German video competition 2

Here is the second film by our year 12 German group inspired by Goethe's "Wo viel Licht ist, ist auch starker Schatten."

 

Which one do you prefer and why? Send us a comment!

German video competition

Here is a film some of our year 12 German students have produced for a pasch-net short film competition: The motto was a quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: "Wo viel Licht ist, ist auch starker Schatten" (Where there is a lot of light, there is also strong shadow).



What do you think? Write a comment and let us know!

Do you want to produce a video about the same topic? You could win 500 Euros!
For more info, ask your German teacher! The deadline for the entries is the 30. April 2013.

Before you go ahead, be aware that any entries must only include own photos and copyright-free music, and everyone in the pictures must have given permission to be included in the film.

Student of the Month - March 2013

Our Students of the Month this March is a group of boys in 7R, nominated by Madame Christian:
Harry Cox-Day, Daniel Lawrence-Preston, Jack Plummer and Nathan Vincent have worked incredibly hard as a team, and produced an outstanding piece of work: They have created a board game called 'Weathernary' to practise saying what the weather is like in French, complete with a board, set of rules, cards, and playing pieces. Brilliant!

Willkommen Frau Bauer & Music Exchange

The German department would like to welcome our new colleague from Germany, who will be with us until the end of the school year. Frau Bauer will be helping with speaking practice, as well as teaching small groups and classes. She has first come into contact with Tomlinscote through our German exchange, when she was a pupil at the Robert-Bosch-Gymnasium in Wendlingen (near Stuttgart).

Do make her feel welcome around school!

 

As music is Frau Bauer's second teaching subject, she is currently involved with our music exchange of 23 Tomlinscote students with a school in Munich, organised by Mr Casselton.  

 

24 German visitors have been enjoying their partners' hospitality since Monday, 11 March. In between trips to London and experiencing lessons at Tomlinscote, the young musicians have been busy practising for their Anglo-German concert tomorrow!

 

It's sure to be a great success!

Viel Spaß!

Student of the Month - March 2013

This month we have a very special entry for Student of the Month by a French learner in year 9.   
Joel Manning in 9X

has produced this amazing piece of work about clothes and fashion:

He only has gone and created an incredible WEBSITE!!! Fantastique!!!

Please follow this link to admire it in all its glory:

http://joelmanning7.wix.com/boutiquedesvetements#!fille/cj9u

Note that the website is not quite finished as it is a continuous project for the term.


Congratulations also to his teacher Madame Tsang for bringing out the best in her students!

Test your Language skills with the BBC

If you are getting bored over half-time, are missing your language lessons and have some time to kill, why don't you take the BBC language test to judge how good you really are?

especially those of you starting the countdown to GCSE and GCE exams, do have a look at this. It tests all four skills and gives you an idea of your level. 

KS 3 can try the beginner  section, KS 4 should probably go for the post-beginner level!
Good luck!

Click on the stars to get to the different language tests!

Karneval in Deutschland

It's been Karneval time in Germany again: On Monday (Rosenmontag) Germans celebrated in massive street parties and parades, wearing fancy dress and catching the sweets (or 'Kamelle') being thrown from the colourful floats.

One of the best known areas for these fun events in the Rheinland, the very place many of our German learning pupils have travelled to for their Year 7 trip. They will remember the city of Koblenz (with the huge statue of Kaiser Wilhelm on a horse overlooking the confluence of the rivers Moselle and Rhine - you might remember the piece of the Berlin wall and/or the generous shopping/lunch-finding time, when you all searched for American Fast Food chains...)

Here are some impressions of the Rosenmontagszug (or parade) in Koblenz. Olau!!

 

Can you spot Shaun the Sheep and the Lego People?

El Carnaval de Cádiz

Here is another article from Natalia, our Spanish assistant:

 

El Carnaval de Cádiz, fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional, se desarrolla entre el 7 al 17 de Febrero.

Es es uno de los más importantes del mundo, congrega en la ciudad de Cádiz a miles de visitantes durante su celebración. Su concurso de Coros, Comparsas, Chirigota y Cuartetos tiene fama en toda España. El concurso oficial de agrupaciones carnavalescas se realiza en el Gran Teatro Falla y los protagonistas son la gente de Cádiz (gaditanos).

Hay desfiles de cabalgatas, tablaos, eventos de comidas y espectáculo de fuegos artificiales.

This is an example of Comparsa (It is an association that makes a social critic ironically while they are singing with costumes). Comparsa Los Válidos - Final COAC 2013:

http://www.carnavaldecadiztv.com/2013/02/comparsa-los-validos-final-coac-2013.html#post-title

For more information in English, have a look here:

CARNIVAL OF CÁDIZ:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_C%C3%A1diz