21 May - Laude San Pedro International College
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Secondary School Weekly Bulletin Monday <strong>21</strong> st <strong>May</strong> – Volume 1, Issue 28<br />
will be of benefit to the businesses<br />
concerned.<br />
If you would like to offer a placement<br />
or you would like more information<br />
please contact me by email:<br />
m.roberts@laudesanpedro.com<br />
Michelle Roberts (Humanities<br />
Department)<br />
The Black Death was one of the most<br />
devastating diseases in human<br />
history. Black Death is estimated to<br />
have killed 30–60 percent of Europe's<br />
population, reducing world<br />
population from an estimated<br />
450 million to between 350 and<br />
375 million in the 14th century. The<br />
aftermath of the plague created a<br />
series of religious, social and<br />
economic upheavals, which had<br />
profound effects on the course of<br />
history. It took 150 years for Europe's<br />
population to recover.<br />
This week, Year 7s have been<br />
studying the origins, causes,<br />
symptoms and medieval attitudes to<br />
this disease. As homework for next<br />
Wednesday, they will imagine they<br />
have been asked to create a TV advert<br />
for one of the Black Death remedies<br />
and cures. They will prepare a short<br />
role play in groups of 2 or 3<br />
demonstrating the power healing<br />
properties of their chosen Black Death<br />
cure. They will present their role plays<br />
next lesson.<br />
Mr. F. Marcos – Head of Humanities<br />
We are very much looking forward to<br />
seeing our year 10 students embark<br />
upon their Work Observation Week,<br />
scheduled for the 18th – 22 nd June<br />
inclusive (the week after they have<br />
completed their end of year exams).<br />
Our work experience component has<br />
been a huge success over the last<br />
couple of years offering students a<br />
very real opportunity to begin to<br />
consider and solidify plans for their<br />
higher studies and eventual working<br />
life. Students have had very positive<br />
experiences in a variety of placements<br />
and employers have been very<br />
impressed with our students.<br />
As far as possible, the placements<br />
have been organised by the students<br />
and their families and they have<br />
been encouraged to choose their<br />
placement based on their interests<br />
and possible future careers.<br />
However, with a growing secondary<br />
school we are keen to secure some<br />
new and exciting placements for our<br />
students.<br />
If you feel you would be able to offer<br />
a work observation placement<br />
through your own business we would<br />
be very grateful. Students would<br />
spend the week observing and<br />
carrying out tasks where possible;<br />
they are not allowed to receive<br />
payment and we hope that their input<br />
At <strong>Laude</strong> we love telling our students<br />
how well they are doing and that is<br />
why we give them subject awards<br />
every month. Our Modern Foreign<br />
Language star this month was Dalia<br />
Houssrey, a student who really<br />
enjoys learning French and who does<br />
anything she can to use it at all<br />
times. We have interviewed her to<br />
find out more about this “francophile”<br />
and her tips for good language<br />
learning.<br />
• MFL Dpt: When did you start<br />
learning French<br />
• Dalia: A year and a half ago<br />
although it has always been<br />
present in my life. I was born<br />
in French Canada and some<br />
of my family speaks it<br />
fluently.<br />
• MFL Dpt: What is your trick<br />
to learn new vocabulary<br />
• Dalia: I don’t really find it<br />
difficult. Sometimes I read<br />
the list through and then<br />
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cover the words to check<br />
that I know them.<br />
• MFL Dpt: Have you had many<br />
chances to use French Do<br />
you find it useful<br />
• Dalia: Yes, in Quebec, French<br />
Canada, everybody speaks it,<br />
not only in France. I’ve used<br />
it there a lot.<br />
• What advice would you give<br />
to people who are thinking of<br />
learning the language<br />
• Dalia: I would say to them<br />
that it is fun, it sounds nice<br />
and it is not as difficult as it<br />
seems, especially if you know<br />
Spanish or are studying it you<br />
will find it much easier as<br />
many words are similar or<br />
nearly the same. You can also<br />
listen to French music or<br />
watch some French films and<br />
this will really help you.<br />
Mr. S.Ortiz – Head of MFL<br />
The Maths Department would<br />
like to ask for donations for our<br />
Bottle Tombola at the <strong>May</strong> Fair.<br />
If you can spare a bottle of drink,<br />
e.g. Coke, Wine, Spirits, even<br />
Squash, then please either leave it<br />
at Reception or give it to Mr.<br />
MacInnes.<br />
We will happily accept<br />
donations right up to the end of<br />
the school day on Friday. We<br />
really appreciate your support.<br />
Mr. Iain MacInnes – Maths<br />
Department<br />
The Costa del Sol<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>College</strong>s<br />
Athletics Championship<br />
The Athletics Championship was one<br />
of the biggest inter school events held<br />
on the Costa del Sol, with 12<br />
<strong>International</strong> schools participating.<br />
Congratulations to <strong>Laude</strong> for taking<br />
4 th place, it was a great achievement<br />
and a memorable experience for all<br />
our students.<br />
Well done to our gold medal<br />
winners, Markian Benhamou - 800m,<br />
Javier Flood -100m, Cesar Gonzalez -<br />
Triple Jump and Ella Petersen - High<br />
Jump.<br />
Miss O.Garcia - Head of PE<br />
<strong>Laude</strong> Students Work<br />
Published in Global<br />
Poetry Anthology<br />
The Maths Department would<br />
like to congratulate Álvaro Páez,<br />
Markian Benhamou, Natalia<br />
Mirón and Marcos Díaz for<br />
topping the school in their<br />
respective year groups in the<br />
assessment tests we ran on<br />
Monday.<br />
These students are certainly<br />
setting the standard for the others<br />
to follow - well done!<br />
Mr. Paul Teale – Head of Maths<br />
The Athletics Championship held in<br />
Benalmadena was a magnificent and<br />
successful event. It gave hundreds of<br />
children the opportunity to compete<br />
against each other with a spirit of<br />
determination and a high level of<br />
performance.<br />
Once again our talented Key Stage 3<br />
students have excelled in the latest<br />
Young Writers’ Poetry Competition.<br />
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The successful entrants have had<br />
their work published and the<br />
resulting anthology ‘Express Yourself’<br />
includes poems from across the<br />
globe.<br />
Indeed ‘Express Yourself’ is a<br />
showcase for secondary pupils to<br />
share their creativity and inspiration<br />
and features themes including<br />
touching accounts of friendship and<br />
family to humorous rhymes on the<br />
trials of being young: each poem is a<br />
unique portrait of the thoughts and<br />
feelings of our young writers.<br />
Furthermore, seeing their work in<br />
print is highly motivating and will<br />
definitely encourage students to<br />
keep on writing.<br />
Congratulations to the following<br />
students who produced outstanding<br />
work : Daria Stepanova, Millie<br />
Sprenger, Jade Ma Orefici, Cesar<br />
Gonzalez Prados, Miranda Estradas,<br />
Ryan Boswell and India Rose Sockett.<br />
Heather Palmer - Head of English<br />
APRIL STUDENTS OF THE<br />
MONTH<br />
The following students were<br />
rewarded for their achievements in all<br />
different subjects:<br />
AIDAN MUNRO<br />
ARIELLE NEUHAUS<br />
IVAN BARRANCO<br />
ROSA AVILEZ<br />
ÁLVARO PRADA<br />
MARCOS DÍAZ BAJO<br />
LIAM MADDISON<br />
NATALIA MIRÓN<br />
ANDRÉS MORILLAS<br />
ELENA PEEL<br />
KIRILL RALIN<br />
ÁLVARO ANTON<br />
CAMILA DOMINGUEZ<br />
LARINA BRINNING<br />
VLAD ISKAKOV<br />
DALIA HOUSSREY<br />
Congratulations to all of you!!<br />
OLYMPIC LEARNER<br />
COMPETITION<br />
The Olympic Learner competition,<br />
initiated a couple of months ago in<br />
Secondary, came to its conclusion<br />
last Thursday morning in assembly,<br />
when all 35 winners were given the<br />
chance to enter the Prize draw.<br />
The lucky students pictured above<br />
were the 16 students to have their<br />
name randomly drawn from the<br />
“Prize box”. Each of them was asked<br />
to choose their favourite prize from a<br />
list. The excitement levels reached an<br />
all time high during this long awaited<br />
event!<br />
All teachers at <strong>Laude</strong> join me to give a<br />
very warm congratulation to all 35<br />
Secondary students (listed below)<br />
who completed our 2012 Olympic<br />
learning Challenge!<br />
Alexander Burgers<br />
Mr. C. Marchand – Head of Secondary<br />
Larina Brinning<br />
Megi Tsintsadze<br />
Ivan Barranco<br />
Arielle Neuhaus<br />
Eden Akalley<br />
Last Thursday in assembly, we<br />
celebrated our April Star Students<br />
(pictured above).<br />
Marco Abisdris<br />
Josh Martin<br />
Joel Aplin<br />
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Margarita Zurabjane<br />
Davald Brinning<br />
Kalina Benhamou<br />
Julia Pietras<br />
Anna Lisa Rass<br />
Ryan Boswell<br />
Neil Rayan Boussaid<br />
Markian Benhamou<br />
María Cañones<br />
Natalia Mirón<br />
Alexandra Parschakova<br />
STUDENT NEWS<br />
Boris Baklanov<br />
Alexander Burgers<br />
Adam ElAlami<br />
Rayssa Da Silva<br />
Daria Stepenova<br />
Milo Mitchell<br />
Nur El Alami<br />
Guo Fan Jiang<br />
Yana Rovner<br />
Marcos Díaz Bajo<br />
Hugo Ducret<br />
Nicole Bhimji<br />
Josh Strutton<br />
Mr. C. Marchand – Head of Secondary<br />
Latest News from Chelsea; London!<br />
Louis Alexander contacted us last<br />
week to update us on his recent move<br />
to London.<br />
Louis, after one month in his new<br />
school, has integrated very well and<br />
is no less that top of his class!!<br />
Debbie, Louis´ mother wrote to thank<br />
the teaching staff of the Secondary<br />
School at <strong>Laude</strong> for having given Louis<br />
all the tools he will need, both<br />
academically and socially, to adapt to<br />
his new environment.<br />
All of Louis’ friends as well as his<br />
teachers join me to congratulate him<br />
and to tell how we cannot wait to<br />
see him again, on his next trip to <strong>San</strong><br />
<strong>Pedro</strong>!<br />
Mr. C. Marchand – Head of Secondary<br />
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