In Year 8, girls are introduced to German as a second language. This is an accelerated course and allows girls to reach the same level as the French course in two years.
For German, girls study the WJEC course. It aims to test how well candidates could cope as a tourist or guest in Germany. All examination tasks are set in authentic situations they might encounter. They take four examinations in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing, all of which carry equal weighting.
At AS and A2 Level, the girls study the Edexcel course. Girls cover literary, historical and cultural topics, simultaneously devloping deep structure grammar and extending their vocabulary, including specialist terms.
There are trips to support learning across the Key Stages, especially the Sixth Form: AS German students attended a revision day in London in February and went to DÏ‹sseldorf for a weekend in November. Girls studying AS and A2 German girls attended a revision day at Christchurch University College at Canterbury in June.
