As part of the continuing celebrations for the 200th Anniversary of the publication of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, the Goethe Institut in Glasgow has been showing a series of films based on these stories. A group of Clyde Valley pupils, who study German, were lucky enough to be part of the audience at the recent showing of “Schneewittchen” or ‘Snow White’

The show was all in German –  apart from the English subtitles to help the pupils to understand it.  As well as watching the film and learning some new vocabulary , the pupils also took part in a workshop before the film started. In this workshop, they talked about the history behind these stories and about their importance in the world of literature. The pupils were asked some questions about old fairy tails in German and they answered back in English.

The pupils will continue to work on this topic in class, using materials from the Goethe Institut. One of the activities some of the pupils will be involved in, is the production of a mini video clip of one of these Fairy Tales, where the pupils will act out a scene in German.

All in all the pupils thoroughly enjoyed it – especially the free sweets and chocolates – and  were great ambassadors for the school.