Paired activity. Children work through sums of money and tick the coins/notes needed to make it up. Good for practising counting, reading numbers and looking at Euros. Can be used in conjunction with plastic coins and notes.

Song in German about St Nicholas. Can be sung to the tune of O Tannenbaum.

Information about St Nicholas in simple German, Description of appearance, date of St Nicholas Day and what he does

Interactive power point introducing numbers from 21 to 29 with blockbusters game to practise them. Goes on to teach numbers 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90 followed by slide with numbers which can be used orally or in writing, for recognition or production depending on pupils.

Wordsearch contains 20 different words which children have to find and write out (no clues!). I found this really helps them focus on word endings (like the final e in Erdbeere etc).

Smart board activities to revise gender of different pets and introduce and then practise simple sentences saying Ich habe + pet (singular only).

Pair activity. Children have two different texts to read to each other. As they listen, they fill in the words missing in their own version of partner's text.Name, age, family, hobbies, appearance and where they live.

Powerpoint introducing ten colours in German. Also includes 2 or 3 nouns per colour so pupils can make sentences with the colours, eg. die Tomate ist rot. Final slide has all ten colours written on it.

Bundle containing powerpoint presentations, wordsearch, bingo cards, and 2 worksheets to practise talking and writing about the weather in German. Suitable for beginners in German: KS2 and KS3 in particular. Powerpoint 1 introduces new vocabulary through images, with and without vocabulary. Powerpoint 2 practises making sentences about weather in different countries: eg, Es ist kalt in Italien. Worksheet 1 requires pupils to write weather phrases either from memory or by choosing the correct phrase. Worksheet 2 is a map which practises weather phrases and locations in Germany. Bingo cards with weather phrases and temperatures. Wordsearch with basic phrases. Powerpoint 3 is a lesson starter or could be an aide-memoire when children need vocabulary in clear bilingual format.

A simple phone template to allow pupils to write conversations in target language and practise conventions of texting. I have used it for year 5 writing about pets. Allows learners to practise asking and answering questions.

Reading and adding up activity. Children need to read names of snacks and add up the prices. They can read out their answers in German and write price tags beside each item pictured at the bottom of the sheet.\n\nSnickers/Apfelsaft/Jogurt/Erdbeereis/Pizza/Apfelsine/Gummibaers/Cola/Fanta/Birne/Schokoladeneis/