Joint day out in Cardiff!

Today Cowbridge students and the French students went to Cardiff for the day. 

First we went to the Millenium stadium and had a tour.

Here they are having a press conference. Rhys and Connor look the part!

Alex in the away rugby changing room which also happens to be the home football home changing room! We liked seeing Gareth Bale's jersey.

 

Imogen and Izzy holding the cup Wales won against Tonga.

Here is everyone: les Français et les Gallois devant le stade!

We then made our way to le château de Cardiff where we had a tour.

Voilà le groupe gallois! Ils s'amusent!

Here is the bandana gang!

Connor in the stocks! 

Our final activity of the day was bowling where high spirits abounded. 

The winner of the bowling was Lila May, one of our French guests who racked up an impressive score of 122.

Just time for a quick game of air hockey before we left. Very competitive!

Thank you, merci to Cowbridge students for your great company!

French exchange news

After an action packed weekend en famille including swimming, ice skating, cricket, and going to the beach our French friends visited Big Pit today and had a great time.

La cuisine et un cours de gallois

Here are the French students enjoying their cooking and their Welsh lesson with Mrs Evans. Diolch Mrs Evans. Merci beaucoup. Thank you to Mrs Pullen and the DT department for helping out with baking the fairy cakes!

Here is our language assistant Anne-Cécile helping with the cakes too!

Berlin 2015 Day 2

We started our day with a visit to the Jewish museum. Pupils went out and walked in the Garden of Exile to experience similar feelings of isolation as those Jews forced to flee their country for safety. The exhibitions in the museum were extremely moving. 

The rest of the day was jam-packed. We went to Plötzensee memorial, and then to the Brandenburg Gate. 

(If you look carefully, just above Hanä's head you can see the Fernsehturm, the Berlin  TV Tower!) 

The Jewish memorial, just opposite Tiergarten. 

The Brandenburg Gate 

Mr Ling makes a friend in the Hauptstadt..

At checkpoint Charlie 

And dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe! 

Friday's events on the exchange

After a smooth journey over the French exchange students arrived safe and sound on Thursday. 

Friday has got under way very well with a welcome event in the hall including performances by Tom Wood and Rhys Potter on the piano, Izzy Lynn and Abbie Johnson with a saxophone and piano duet, Connor Stratton on the drums and a very impressive goodwill message read by Rhys Potter, Jack Jenner, Imogen Marlor, Connor Stratton, Ffion McNamee, and Linea Stenlund-Roderick in a trilingual combination of French, English and Welsh. 

The French students also sang us a song based on the track "breakfast in America".

French students are currently cooking and doing a quiz to find their way around the school!

More to follow soon........

Mrs Thelwell takes on Frau Merkel!

Here is Mrs Thelwell sitting in Angela Merkel's reserved seat at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. We think she looks quite at home! 

German/History Trip to Berlin 2015

Wir sind hier! 62 pupils from years 10, 11, 12 and 13 are visiting Berlin until Sunday. 

First on the itinerary is a trip to the world famous Olympic Stadium, built for the 1936 Olympic Games. 

More posts to follow over the next few days, so watch this space! 

L'échange commence jeudi! - Les Français arrivent!

Our French exchange guests arrive on Thursday and we are excited to welcome them to beautiful pays de Galles!

They sent us a video message to say hello before their arrival! Enjoy!

7.4 - Puppet pals creativity en français

Since the start of Year 7, all Year 7 classes have been focussing on the important verbs "to be" - être and "to have" - avoir and using these verbs to describe their personality, nationality, hair and eyes, age and pets.

Last week 7.4 did a brilliant job creating fun conversations on the iPads using the app puppet pals! Here are some of their efforts! Très bien 7.4. Madame Green est très impressionnée!

 

A Level German film workshop

Today our Year 13 German pupils went to Cardiff Univeristy for a seminar on the film 'Goodbye Lenin'.

The film, which features in the pupils' final A2 exam, is about a family at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall. 

Pupils enjoyed a taster of university life next year, and it was thoroughly enjoyable and very informative. 

Many thanks to Routes into Languages for organising this language workshop.