Category: Modern Languages

26 November 19

Upper 6 students Anya, Elisa, Ruby and Rhea took part in the Joutes Oratoires 2019 held at North London Collegiate School. The motions were: Liberté, égalité, fraternité: une fiction française. La mondialisation mène inévitablement à l’uniformisation culturelle. Il n’y a que les Etats qui puissent sauver la planète. Ruby and Rhea reached the semi-final after…

11 July 19

Following on from ‘La fête de la Musique’ celebrated in France each year on 21 June, the Lower 5 and Middle 5 French classes held their own French song festival.  This included winning songs such as La même from Maître Gims, Aux Champs Elysées by Joe Dassin and J’ai demandé à la lune by Indochine….

2 May 19

M5 Reise nach Lindau April 2019  Die M5s haben eine Woche in Lindau am Bodensee verbracht. Jeden Tag hatten wir morgens Deutschunterricht und nachmittags diverse Aktivitäten.   Am Montagmorgen machten wir uns auf eine Tour durch Lindau. Wir sahen viele der Hauptmerkmale, wie den Narrenbrunnen, die Inselhalle und die Kirche St. Peter. In Lindau gibt es…

26 April 19

VIAJE 2019 A EL PUERTO DE SANTA MARÍA Muy temprano en la mañana del domingo 7 de abril de 2019, 35 alumnas de Middle 5 y cuatro profesores partieren en un viaje al sur de España que todos recordaremos con mucho cariño. Después de un corto vuelo a Málaga y un viaje en autocar más…

27 March 19

Alice from Upper 6 and Tamilore from Habs Boys both attended the final of the French debate last week.  It was an impressive competition and they competed extremely well before being knocked out by Eton and St Paul’s Girls. The two students demonstrated an extraordinary level of French and were complimented by the judges for…

7 March 19

Yesterday three brave and talented Middle 5 students made their debut in the French Drama Festival held at King Alfred’s School, performing the opening scene of Cyrano de Bergerac. They acted with great ‘panache’ and held their own in the festival in which nine other schools participated.  Video footage of the performance can be viewed…

4 December 18

On 25 November, a group of Lower 5 students travelled to Birmingham to visit the largest German Christmas market outside of Germany. We met at Watford Junction station, full of anticipation; we were so excited to be part of a traditional German Christmas market. It was amazing to see all of the stall owners, most…

14 November 18

After rehearsing for a number of weeks a group of eight girls from Lower 6, all studying Spanish A level, made their way to North London Collegiate School on 9 October to compete with other schools in a Spanish Language Theatre Competition. They performed a ten-minute ‘Sainete primero de palacio’ from ‘Los Empeños de una casa’…