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What other people write about our weeks

Not our wording, but that of newspapers and of schools that wrote up their own week.

Our offer pages describe how an English week works. This page collects what people who do not work for us have written about one. Every entry links to the original article – we reproduce nothing but the headline and a short extract.

In the press2

Coverage by newsrooms that followed one of our weeks at a school in their region.

inSüdthüringenPress

Schmalkalden: Englisch lernen von Muttersprachlern

Eine Woche lang kommunizierten 175 Schüler am Berufsbildungszentrum Schmalkalden ausschließlich in Englisch. Ein besonderes Projekt ermöglichte das.

The largest project week a newspaper has covered so far: an entire year group at a vocational training centre, a full week in English only.

  • 175 students
  • Vocational training centre
  • A full week in English only

Berufsbildungszentrum Schmalkalden · vocational training centre · Schmalkalden, Thüringen · June 2026

Read the article at inSüdthüringen (opens in a new tab)Article partly behind a paywallArchived copy

Westfalen-BlattPress

Kreative Sprachförderung am WGV Vlotho

Eine Woche lang arbeiteten besonders sprachbegabte Schülerinnen und Schüler intensiv mit einem Muttersprachler. Am Freitag präsentierten sie vor mehreren Oberstufenkursen in der Mediothek ihre kreativen Projekte.

A week of gifted-and-talented support instead of regular lessons, ending with the students presenting their own projects to several sixth-form courses.

  • Support for especially language-gifted students
  • One week with a native speaker
  • Closing presentation to sixth-form courses

Weser-Gymnasium Vlotho · Vlotho, Nordrhein-Westfalen · March 2026

Read the article at Westfalen-Blatt (opens in a new tab)Article partly behind a paywall

Schools writing for themselves10

Not press coverage but the school on its own site – for many teachers the more telling of the two, because nobody was asked to write it.

Trave-GymnasiumWritten by the school

9a – Quality Lake Time in Brandenburg

During our class trip to Lake Werbellin from 8th to 12th June, 2026, we participated in the 'LevelUp' English programme and had an amazing experience with our trainer, Toby.

Written by class 9a themselves – in English. The outcome of the week is the write-up of the week.

  • Class 9a, five days at the Werbellinsee
  • Written by the students, in English
  • Werbellinsee – the same venue as the Hedwig-Bollhagen-Gymnasium

Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein · June 2026

Read the article at Trave-Gymnasium (opens in a new tab)Archived copy

Hedwig-Bollhagen-GymnasiumWritten by the school

Sprachreise der 9. Klassen an den Werbellinsee

Die Sprachreise ist am HBG ein neues Format des Schulfahrtenkonzeptes für die Jahrgangsstufe 9 und ersetzt die frühere Englandfahrt.

The whole year group travelled to the Werbellinsee across two weeks — a new format in the slot the school's England trip used to occupy.

  • Year 9, two consecutive weeks
  • Werbellinsee, Brandenburg
  • New format replacing the England trip

Velten, Brandenburg · June 2026

Read the article at Hedwig-Bollhagen-Gymnasium (opens in a new tab)Archived copy

Gymnasium HarsewinkelWritten by the school

Invent, perform, grow – our journey through a variety of academies

Overall, speaking with a native speaker really improved our English language skills, but sometimes it was also a challenge.

Two classes, several academies, one write-up — by the school itself and entirely in English. Hard to evidence the outcome of a project week more directly than that.

  • Written by the school, in English
  • Several academies in one week

Harsewinkel, Nordrhein-Westfalen · November 2025

Read the article at Gymnasium Harsewinkel (opens in a new tab)Archived copy

Gymnasium FinowWritten by the school

Level up! – Jahrgang 9 auf Sprachreise in Zinnowitz

Englisch verbessern in 5 Tagen? – Dieser Challenge stellte sich unser gesamte Jahrgang 9 mit 104 Schülerinnen und Schülern, begleitet von ihren Klassenlehrern, Sportlehrer und Eltern in der Woche vom 22.9.-26.9.2025.

A whole year group at once – 104 students, five days on the Baltic coast. The write-up shows the week holds up at that scale.

  • 104 students, the entire Year 9
  • Five days in Zinnowitz on the Baltic coast
  • Accompanied by class teachers and parents

Eberswalde, Brandenburg · October 2025

Read the article at Gymnasium Finow (opens in a new tab)Archived copy

Veit-Ludwig-von-Seckendorff-GymnasiumWritten by the school

Sprachreise nach Schöneck - Klassenstufe 7 - eine Reportage

Traditionsgemäß fuhren auch in diesem Jahr die 7. Klassen des Veit-Ludwig von Seckendorffgymnasiums Meuselwitz zur Englischsprachreise in die Jugendherberge nach Schöneck ins wunderschöne Vogtland.

Written by the Year 7 students themselves – and framed in the first word as a fixture rather than an experiment. Schöneck also appears on our locations map further up this page.

  • Year 7
  • Schöneck youth hostel, Vogtland
  • Written by the students themselves
  • A fixture, not a first attempt

Meuselwitz, Thüringen · April 2025

Read the article at Veit-Ludwig-von-Seckendorff-Gymnasium (opens in a new tab)Archived copy

Werner-Richard-BerufskollegWritten by the school

Englischsprachiges Projekt am Werner-Richard-Berufskolleg

Vom 19. Juni bis zum 21. Juni 2024 fand am Werner-Richard-Berufskolleg in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Start-Up LevelUpEnglish aus Berlin ein englischsprachiges Projekt statt.

Three days at a vocational college, with apprentices and vocational-school students rather than a grammar-school year group.

  • Vocational college, June 2024
  • Apprentices and vocational-school students
  • Three project days

vocational college · Wetter (Ruhr), Nordrhein-Westfalen · June 2024

Read the article at Werner-Richard-Berufskolleg (opens in a new tab)Archived copy

IGS Hannover BothfeldWritten by the school

Hundertwasser-Jahrgang mit LevelUp auf Schloss Gadow

Vom 25. bis 29.09.23 residierte der 8. Jahrgang standesgemäß auf Schloss Gadow in Brandenburg und nutzte die Zeit, um mit 6 Trainer*innen, sein Englisch auf natürliche und unterhaltsame Art und Weise zu verbessern.

The one comprehensive school in this collection, at a venue that is also on our map: five days, six trainers, small groups for film, theatre and music.

  • Year 8 at a comprehensive school
  • Schloss Gadow, Brandenburg
  • Five days with six trainers

comprehensive school · Hannover, Niedersachsen · October 2023

Read the article at IGS Hannover Bothfeld (opens in a new tab)Archived copy

Die Vierte – Staatliche Regelschule GeraWritten by the school

Drei erfolgreiche Projekttage mit „Level Up“ in der Klasse 9a

Drei Tage lang stand für die Schülerinnen und Schüler der Klasse 9a alles im Zeichen der englischen Sprache. Im Rahmen des Projekts „Level Up“ arbeiteten sie gemeinsam mit englischen Muttersprachlern und nutzten die Gelegenheit, ihre Sprachkenntnisse in authentischen Gesprächssituationen anzuwenden und zu erweitern.

A state secondary school, three project days, and our name in the school's own headline – evidence does not get more compact than that.

  • Class 9a, three project days
  • State secondary school
  • Real conversation instead of lessons

state secondary school · Gera, Thüringen

Read the article at Die Vierte – Staatliche Regelschule Gera (opens in a new tab)Archived copy

Städtisches Gymnasium RiesaWritten by the school

Englisch-Projekt LevelUp

In drei freiwilligen Englisch-Projekttagen im Oktober arbeiteten Schülerinnen und Schüler der Klassenstufen 9 und 10 im Rahmen von LevelUp English mit der amerikanischen Muttersprachlerin Frieda zu den Schwerpunkten „Arts and Business“.

Voluntary, for Years 9 and 10 – and with "Arts and Business" two of our academies named as such.

  • Voluntary, Years 9 and 10
  • Three project days in October
  • Focus on "Arts and Business"

Riesa, Sachsen · October 2025

Read the article at Städtisches Gymnasium Riesa (opens in a new tab)A section on the school's English-department pageArchived copy

Johann-Julius-Hecker-SchuleWritten by the school

Besonderheiten des Faches an unserer Schule

Seit drei Jahren findet an unserer Schule jeweils Anfang Dezember in den 7. Klassen ein dreitägiges Englischprojekt in Kooperation mit „Level Up English“ statt.

Not a write-up of one week but an entry in the department's own description of itself: for three years the project has been part of December.

  • Three years running, every December
  • Three-day project, Year 7
  • A fixed part of the English department

Berlin, Berlin · Every December, for three years running

Read the article at Johann-Julius-Hecker-Schule (opens in a new tab)Under "Besonderheiten des Faches an unserer Schule"Archived copy

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