HSBC/British Council Mandarin Speaking Competition 2015

 

Grace Cubin in Year 9 represented Tomlinscote school in this year’s Southern Regional Heat of the HSBC/BC Mandarin Chinese Speaking Competition, which took place on 4^th December 2015 at the British Council.

Grace was asked to prepare a two minute presentation in Mandarin on a topic from the curriculum, e.g family and friends, school, home and pets, leisure time, festivals, etc. The judges then asked her two questions in Mandarin relating to her presentation and to translate three sentences from Mandarin into English.

Well done Grace!

 

 

 

 

 

FSM RIDSA - LA C'EST DIE

Bonjour

Voilà une nouvelle chanson qui passe sur les ondes. Elle plaira sans aucun doute à mes collègues ;)







Bon courage, et bonnes vacances!



Mathilde

'Student of the Month'

Student of the Month:

Congratulations to the following students who are doing well in French:

Emily Wilmot 10R – Excellent focus, effort and improvement.

Buse Almali 10H – Excellent effort and work ethic.

Niamh Davies 10P – Working well and independently, challenging herself.

Jayson Munro 10R – Having consistently high standards at all times.

Congratulations to the following students who are doing well in German:

Faaris Kausar 8Q  – Much improved attitude to his language lessons this year.

Malhar Deval 7Q  - Good effort and enthusiasm.

Louis Cox 11Q – For consistent hard work in German.

Corinna Smith 10Y – For consistent hard work and effort.

Congratulations to the following students who are doing well in Spanish:

Panna Eles 9K - For outstanding effort and achievement.

Jade Bell 10Q - For producing a great piece of written work.

Jack Johnson 9P – For brilliant contributions in lessons, his consistent hard work and excellent attitude to learning.

 

 

FSM Marina Kaye - Homeless

Bonjour!
I've posted a lot of french artists singing in French... but there are also plenty of artists singing in English! And I thought it could be interesting for you to know some, other than Daft Punk!







Marina Kaye est une chanteuse française très jeune. Elle a 17 ans. Elle a une très belle voix. Cette chanson passe beaucoup à la radio.

J'espère que ça vous plait!
A bientôt!

Mathilde

FSM: Yseult - Bye Bye Bye

Bonjour!

Cette semaine, une chanson par une artiste qui s'est fait récemment connaitre: Yseult!







Voilà, qu'en pensez-vous?



Bonne semaine à tous!

Mathilde

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

JUVENES TRANSLATORES COMPETITION 2015 

 

Tomlinscote School has been selected to enter an international competition, Juvenes Translatores, which is an annual translation contest for 17-year old students around the European Union. The competition is aimed at supporting the EU’s own motto: Europeans are to be 'united in diversity'. Our school has been extremely lucky to be granted a place in this year’s competition amongst another 72 important and recognised educational institutions in the UK.

 

Studies show the ever-growing need for translation and translators in Europe and therefore it is useful for language students to be prepared for this. Juvenes Translatores raises awareness of the importance of translation skills and the need to reassess translation — as a means of ‘mediating’ between languages — in the context of language learning. This year's theme was the European Year for Development.

Louise McGaffney in 12S and Bruce Robinson in 13Q represented our school in the 2015 contest, translating from French into English. The competition took place on Thursday 26th November under exam conditions. Both students made us proud for the effort and commitment. Translations have been submitted and we cannot wait until we hear the results in February 2016. ‘Bon Chance’ to both!

 

 

If you would like to find out more about this exciting event please have a look at this link: http://ec.europa.eu/translatores/index_en.htm

FSM : Louane - Avenir

Bonjour

On ne peut pas passer une journée sans entendre cette chanson!







Passez une bonne semaine

Mathilde

FSM: Maître Gims - Sapés comme jamais

Bonjour!

Cette semaine, je poste encore une chanson de Maitre Gims, tout simplement parce qu'on entend que lui à la radio...







J'espère que ça vous plait, à vous!


Bonne semaine à tous
Mathilde

German Careers Fair 2015

 

On Monday 2^nd November a group of nine students from Year 11 travelled to London together with Mrs Sparkes to attend the German Careers Fair at the London School of Economics (LSE).

 

The event was organised jointly by the German Embassy and the German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce in an exclusive collaboration with the LSE this year, and was aimed at school pupils, university students and graduates.

 

Our students had the opportunity to meet representatives of German companies as well as British companies with important business links to German speaking countries, such as Bayer, Bentley Motors, BMW, Lidl, E.ON, Siemens, The European Commission, LSE German Society, BSH, MINI and the Goethe Institute.

 

"I learnt how important my German language knowledge will be in the world of work" - Caroline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Languages at Work day

On Wednesday 21^st October, 12 Tomlinscote students identified by their teachers as able in Modern Foreign Languages were given the opportunity to attend the Languages at Work day at Wellington College.  The event enabled them to speak directly to people who use language skills to great advantage in their work, such as representatives from Conversis, GCHQ, Symantec, a Japanese teacher from UCL and Chris Dennis, multilingual sports broadcaster for the BBC and Eurosport. It also allowed them to understand the importance of communication in business and to enjoy the opportunity of networking with young people similar to themselves.

Although the five workshops examined language skills in the workplace from different perspectives, they provided a wonderfully clear vision of their importance.

All 12 students really impressed with their ability in the languages involved, their confidence, willingness to participate and desire to know more. Well done!