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Third and Fourth year students of German have enjoyed the support of Miss Anja Woike, a German assistant, who has helped them to become more confident when conversing in the language. <\/span>Last week, she brought German culture to the department, by devising a power point presentation on Christmas and New Year in Germany. <\/span>Pupils were able to learn about such things as typical Christmas foods, presents, rituals and some of the popular carols sung in German. <\/span>They also had the chance to sample German fruit cake (Stollen) and ginger cookies (Lebkuchen). <\/span>In addition, S3 pupils have been learning how to describe their house in German, and Anja produced authentic photographs of her house in Germany and pupils were given a virtual tour of the rooms via a Smart Board presentation. <\/span>Anja is spending Christmas with her family in Dusseldorf in Germany, but has promised to bring back a multitude of stimulating resources to further extend the pupils\u2019 knowledge of the customs and language of the country!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Third and Fourth year students of German have enjoyed the support of Miss Anja Woike, a German assistant, who has helped them to become more confident when conversing in the language. Last week, she brought German culture to the department, by devising a power point presentation on Christmas and New Year in Germany. Pupils were … Continue reading FROHE WEIHNACHTEN<\/span>