NEWSLETTER events - The Cherwell School
NEWSLETTER events - The Cherwell School
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German<br />
Christmas<br />
Market Trip<br />
2009<br />
93 Year 7 and 8 students accompanied by <strong>Cherwell</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> staff left Oxford in the early hours of Thursday 26th<br />
November to head by coach and ferry to the Christmas<br />
Market in Aachen, Germany. On arrival in Aachen the group<br />
was able to experience the market in its early evening hours<br />
illuminated in uncountable lights and candles. During this<br />
first hour or so students and staff could not only taste the<br />
delicious food but also enjoy the amazing atmosphere with a<br />
live music performance from the local orchestra.<br />
Friday started with breakfast followed by a return coach<br />
journey to Aachen, where the group not only visited the<br />
cathedral and the city centre but also had the chance of<br />
practising their German and exploring the city and the<br />
market even further.<br />
In the early hours of Saturday, the group arrived safely<br />
back home in Oxford and were welcomed by early-woken<br />
parents. <strong>The</strong> students and staff agreed that it was an<br />
experience worth living – and organising!<br />
Mr R Koglbauer (Subject Leader of German;<br />
German Exchange Co-ordinator)<br />
ACP goes<br />
International<br />
As part of the Citizenship GCSE,<br />
all year 10 pupils do an Active<br />
Citizenship Project (ACP) that<br />
involves raising awareness, money<br />
or volunteering time to help out<br />
either our local community or a<br />
global charity.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ACP this year involved<br />
creating a multicultural mural on<br />
South Site to raise awareness<br />
of our partner schools. With Mr<br />
Koglbauer’s help we linked our<br />
ACP to the 30th anniversary of the<br />
<strong>Cherwell</strong> <strong>School</strong>’s partnership with<br />
Peutinger-Gymnasium, Augsburg,<br />
a strong partnership that needs<br />
celebration. It took three days<br />
solid group work in the summer<br />
holidays to complete, before<br />
being taken back to school to be<br />
displayed. With the arrival of the<br />
exchange trip from Germany we<br />
had a mini opening ceremony and<br />
used the occasion to raise money<br />
for furniture for Gcato <strong>School</strong>,<br />
our South African partner school.<br />
We’d like to thank everyone<br />
who has been so helpful and<br />
supportive of the project!<br />
Claire, Eric, Micaela<br />
and Xin, 10RK
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