The days are getting darker but our autumn edition is full of ideas and inspiration to brighten up those longer nights. Here’s what you will find in this edition:

• All about our revamped website
• Fascinating WWI projects and funding opportunities
• What our new UK-German Youth Ambassadors are planning for this year
• St. Martin’s Day resources and games to try out with your class
• Double Club German : Using football to learn German
• A sneak peek at International Education Week

We are very excited to be able to offer new flexible funding for WWI-related projects for young people in the UK and Germany. Grants between £500 and £5000 are available for both virtual projects and those including mobility, depending on the scale. To find out a little bit more about this new opportunity and download an application form, take a look at the WWI projects page on our website:

http://www.ukgermanconnection.org/ww1projects

Thinking of undertaking a WWI project with your pupils? On our WWI projects page, you can get inspiration for your own classroom activities from the memorial project created by pupils from two schools and a thematic poetry project that took place on one of our German Pupil Courses in Alfeld. Whilst you’re there, why not take a look at the British Council’s resource pack for pupils learning about the Christmas Truce that took place in 1914?

St. Martin's Day is fast approaching (11 November), and children throughout Germany are looking forward to making lanterns and singing songs at a traditional St. Martin's Day procession. Why not teach your pupils about these fascinating German customs with the voyage kids St. Martin's Day Special?

• Find out - Teach your pupils how kids celebrate St. Martin's Day in Germany.
• St. Martin's Day memory game. How quickly can your pupils find the pairs?
• Basteln - Make a colourful St. Martin's Day lantern.
• Laterne, Laterne & Ich geh' mit meiner Laterne songs – sing along with your pupils! (featuring recordings from UK primary schools)

http://www.ukgermanconnection.org/kids-stmartins-day

With Germany as the current winners of the World Cup, now has never been a better time to kick-start a programme combining football and learning German! Double Club German is an award-winning educational programme for primary and secondary pupils using Arsenal FC to show pupils that language learning can be fun! Teachers have access to a range of recently updated resources, including detailed, step-for-step teachers' notes, interactive PowerPoint presentations and a brand-new, bright and colourful pupils' workbook.

If you are interested in taking part, please contact Steve Eadon, Double Club Languages Coordinator at languages@arsenal.co.uk - expressions of interest will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Note: if organising Double Club German sessions as an after-school activity is not feasible at your school, it can also be run as an activity in lessons or during the lunch-hour.

For more information on the Double Club Languages programme, please visit www.arsenaldoubleclub.co.uk

Double Club German is a project developed and run in partnership between Arsenal FC, the Goethe-Institut London and UK-German Connection

This year, International Education Week (17 - 21 November) is promoting the benefits of international experience for young people. To celebrate this event, we will be featuring a new page on our website - keep your eyes peeled!