LANGUAGES
BERTHE MOUCHETTE COMPETITION RESULTS
We are thrilled to acknowledge our talented students who participated in the esteemed Berthe Mouchette Competition, demonstrating an impressive understanding of French language and culture. Their hard work and dedication have made us all proud and they have set a commendable example for their peers. Félicitations to all participants!
We are equally excited to announce that some of our students have advanced to the final stage of the competition, which will be held virtually in August. This is a significant accomplishment, and we couldn't be prouder.
To our finalists, Bonne Chance! No matter the outcome, you're already winners in our eyes.
Results:
Celina Smith (7N) (HC) Excellent
Stella Thakrar (7I) Très Bien
Claude Howard (8G) (HC) Brillant (Finaliste)
Abby Butterworth (9M) Bien
Frankie Noble (9F) Brillant (Finaliste)
Daniela Tapia-Leal (9K) (HC) Brillant (Finaliste)
Vishaka Venkat (9B) Bien
Gigi Vlasak Galante (9M) Excellent
Joshua Aby Peediakal (10A) Très Bien
Anya Victoria Aquende (10A) Brillant (Finaliste)
Siena Nott (10L) Très Bien
Susana O'Leary (10L) Très Bien
Michael Scriva (9P) Bien
Caitlyn Sin Mew Cheung (10N) Participation
BASTILLE FESTIVAL
We celebrated Bastille Day Festival at McKinnon last Friday 14 July. A host of entertaining and educational activities were held to engage our students in the exploration of French culture, history and traditions.
The campus was abuzz with the French spirit with students indulging in croissants from local French bakery Artisanal Bakehouse, posing in a French-themed photo booth and singing the French National Anthem.
Congratulations to all students who participated and made the day a success.
YEAR 7 FRENCH THEATRE INCURSION
Towards the end of term two, all the Year 7 students that took part in learning the given language of French attended a play of The Little Prince. Personally, coming into this performance I had great expectations because I loved this book when I was a child. I expected a great journey of the little prince, travelling around space in search to find a creative adult and I got just that. Although the play was a bit too long, the actors were great, speaking both English and French perfectly. It was overall a great story and I hope future Year 7s get to experience this too.
Konstantinos Dimitrakopoulos (7B)
On the last day of term two, a few of the Year 7 classes got to be a part of a wonderful experience. We got to witness a live play of 'Le Petit Prince,' translating to 'The Little Prince.' It was a magical French play where a prince travelled to multiple planets and got to experience the wonders of each. As he lived by himself with his rose, and no one else, his only entertainment on his planet was to watch the sunset. While he journeyed to other planets, he found all the grown-ups he met very peculiar.
Once, he met a king who ruled his entire planet; bet there was no one on that planet. Then there was a woman who owned stars followed by an alcoholic, a lamplighter and a geographer. He also finds a fox, snake and pilot all of whom he becomes friends with. Overall, Le Petit Prince was an inspiring play conveying themes of friendship, love, and loneliness.
Zaina Salil (7H)
For our new unit in French on the Little Prince (or Le Petit Prince), we had a talented theatre troupe come to our school to perform a play adapted from this magical tale. Not only was the play entertaining, but as parts of it were spoken in French, it was also a pretty good opportunity to learn some new French words by reading the subtitles and figuring out what their English versions were. Not only that, but the play also had us engaged all the way through. We laughed at some scenes, clapped vigorously at some, and maybe even cried a little towards the end. All in all, there was some awesome acting, it was a very well-adapted play, and some of us learnt some new words in French!
Qolbi Kamila (7H)
SPANISH FILM EXCURSION - REYES CONTRA SANTA (THREE WISE KINGS AGAINST SANTA)
On Friday 16 of June, 30 students from Year 8 Spanish attended a film as part of the Spanish Film festival at the Brighton Bay Palace Cinema. They were accompanied by Mr O’Brien and Ms Gomez. The students appreciated this opportunity to experience something of Spanish culture and language.
ROULE GALETTE EXCURSIONS
Students from our four Year 9 French classes celebrated the end of the semester with visits to Roule Galette creperie in Carnegie. The two groups had a wonderful time.
The following article was written in response to the first visit:
The Year 9 French classes attended an excursion to a lovely place called Roule Galette Creperie to try French cuisine. The workers at Roule Galette Creperie were kind and welcomed us warm-heartedly. We were provided with the galette, a dish which is made of buckwheat flour that looks like a pie and filled with savoury food such as ham or egg and cheese; and crepes to order with a large variety of flavours.
It was absolutely delicious, and we also had an activity after eating where we were instructed to explore and describe the local area in French, using a map in 30 minutes. It was very challenging yet very interesting to explore the area. Overall, it was a very memorable excursion, filled with adventures and was a best chance to know more about French cuisine.
Anvitha Gundala (9C), Akshita Geete (9B) & Ria Anand (9B)
YEAR 9 LANGUAGES EXPO
With a bustling but amazing atmosphere, students over at the East Campus were enjoying the wonders of the Languages Expo on Thursday 13 June. Since Term 1, all Year 9 languages students have been working on the languages expo, preparing for the big day. On Thursday 13 June, all the languages students gathered in the languages classrooms at the beginning of period 4, ready to set up for the expo. As soon as the locker bell rang, students from both Year 8 and Year 9 were filling the rooms and outside spaces.
During the expo, there were so many different stalls for students to check out such as the German Desserts, the Eiffel Tower, Lacoste, French Fashion, French football and French speaking countries. At each of these different expo stalls, there was a unique experience up for grabs. For example, at the French Fashion expo, there was an amazing fashion show. The German students had delicious German desserts; fresh and ready to be served. Over at the Eiffel Tower expo (my group), we had a ‘time-travelling’ black human-sized box, which students could go into and learn more about the Eiffel Tower’s history. Overall, the expo ran very successfully, with over 100 students coming and going to look at our hard work.
Maleesha Dharmadasa (9F)
As seen below, here are the winners and runners up of the Expo:
Winners:
- The Eiffel Tower group: Maleesha Dharmadasa, Erica Lee, Yeri Soung & Aria Daya (and Maleesha’s father who transported the amazing black box creation to school).
Runners up:
- French food: Isaure Piganeau, Daniela Tapia Leal, Gwendolyn Thiere & Alexis Pavlos.
Honourable mentions:
- French fashion: Amelie Ciddor, Justine Pinn & Demi Panagiotopoulos.
- French music: Eran Goldin & Rhapsody Borrirak.
- Nachspeisen in den deutschsprachigen Ländern: Lamija Buturovic & Mia McMahon.
- Nachspeisen in den deutschsprachigen Ländern: Olin Buisman & Tori Sam.
- Unterhaltung in den deutschsprachigen Ländern: Lucy Green & Lucas Radford.
I would like to congratulate all the students who worked tirelessly on this expo. It was amazing to see what everyone came up with. I would love to thank all the languages teachers for organising this expo and another thank you to everyone who came to look at the expo and took part in voting! Hopefully the 2024 expo will be just as successful as this one.
The Eiffel Tower research for the Year 9 Languages Expo
Notre groupe a choisi de faire des recherches sur la Tour Eiffel. La Tour Eiffel est située sur le Champ-de-Mars, au 5 avenue Anatole France, au 7e arrondissement de Paris. Tous les jours, la Tour est appréciée par ses 2,1 millions de Parisiens.
La Tour Eiffel porte le nom de son ingénieur Gustave Eiffel. Les ingénieurs Maurice Koechlin et Emile Nouguier ont aussi participé à la construction. En 1887, La Tour Eiffel a été choisie pour être construite parmi les 107 projects de plusieurs architectes et a été construite pour célébrer le centenaire de la Révolution française.
Notre groupe etait beaucoup amusé pour la réalisation de notre projet et enfin, nous avons découvert l’histoire de la Tour Eiffel très fascinante.
Our group chose to research the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower is located on the Champ-de-Mars, at 5 avenue Anatole France in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. Every day, the Eiffel Tower is daily appreciated by the 2.1 million inhabitants of Paris.
The Eiffel Tower is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel. Engineers Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier took part in its construction. The Eiffel Tower was chosen to be built from 107 designs by several architects. In 1887, the Eiffel Tower was built to celebrate the centenary of the French Revolution.
Our group enjoyed this project. We found the history of the Eiffel Tower very fascinating.
Erica Lee, Yeri Soung, Aria Daya & Maleesha Dharmadasa
Cedric Chamontin
French Teacher