Category: Modern Languages

18 June 21

Upper 4 Spanish students have been busy creating presentations to describe their families and friends. They have been highly commended and have received certificates of achievement.  View the gallery below to see their proud smiles. ¡Bien hecho!

28 May 21

Lower 5 Spanish students have written and illustrated Spring poems to celebrate the season. These are displayed along the languages corridor.  We think they look rather nice!

28 April 21

I realised recently just why it was that I chose to study French at A Level – we had a bread tasting lesson. As part of our unit on French heritage and culture, our wonderful teacher, Madame Lavelle, had lovingly prepared three different kinds of baguette for us to try and also brought in a…

19 March 21

Talia in Lower 6 has written an outstanding essay on the impacts of the political decisions made in the period between 1975 – 1980 on the Spain of the 21st Century.  We reproduce the essay here for those of you who can read Spanish! 40 años después de la transición a la democracia, ¿dónde está…

8 March 21

On Wednesday 2 February, I took part in the Advanced round of the annual UK Linguistics Olympiad, a competition which requires participants to solve linguistic problems in unknown languages. As a student of French, Spanish and Latin, I thoroughly enjoyed participating in this competition as I was able to transfer my knowledge of grammar and…

5 March 21

The French department recently ran a French origami competition, and the winner was Simi Joshi in Lower 5 who created an origami basket of croissants, macarons, the Eiffel Tower, a snail, and a frog that jumps!

24 February 21

On 2 February, we, Talia Rubin and Rámya Bart, took part in the annual Joutes Oratoires (French debating) competition, hosted by St Paul’s Girls’ School. This year was the first time that this competition has been held online, but despite the unusual circumstances, the exceptionally high level of debate remained the same. After attending weekly…

5 February 21

The French department ran a showstopper cake challenge and students were asked to decorate a cake with a languages theme. The winner is Elena in Upper 4, who made a fantastic, colourful cake celebrating different languages. Well done Elena, it looks delicious!

29 January 21

The French department ran an Art Attack competition last week, asking students to create a French monument out of any materials they can find in their house. The winner is Enora H in Upper 4, who recreated le Sacré-Coeur in Paris out of rice, lentils & chia seeds!

7 February 20

Anya and Ruby in Upper 6 represented Habs Girls at the North London Spanish Debating Competition at Merchant Taylors’ School yesterday.  There were 20 teams participating and our students took part in two debates on the subjects of Armed Intervention in Foreign Conflicts and Mass Tourism in Spain, winning one debate and drawing in the…