Student of the Month - November 2011

This month, we are celebrating the following students:


For Japanese, Ms Yamanouchi has declared Rianna Waren in 9Q as her student of the month for November. Well done to Rianna!


Madame Boniface, one of our MFL outreach teachers, is nominating a whole class for a special mention here: Year 6 studying French at Lakeside Primary School have done amazing work on the song 'Sur sous dans devant derriere' and have produced excellent written work about their homes and bedrooms. Also their attitude towards learning French is superb and it is a pleasure to teach them!


For Spanish, our student of the month is Halle Fowler in 9Q. She is working exceptionally hard in Spanish this year and has produced this beautiful weather forecast for Mrs Metcalfe. Very impressive work!

 

Meine Haustiere - primary pets

Frau Mahler's Year 6 German classes at Ravenscote Junior School have been describing their pets. Here are some examples: These are Sophie B's cats!

...and here is Max B's dog!

and here is Rebecca R -with Calum's guinea pig!

Sind sie nicht wunderbar!?

Transition Project KS2-3

All year 7 classes have taken part in a KS2 -3 transition project in which children had to produce a video about their school. Building on language learned in primary school and extending it with new structues and vocabulary, pupils had to write a script in French or German and film it using flipcams or the webcams on their laptops. Each class then chose the best videos and these were shown to other classes on the 23 of November.

Here is the fabulous result of one of the groups!

They are Funmi, Hannah, Caroline, Charlotte, Lucy L, Lucy M all in 7Y. Magnifique!

(It might take a while for the video to load - please be patient -it is worth the wait!)

German video - Improve your English!

Have a look at this hilarious video. It's not just other languages which are difficult to learn. Foreigners struggle with English, too....

                                      

Primary Languages: Laternen

As part of their outreach MFL lessons provided by Tomlinscote, children in year 5 at Ravenscote Junior School have enjoyed a visit by a teacher from Germany telling them about the German tradition of Laternelaufen and showing them how to make lanterns.
Here are some of them:

German exchange 2011 - reports

 Here are some accounts by students who took part in this year's exchange programme to Germany. They stayed for ten days with a German host family, went to school in Wendlingen and enjoyed day trips to the surrounding areas, like the Schwäbische Alb and Stuttgart. They had a great time!

 

die Schwäbische Alb, seen from the castle

das Schloss

in der Höhle

im Zoo

die Seehunde

If you are thinking of going next year, ask any of these lovely people if they enjoyed their time in Germany...

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French video: Cette année là

Here's another slightly cheesy but very catchy French video recommended by Madame Merle! Enjoy!

Juchuuu!

We didn't quite make it in the first month of the reinvigoration of the blog, but a few days later here we are:
1000 pageviews! Frau Mahler is happy! Danke schön, merci, gracias and thank you!

Any ideas, video, songs you'd like to see here, write a comment or a mail to mmahler@tomlinscote.surrey.sch.uk