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Traducción de “¡Granados en cielo azul!” by Juan Ramón Jiménez
For the Steven Spender competition, Solène (Year 13) translated the poem “¡Granados en cielo azul!” by Juan Ramón Jiménez. ¡Granados en cielo azul! ¡Granados en cielo azul!¡Calle de los marineros;qué verdes están tus árboles,qué alegre tienes el cielo! ¡Viento ilusorio de mar!¡Calle de los marineros—ojo gris, mechón de oro,rostro florido y moreno!— . La mujer canta… Read more
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汉字的演变
Sonia (Year 12) explores the evolution of Chinese characters in this article, clearly explaining the different stages of development, and the correlating dynasties that they match up with. She goes on to detail the actions of the Chinese government in the 20th century, and why it may be seen as controversial that they simplified the… Read more
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Un’intervista con un filologio
In this article, Anusha (Year 12) interviews Italian university student, Pietro Matassoni, who studies Ancient Philology (the study of the evolution of languages over time) at the University of Bologna. He tells us about his study of this through some of his observations from the course; the ways in which ancient language studies can relate… Read more
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Klasse neun besucht Ludwigsburg
Kohana (Year 9) reflects on her experiences during the recent Year 9 German trip to visit our exchange partners at the Goethe Gymnasium Ludwigsburg. On the weekend of early December, 30 year 9 pupils went on a snowy trip to Ludwigsburg and Heidelberg. We stayed in einem Hotel (which is a hotel!), and over the… Read more
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Vergnügungen
During a Year 8 German poetry competition, students found inspiration in Bertolt Brecht’s poem “Vergnügungen” (Pleasures) and experimented with words to write poems about their favourite things. Frau Venter had an incredibly hard time deciding on the winners but ultimately decided to award the fourth prize to Mia, the third prize to Yutong in 8B,… Read more
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Brecht Project
In May, Year 10 and 12 German students visited the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith to see a modern adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s famous play “Der Gute Mensch von Sezuan” – “The Good Person of Szechwan”. This led to the Brecht Project, in which students came together to reflect on Brecht’s theatre, his challenge of conventions,… Read more
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