http://blogs.stleoscarlow.ie/german A St Leo\'s College Blog Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:22:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A German Exchange was organized with a school in Hamminkeln, Germany. This exchange took place in April 2010, a large number of students travelled to Germany; they stayed with German families and attended the local school. This exchange programme is well established and we look forward to the return ... http://blogs.stleoscarlow.ie/german/2010/06/05/german-exchange-2/ Andrea Burke F1,  Sarah Fitzpatrick F3,  Catherine Jennings F3 and Aoife Kavanagh F6  competed in the All-Ireland German Primary School Project, which was organized by the Goethe Institute. The team worked long and hard and their effort paid off as they earned a distinction in the competition. Aoife Kavanagh won the ... http://blogs.stleoscarlow.ie/german/2010/06/05/all-ireland-winner-in-german-competition/ Students in action Four fifth year German students, Aoife Kavanagh, Catherine Jennings, Andrea Burke and Sarah Fitzpatrick, took part in a primary schools teaching competition on friday the 5th of February. The girls went to Askea GNS to teach German to 6th class pupils. They prepared an excellent class plan and ... http://blogs.stleoscarlow.ie/german/2010/02/05/fifth-year-students-in-german-primary-teaching-competition/ On 25th April 2010 a number of students will travel with their teacher to Hamminkeln, Germany as part of our German Exchange. The students will reside with German families and attend school daily.As part of the exchange both students and their hosts will travel to Cologne and Phantasialand. http://blogs.stleoscarlow.ie/german/2009/11/09/german-exchange/ Won 4 weeks in Germany due to her results in her Junior Cert. http://blogs.stleoscarlow.ie/german/2009/11/09/sarah-fitzpatrick/ Click on a picture to view it full size. [caption id="attachment_8" align="alignnone" width="194" caption="(L-R) Emma Hosey, Agatha Bialek, Kiri Renessen and Patricia Burke, from St Leo's, Carlow, pictured celebrating their victory in the final of the Siemens/Goethe-Institut, "All Ireland Germen debating competition" in Dublin"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_7" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="(L-R) Patricia Burke, Emma ... http://blogs.stleoscarlow.ie/german/2009/11/09/all-ireland-german-debating-competition-winners/