Past PD & Events

EVENTS in 2023

TERM 1 2024

14 March Getting ready for Easter in the German Language Classroom

27 March German Language Assistants in Aotearoa

2 – 5 April German Language Week (including national competitions etc)

4 April Kaffeeklatsch

5 April Special poetry event to celebrate German Language Week at the Goethe-Institut Wellington – more information to come

11 April Auf geht’s! Zeit for German – Time für Deutsch

TERM 2 2024

14 May Integrating podcasts in the German language classroom

25 May Kia ora Berlin Wall – 35 Jahre Mauerfall

6 – 9 July NZALT 2024 Biennial Conference in Auckland: Honouring the Past, Embracing the Present, Shaping the Future: Celebrating 50 years of NZALT

6 July Immersion Day 2024


EVENTS in 2023

TERM 1 2023

4 March Scavenger Hunt: The Berlin Wall in Christchurch

30 March Stofftaschenprojekt

5 April Unpacking Mātauranga Māori in the German classroom

6 April Schnitzeljagd – Scavenger hunt Grimm’s Märchen

20 April 8pm NZ Time Online-Fortbildungsreihe kurz & bündig – Auf Ballhöhe Edition – Kreative Unterrichtsideen zur FIFA Frauen-WM 2023 (Anke Szczepanski)

TERM 2 2023

27 April Kaffeeklatsch

10 May Kaffeeklatsch

13 May Das internationale Festival der deutschen Lieder 2023 (10 Uhr OEZ online)

Am Festival dürfen die Schüler*innen der 1.–12. Klassen und die Vorschulkinder teilnehmen. Wir warten gerne auf schöne und tolle Musikvideos, die nicht länger als 5 Minuten dauern sollen. Anmeldung endet am 29. April 2023

1 June Celebrating Matariki in the German language classroom #Wintergemütlichkeit

8 June Virtual scavenger hunt – Tracking down German castles and chateaus

20 June NCEA German 2024: Unpacking the changes

30 June – 2 July Deutschlehrendenkonferenz

TERM 3 2023

19 July NCEA German 2024: Unpacking the changes

27 July Kaffeeklatsch

8 August NCEA German 2024: Unpacking the changes (repeat)

10 August Shared borders: a European union with Flammkuchen & Tarte Flambée

15 August Discover Germany Project: An Engaging Journey into Language and Culture

4 September CLIL Learning German by playing handball

6 September Virtual scavengerhunt: Auf zum Oktoberfest

TERM 4 2023

10 October Kaffeeklatsch – Special Session with Yona Brandt from the Goethe-Institut

19 October Exploring Pacific heritage languages in the German language classroom

26 October Kaffeeklatsch

16 November Kaffeeklatsch


EVENTS in 2022

TERM 1 2022

10 February Kaffeeklatsch

11 February 2022 German Colloquium in Wellington

24 February Virtual Scavenger Hunt through Leipzig

3 March Stofftaschenprojekt

9 – 12 March DaFWEBKON (Recordings available)

17 March Kaffeeklatsch

7 April German Easter Activities

TERM 2 2022

5 May Virtual Scavenger Hunt: Friedrich Hundertwasser in Germany and Aotearoa

26 May Virtual Scavenger Hunt: Spreewald

13 – 17 June International Languages Week

9-12 July NZALT 2022 Conference, Dunedin

9 July Immersion Day

TERM 3 2022

18 August Kaffeeklatsch

18 August Virtual scavenger hunt through German cities – Bonn

15 September Kaffeeklatsch

16 September CLIL- Language In Motion in the German language classroom – Wellington, Kapiti Coast

21 September Learning Languages through music: Kumm lass me singe! – Online

1 October CLIL – Tracing German history in Aotearoa – Auckland, Puhoi Village

2 – 7 October Queenstown Domestic Immersions – German

TERM 4 2022

14 November CLIL- Language In Motion in the German language classroom – Palmerston North

17 November Kaffeeklatsch

21 November CLIL- Language In Motion in the German language classroom – Auckland

22 November CLIL – Language In Motion in the German language classroom – Auckland

23 November CLIL – Language In Motion in the German language classroom – Auckland

24 November CLIL – Language In Motion in the German language classroom – Auckland

2 December CLIL – Language In Motion in the German language classroom – Kāpiti Coast


EVENTS in 2021

12 February 2021 – German Colloquium in Wellington

12-13 April – Talkfest in Dunedin

10-12 July – NZALT Conference in Wellington

16 August – Oscars in Christchurch