S2 have been learning a lot about Paris, and have produced some amazing posters, each on a different aspect of Paris. Mr Cairns came to class yesterday to chat with everyone about what they’d learned, and to give out some cream eggs to the people he thought had worked the hardest on their posters. Well done everyone!
Napoleon
Marie Antoinettethe City of ParisLes Champs-Elyséesle Musée d’Orsaythe French RevolutionLes Galéries Lafayettele Palais de Versaillesthe River SeineLouis XIV, the Sun Kingthe Stade de FranceRobespierrethe Sacré-Coeurthe LouvreKing Louis XVIthe CatacombesNôtre-Damethe Mona Lisa – la Joconde, in Frenchthe Louvre PyramidsJoan of ArcMontmartreCharles de GaulleGustave Eiffelthe Place de la Concordethe Centre Pompidouthe Eiffel Tower
AS a reward for the year’s hard work, the S5/6 German class had a little trip for lunch in Glasgow’s German restaurant, the Baravian Brauhaus. In spite of the weather, everyone enjoyed their lunch, as you can see from the photos.
Bratwurst and Sauerkraut.Waiting for the bus. It was a bit wet.Enjoying the foodWaiting in the rainAll of us, including Mr Brady, the student teacher from last year.Schweinehaxe mit Rotkohl, shared among everyone who wanted to try it. Lecker!
Yesterday the Higher and N5 maths classes took part in the international maths/languages competition, Mathématiques sans Frontières. The competition involves working in groups to solve maths problems, one of which has to be answered in either French, German, Spanish or Italian. Here they are, having fun and working on some (very!) complicated maths at the same time.
Click here to see a copy of the questions they worked on. Well done to all!
One of our fabulous S2s (and there are a lot!) has made this lovely and informative booklet on France in her free time. We’re all so impressed! Well done Lily.
Page 1; contents page
French flag and information about it
What money do they use in France? Real examples of coins here.
Paris and the Eiffel Tower
Map of France with some towns and cities marked
French road signs – very useful if you’re driving in France!
What can you eat once you’re in France? Look here for an example!
A few weeks ago Miss Muir’s S3 learned how to use a bilingual dictionary by looking up words for a song ‘Soulman’, by Ben l’Oncle Soul. Here’s a link to the YouTube video – it’s very good, and full of negatives (the grammar point we were covering at the time). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ptYXvUo7M
And here are some of the posters. We have so many great artists!
This year – for once – EDL was on a school day; Tuesday 26/9/23. So we were in step with the whole of Europe. Our BGE pupils were all busy doing EDL activities – S1 had a treasure hunt, S2 had a quiz and S3 were making posters of unusual idioms in foreign languages. We also had a food tasting of various items from European countries at lunchtime, and many pupils came and tried, among other things, camembert cheese , German sunflower bread, tortilla, pesto pasta and much else.
Mrs O’Neill’s Bush Tucker Trial lair. Be afraid!
The warning signs are up..
Happy chompers
Mrs O’Neill held her, now famous, Bush Tucker Challenge, where brave volunteers were blindfolded and tried tastes of 5, rather more unusual, foods, like sauerkraut and olives, with a prize for not spitting any out. Lots of adventurous palates out there! Well done to everyone who took part; more photos to follow.
Our Higher pupils took part again in this year’s MsF – a combination of hard sums and a question in French/German/Spanish. The pupils enjoyed the competition and the snacks that went with it (for added brain power, of course!) and we sent off our answers. We’ll see how we got on once they’re marked, but the pupils were able to answer nearly all the questions, so fingers crossed!
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