London: City of Languages

ALL London June Event 2026: 13/6/26
2026-06-13 10:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | The Grey Coat Hospital, Greycoat Place,, London, Select a State or Province:, SW1P 2DY, United Kingdom
The ALL London June Event is going to be part of the Festival of Languages, an opportunity for teachers to experience language tasters in less taught languages, share ideas for competitions and plan a promotional campaign for the next academic year.
Please save the date and see the ALL London site for updates.

A taster in … Romanian
2026-06-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Romanian, the second most spoken language in London as of 2026. Can you believe it?

You are invited to spend an hour with Ramona Gonczol, Associate Professor in Romanian studies at UCL (School of Slavonic and East European Studies), to be introduced to the basics of the beautiful Romanian language, the closest to Latin amongst the Romance languages, but also to some cultural facts, as well as to participate in interactive and fun activities where you can exercise your newly discovered Romanian tongue.

This free event for adults will be held online using Microsoft Teams. Click here to register.

Goethe Institut: Wuschel German Day – Taster Session - KS2
2026-06-16 10:15 - 15:30 | Goethe Institut, 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2PH, United Kingdom
Taster day German
Key stages2 – Little to no prior knowledge of the German language
Activities:

Interactive Wuschel exhibition: Pupils learn their first German words and help “Wuschel” with his mission by working in teams to solve tasks and riddles at multi-media stations (approx. 2 hours)
Pupils learn more about Axel Scheffler’s creation process of Wuschel by viewing original sketches
Afternoon: Movie showing “Das fliegende Klassenzimmer”

Depending on age and language level of the students, you can pick from a wide range of activities, making the most suitable program for you at the Goethe-Institut London.
Group prices:
1-25 students – GBP 175
25-50 students – GBP 350
51-65 students – GBP 455
Participation is free of charge for accompanying teachers.

St Mary's University Modern Language Poetry Live event
2026-06-17 18:00 - 20:00
Competition – Poetry Live … en français, auf deutsch, en español
By invitation.
What is it?
Poetry Live is a competition, organised and hosted by St Mary’s University, for Year 8 pupils from schools who regularly host St Mary’s trainee teachers on placement. The focus is on spoken poetry performance in French, German and Spanish. There are three main aims of the competition:
• To celebrate language learning for pleasure and challenge
• To develop memorisation and pronunciation skills
• To explore literature and culture through poetry in another language
We have identified Year 8 pupils for this competition to motivate and encourage them at a crucial stage in their language learning. Please note that the competition is aimed at non-native speakers of the language.

Goethe Institut: Special German Day – Culture and Society - Pride Month - KS3/4
2026-06-25 10:15 - 15:30 | Goethe Institut, 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2PH, United Kingdom
Taster day German
Key stages2 – Little to no prior knowledge of the German language
To celebrate queer culture and society in Germany, we offer a Special German Day during Pride Month.
Activities:

Workshop on queer culture and society in Germany
Young Goethe Presentation
Library Hunt
Film screening

Group prices:
1-25 students – GBP 175
25-50 students – GBP 350
51-65 students – GBP 455
Participation is free of charge for accompanying teachers.

Where will languages take me?
2026-06-30 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
A lively, uplifting online session designed to help pupils see the real possibilities that languages open up and to encourage them to continue their language studies to GCSE level and beyond! Teachers can register and project the session ‘live’ in classrooms, or access the recording later to share with classes.
Speakers from across London will share their own language journeys: the languages they’ve learned, the places to which they have travelled, the people they’ve met, the skills that learning languages have brought them and how they use languages in their work.
Organised by the British Council in partnership with London: City of Languages.
Registration required.
Join online and access the accompanying pupil booklet.
Schools from across the UK are welcome to attend.

Goethe Institut: German Day - Careers with German - KS4/5
2026-07-02 10:15 - 15:30, 2026-07-07 10:15 - 15:30, 2026-07-16 10:15 - 15:30 | Goethe Institut, 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2PH, United Kingdom
Target audience: Key Stage 4-5 with minimum two years of learning German
Activities:

Workshop “Karriere mit Deutsch”
Young Goethe Presentation
Library quiz
Movie showing “Into the Beat” or “Der ganz große Traum”

Depending on age and language level of the students, you can pick from a wide range of activities, making the most suitable program for you at the Goethe-Institut London.
Group prices:
1-25 students – GBP 175
25-50 students – GBP 350
51-65 students – GBP 455
Participation is free of charge for accompanying teachers.

Culture week: Bobby Moore Academy
2026-09-07 08:00 - 2026-09-11 17:00
We are delighted to hear that Bobby Moore Academy celebrates a ‘Culture Week’ in the week beginning Monday 7th September 2026.
It is a private event by invitation only.
To find out more, please mail Alina Cekic.
Thank you.
