Onwards - July 2012 - South Wilts Grammar School for Girls
Onwards - July 2012 - South Wilts Grammar School for Girls
Onwards - July 2012 - South Wilts Grammar School for Girls
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ONWARDS<br />
Olympic themed bake-off<br />
On 21st May, we set off to <strong>Wilts</strong>hire College <strong>for</strong> an Olympic themed bake-off. We were one of<br />
three teams there. We started at around 11.10am, and finished at 2.20pm.<br />
Each team had to create a choux pastry dish, a large cake, and a fancy item. Our team made<br />
profiteroles with Eton Mess inside, a three tier cake and mini lemon meringue pies. It was a lot<br />
of fun, but slightly scary when<br />
the judges came round during<br />
the cooking. When we had all<br />
finished, we had lunch, and the<br />
results were announced at<br />
3pm. Our team didn't win the<br />
team prize, but I won the Best<br />
Dish prize <strong>for</strong> my lemon<br />
meringue pies.<br />
We all received a Mary Berry<br />
Cakes and Bakes book, a £5<br />
Reeves voucher and a<br />
certificate. The day was really<br />
fun, and I loved doing it. (Lucy<br />
Cunningham 10E)<br />
Year 7 trip to Germany<br />
After learning German <strong>for</strong> a year, two year 7 classes headed off <strong>for</strong> five days in Traben<br />
Trarbach, Germany. The first day was spent on the coach, playing games, chatting and<br />
snoozing. When we finally arrived, bed was a welcome sight! The hotel was idyllic, situated in<br />
true German countryside with vineyards, fields and orchards.<br />
The local town, Traben Trarbach, seemed to have stepped out of a stage set with all its rural<br />
architecture and character. During the following three days we visited a gem museum, a<br />
vineyard, an animal park, a theme park and several picturesque villages and enjoyed a boat<br />
ride.<br />
Being able to go and explore the villages independently with friends was great fun whilst<br />
competing to speak as much German as possible! A real giggle and my favourite aspect of the<br />
trip! Let me tell you though, the German people are very keen to speak English too! Rosie T.<br />
said that her favourite bit was “All the different ice creams!”. The Germans are famous <strong>for</strong> their<br />
Spaghetti Ice and flavoured<br />
ice creams so this was<br />
heaven <strong>for</strong> most of us! Just<br />
how much ice cream can a<br />
year 7 eat?!<br />
Through all of this we made<br />
new friends from the other<br />
class, improved our<br />
German and had fun, all at<br />
the same time! It was a<br />
truly amazing experience<br />
and to be able to go with all<br />
your friends was brilliant.<br />
So thank you so much to all<br />
the teachers who made this<br />
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