Languages · KS3 & KS4
German
This curriculum enables learners to manipulate language so that they can build their own meaning, sentences and structures independently. It develops effective communicators who can confidently use their knowledge and skills to become global citizens and lifelong linguists, with a clear understanding of language and culture.
2026/27 at a glance
Each year is split into Autumn, Spring and Summer. Scroll sideways on small screens, or use the year-by-year detail below.
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Year by year
Year 7 Key Stage 3
Autumn
- In the classroom: 'sein', nouns, articles, questions Core vocabulary and grammatical gender to describe things in the classroom.
- Activities in and out of school: present tense (singular) weak verbs Infinitives and the pattern for regular verbs in the singular.
- Life at home: present tense (singular) weak verbs Practising regular verbs in the singular in the context of home life.
Spring
- Opinions about school: 'mögen', 'finden' and object pronouns Giving opinions about school with 'mögen', 'finden' and adjectives.
- Famous lives: present tense (singular) weak verbs Using singular verb forms in questions and answers.
- Activities: time phrases, word order, prepositions Verb-second word order after time phrases.
Summer
- Berlin: word order Time before place in German word order.
- Friendship: weak and irregular verbs, simple v. continuous Building a wider range of verbs.
- Plans and places: future vs present meaning for present tense Using the present tense with time phrases to talk about the future.
Year 8 Key Stage 3
Autumn
- Holidays: present and past, perfect tense with 'haben' Forming the perfect tense with 'haben'.
- Who am I? Adjective agreement, 'weil' and 'denn' Adjective agreement before nouns, and giving reasons.
- Past journeys: perfect tense with 'sein' The perfect tense with 'sein' for verbs of movement.
Spring
- A party: separable verbs Using separable verbs, including with modal verbs and 'nicht'.
- New experiences: perfect tense with 'haben' and 'sein' Revisiting the perfect tense and German sounds.
- Last year or this year: present and perfect tenses Contrasting past and present in familiar contexts.
Summer
- Making plans: present and future tenses Modal verbs and an introduction to the future tense.
- Past events: perfect and imperfect tenses, adjective agreement and comparatives Past tenses and word order rules.
- My plans: future tense The future tense and 'zu' + infinitive.
Year 9 Key Stage 3
Autumn
- Modern lives and tall tales: present tense Revisiting the present tense in new contexts.
- Past lives: perfect and imperfect tenses Revisiting past tenses.
- Ordinary routines and special events: reflexive verbs Reflexive verbs in the present tense.
Spring
- New Year's resolutions: future tense Consolidating the future tense and 'zu' + infinitive.
- Past lives and experiences: imperfect modal verbs, perfect tense The perfect tense with 'sein' and separable verbs.
- Positive experiences: word order and prepositions Introducing 'um... zu' + infinitive.
Summer
- School exchange: verbs with prepositions Sentences with two objects, and direct and indirect objects.
- Places and projects: imperfect modal verbs Time, manner, place word order and imperfect modal verbs.
- Past ambitions and future goals: past, present and word order Using past, present and future to talk about goals.
Year 10 Key Stage 4
Autumn
- People and lifestyle: wer sind wir? 'Sein', 'haben', regular verbs, questions and word order.
- Popular culture: Stereotypen 'Es gibt' versus 'es ist/sind', through articles on stereotypes.
- Popular culture: Vorbilder The perfect tense of -ieren verbs and time adverbs.
Spring
- Popular culture: Beziehungen und Feste Verbs with prepositions and da- and wo- compounds.
- Popular culture: tolle Lebenserfahrungen Reflexive verbs with modals in past tenses.
- Communication and the world around us: Technologie Present and future tenses, modal verbs and verb-first questions.
Summer
- People and lifestyle: Zukunftsentscheidungen Present tense modal verbs.
- Communication and the world around us: mein Leben online New da- and wo- compounds.
- Communication and the world around us: Reiseziele Consolidating grammar through travel in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Year 11 Key Stage 4
Autumn
- Communication and the world around us: mein Wohnort Past and present tenses, object pronouns and comparatives.
- Communication and the world around us: Geschichte Known grammar in the context of German and Austrian history.
- Popular culture: Kulturszene The perfect tense and simple past with 'früher', 'gern' and 'lieber'.
Spring
- Communication and the world around us: meine Welt Known grammar in the context of social and global inequalities.
- Wiederholung: mein Leben, meine Zukunft The start of formal revision.
- Wiederholung: Online Leben Revision of question formation and extended speaking.
Summer
- Wiederholung: Menschen und Orte Revision of negation, adjective agreement, compound nouns and reading aloud.
- Wiederholung: Einflüsse und Ereignisse Revision of the three word order rules.
- Wiederholung: Fragen und Antworten Practising the skills for each part of the GCSE exam.