Y6 Classics morning at SHS

Y6 had a super visit to SHS today for a Classics morning where they experienced some higher level Latin. They started with an online vocabulary competition, followed by super acting of a newly learnt Greek myth and ended with some Latin root word competitions in groups. A great transition time for the girls attending Stamford in September too. Bene!

Las Torrejas Y5

As part of their La Comida topic, Y5 have been making Las Torrejas over the fire in Forest school.

We translated a Spanish recipe using our food knowledge and then used eggs, milk, bread, sugar and cinnamon to cook them over the fire. It was delicious to taste and try this traditional, Easter, Spanish breakfasts. Me gusta mucho.

Y6 Fiesta time...

After learning about Fiestas across Spain, Y6 hosted their own fiesta.

We learned traditional party games like frio caliente! As well as the chocolate clapping game.

Afterwards, we tasted different Spanish foods including salsa, tortilla, queso manchego, chorizo and Spanish flans and danced to Spanish music.

Me gusta mucho.

Y6 Spanish presenting the weather

Look at Y6 presenting their Spanish weather forecasts. They had to write and then present using their newly learnt weather phrases. Muy Bien. El tiempo hoy...hace frio!

Y5 Spanish fiesta

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As part of their ‘fiesta’ topic, Y5 have immersed themselves in their very own Fiesta! They tried traditional Spanish foods including el chorizo, las tortillas, la salsa, la guacamole y las patatas bravas! After giving their opinions, they then played the traditional Spanish game of Piñata! Muy Bien!

Spanish forest school Y6

Y6 traditional cooking Spanish Paella over the fire.We used a Spanish recipe to translate key words including cooking instructions, ingredients and colours. Everybody worked as a team to add the verduras in slowly (pasito!) and let the rice (arroz) bubble slowly over the fire. We also discussed other paella recipes and differences we could make e.g. by adding seafood or chorizo.After it had cooked, we were able to try the Paella and give our opinions in Spanish. Me gusta mucho! Lots of us then took the recipes home to try again.

Les Super Six

Congratulations to our new Super Six for 2018-19!
Lottie Parker, Eshan Shah, Owen Nazuruk Wheeler, Holly Potts, Holly Haynes and Flo Cavaciuti!
We look forward to all the exciting language tasks you will prepare this year.

Classics morning at Copthill

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Y6 Classics morning

Year 6 had a fabulous morning with the Latin pupils from SHS completing lots of different classics activities together. We started the morning with a Harry Potter based Latin challenge, using Latin roots to understand the effects of spells and learn more about the characters’ names. Following this, Y6 were set to work with Roman Numerals, watching Mr Thomas chisel wood to demonstrate why numerals were the shapes they were and then completing different problem solving tasks. Later in the morning, we studied the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, evaluated Greek pottery and how the Ancient Greeks used these to tell stories before creating our very own versions. We finished the morning in the Classics garden in the (almost Rome-like) sunshine. Bene!

Y6 French Soirée

Yesterday the Y6 pupils and their parents enjoyed a French Soirée evening. Y6  did some French role play to show their language learning this year and shared their memories of the trip before having chance to talk to their parents over some French food and wine (for the grown-ups!)
C'était une très bon soir!

Spring Term Language medal winners

Congratulations to our upper school, Spring term language medal winners:

Y4- Florence Cavaciuti

Y5- Peyton Turner

Y6- Eloise Walker

What a fantastic term of French, Spanish and Latin!

Open day fun!

Open day languages morning 1^st February 2018

Les Super six plus 6 other Y5/6 language stars had an excellent morning of languages activities as part of open day.

We split into groups of 2 and 3 to complete 6 different activities including:

-          French board games

-          Making our own French/Spanish recipe books in the target language as part of this term’s challenge project

-          Chrome book language online challenges (including vocab express and duolingo)

-           French Café role play (avec berets and French euros!)

-          Designing and describing crazy Spanish monsters

-          Introductions to Latin with minimus mouse- super adjective and Latin root work

A super morning! Bien! You all worked so hard with your language writing, reading and most importantly had fun speaking French and Spanish!