in German and the student with that phrase either repeats it back in German or translates it into English and then sits down - winner is the last student standing up once all phrases have been done) or English to German (each student has a phrase and stands up at the start of the game --> teacher reads out the phrase in English and the student with that phrase reads out their phrase in German and then sits down - winner is the last student standing up once all phrases have been done).
Puzzles and activities to introduce & practise key German vocabulary associated with Halloween. Activities can be used to reinforce dictionary skills.
Lots of resources to introduce and practise opinions on school subjects.
Includes whole class activities & games (whole class, pair and small group).
Builds from simple opinions to justifying opinions using ‘denn’, ‘weil’. Practises other key connectives and also briefly introduces comparatives and superlatives.
Resources to practise countries + talking about where you live.
Includes reading activities, phonics practice + basic grammar (conjugating key verbs - ‘wohnen’ & ‘kommen’)
An introduction to Karneval/Fasching in Germany, including some key vocabulary on the topic.
Following this PowerPoint, you could do extra activities such as designing or colouring a mask or costume.
Resources to introduce and practise key vocabulary needed to talk about personality. Includes phonics practice, qualifiers/intensifiers, time expressions, connectives, the verb ‘sein’ and comparatives.
Resources to introduce and practise key vocabulary to describe yourself and other people.
Includes phonics practice, the verbs ‘haben’ & ‘sein’, intensifiers and an introduction to adjective endings (describing hair & eyes).
Resources to introduce and practise weather vocabulary, building up from word level to sentence level to text level.
Activities include reading, games, phonics practice and dictionary skills practice and build towards students producing their own weather forecast in German.
A collection of resources to revise and practise free time activities and weather, building up to students being able to talk about what they do in different sesaons and in different weathers using ‘wenn’.
Resources + a series of games and activities to practise key elements of the GCSE German speaking exam, including role play phrases, asking questions in the role play, photo card phrases, speaking prompts (photo card + role play) and answering spontaneous questions in the general conversation.
A PowerPoint to introduce and practise giving ages and saying when your birthday is in German.
This resource includes a variety of activities and games to practise age and birthday, including some phonics work.
A PowerPoint resource to introduce and practise giving simple opinions in German.
Introduces some simple connectives (‘und’, ‘aber’, ‘jedoch’) and associated word order rules.
Practises phonics & dictionary skills & introduces/reinforces gender and different words for ‘my’ & ‘your’.
