LANGUAGES

BERTHE MOUCHETTE RESULTS

The results of the Alliance Francaise Berthe Mouchette competitions have just been announced, and some of our McKinnon students have excelled. The following students have been awarded prizes. They will be given their prizes in a special ceremony at the St Kilda Town Hall on Monday 12 December. These are really fantastic results in a hard-fought competition:

ANNÉE 8 - RÉCITATION DE POÉSIE

Year 8 Poetry Recitation

Prix Hors-Catégorie - Prize for students with a French speaking background

Daniela Tapia Leal

McKinnon Secondary College

ANNÉE 9 - RÉCITATION DE POÉSIE

Year 9 Poetry Recitation

Mentions spéciales du jury - Honourable mention:

Anya Aquende

McKinnon Secondary College

ANNÉE 12 - EPREUVE ORALE

Year 12 Oral Exam

Mention spéciale du jury - Honourable mention:

Pia Piganeau

McKinnon Secondary College

Prix Hors-Catégorie - Prize for students with a French speaking background

Pia Piganeau

McKinnon Secondary College

ANNÉE 12 - EPREUVE ÉCRITE

Year 12 Written Exam

3ème Prix - Third prize:

Ethan Sporton

McKinnon Secondary College

And a special mention for Herr Nutting’s son, who won second prize for year 4 students.

ANNÉE 4 - RÉCITATION DE POÉSIE

Year 4 Poetry recital

2ème Prix - Second Prize

Felix Nutting

SAGSE SCHOLARSHIP - LOUISA D’AMBRA (YEAR 12)

Mrs Binnion has already congratulated Louisa for her amazing achievement in receiving the Society for German-Australian scholarship to travel to Germany for ten weeks during her summer holidays. Louisa underwent a highly competitive process to win and it is a reflection of her efforts in studying German throughout her time at McKinnon.

The Languages team would like to congratulate her and wish her Gute Reise.

VCE FRENCH STUDENTS

During the holidays, our VCE French and German students took part in practice oral exams in preparation for the real thing. The languages team wishes them good luck in both the oral and written exams - an opportunity to showcase all their hard work over the years. We also wish them great joy in using their language skills in the future when travelling and when meeting speakers of those languages. Mastery of a language is truly a life skill to be celebrated.

LANGUAGES SOCIETY WAFFLES

The East Campus branch of the Languages Society will be making and selling waffles at lunchtime on Thursday 3 November. Proceeds will go to the charity Living Languages, which supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led language work and projects across Australia.

Jenny Lynd

Languages Learning Area Manager