A typical English grammar lesson in a German school

In a typical English grammar lesson in Germany first we discuss the grammar rules, before the students practise the new forms. The focus is always on acquiring and increasing communication skills in the foreign language.

Here is a short video explaining the most important facts about the English future tenses:

Links to school websites

http://www.dr-walter-bruch-schule.de/

http://www.durrowns.com/

More photos

In the following pictures you can see our graduation ceremony. 

This year 58 students passed their final state exams and are now proud be nursery-school-teachers :-)

Extra Curricular Activities

In our school, children take part in various activities and competitions both during school hours, at lunchtime or after school. We have a boy’s Gaelic football team, a girl’s Gaelic football team and a boy’s hurling team. These children take part in matches against other schools in our local area. They train after school every week.

We also have a girls and boys soccer team which take part in the official FAI competition. The children attend various indoor and outdoor athletics events throughout the year also.

We are very lucky to have a traditional Irish music group in our school also. They play a variety of instruments including:

• ·        Accordion
• ·        Fiddle
• ·        Flute
• ·        Concertina
• ·        Guitar
• ·        Banjo
• ·        Harp
• ·        Tin Whistle
• ·        Keyboard
• ·        Violin

This group performs every year in Fleadh Ceol na hEireann. They also perform at various school and community events.

Committees

Green Schools

We have various committees in our school. The two main groups are The Green Schools Committee which leads our initiative to become a more environmental friendly school and community. We have achieved flags in both litter and waste and energy. We will start work on our 3^rd application in September for water conservation.

Health Promoting 

We also have a health committee. They are currently striving to achieve out health and fitness flag. They promote healthy eating and exercise.

Dr.-Walter-Bruch-Schule in Sankt Wendel, Germany

Here are some pictures of my school!

First you can see some pictures of students who are training to become nursery-school teachers. They are in their second year of vocational training right now.

Subjects

We study lots of different subjects in our school such as:

• ·        English
• ·        Gaeilge
• ·        Maths
• ·        History
•     ICT
• ·        Geography
• ·        Science
• ·        S.P.H.E (Social, Personal & Health Education)
• ·        Art
• ·        Music
• ·        Drama
• ·        P.E. (Physical Education)
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We are very lucky to have various coaches attend our school throughout the year. They teach the children activities including tag rugby, Gaelic football & hurling, gymnastics and dance. We also have swimming lessons in the local pool for 6 weeks.