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Our Approach

We encourage a friendly atmosphere. Children have been going to school all week and German school should be something special for them. In the younger classes there is a strong emphasis on play. Reading, writing and grammar are introduced gradually - not before Year 2 - and eventually the children are ready and equipped to take GCSE- and A level exams in the older classes.

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Our classes are for bilingual and multilingual children and young people with German as one of their home languages. We do not teach German as a foreign language to children and young people.

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We support our students in their effort to become as close as possible to native German speakers. They will also learn about the culture and traditions of German speaking countries.  Our lantern walks, Christmas and Carnival celebrations, and our summer party are events for the whole family.

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Our Team

All our teachers are native German speakers and, apart from teaching German, many bring professional skills to the classroom such as art and music. Others also work as teachers during the week. All teachers are DBS checked.

Adult classes

Non-German-speaking parents can join one of our adult classes to learn German (from beginners to advanced) and the children usually love the idea of a parent going to school at the same time as them.

DSSI in the news
Deutsche Samstagsschule Islington features in the ZDF Auslandsjournal on 16-01-2019:

https://www.zdf.de/politik/auslandsjournal/die-sendung-vom-16-januar-2019-100.html

(ca. 5'30- 8'10)

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ZDF visits the School in 2016:

https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute-in-europa/videos/fremdenfeindlichkeit-grossbritannien-100.html

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And an old gem for the FIFA World Cup 2010: Todo Alemán @ German Saturday School Islington:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDbxCVzLYA

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