Page 4 IN FOCUS Alternative! Colourful! Year 12 and 13 German trip to Berlin: Thursday 17—Sunday 20 February, 2011 Busy! Sehenswert! Full of good memories! Lehrreich! Kalt! Neu! Kosmopolitisch!
Page 5 IN FOCUS Symbolism in Art — Year 10 Art and Design Year 10 Art and Design students have recently completed projects in which they used symbolism to communicate a specific message. This is another example of the finished artworks. For my project, I decided to use the theme of poverty. I want people to realise that while we might have a home and a healthy life, there are many less fortunate people. In my painting, I emphasised the fact that many of us notice these people but choose to ignore them. The girl in my painting, for example, is looking out a window while a homeless boy sits without food or shelter, but the girl Boarding House report Carnaval proved to be interesting and exciting for the boarding students. The three days of celebration saw a wide range of costumes, many parades and an increase in the local population and noise. The weather was almost perfect with dry, sunny and cold days – at the same time last year it was snowing! Activities Most of the Boarders remained in the Boarding House for the Carnaval break. The planned activities included games at the local sports park (including cricket, basketball and football), an in-house movie night, a Carnaval celebration in the common room and a day trip to Aachen in Germany by bus. A bike trip to the fort and a barbecue lunch on our new BBQs rounded off the week-long break. Holiday Breaks The Boarding House will be open for the May holiday break with a planned catering and activities program on offer for students does nothing. Poverty is unfair and unjust and many of us don‘t realise it, but we are all lucky to have been born into comfortable and healthy families. I hope we can all do our part in keeping society equal. Shadi Azari, 10A staying in. A number of boarding students will take the opportunity to travel home during the two week long break. If there are any families who would like to host a boarder for part of the holidays, please email me at doboarding@uwcmaastricht.com As you may have noticed, Latin American Cultural Week has started in our school. All the Latinos have come prepared to show everybody the unique culture of Latin America. Each day this week has shown, chronologically, the historical development of these nations. We started on Monday with pre-colonial times, then moved on Tuesday to the colonies. On Wednesday we showed the development of the new republics and on Thursday, the hectic twentieth century was the main feature. During lunchtime we performed a short play to represent the military governments that controlled the whole Latin American region during much of the 1900s, and the repression, censorship, abuse, terror and fear that people had to cope with. As an additional fact, 24th March is called the ‗Day of Donation of books/magazines If anyone has books or magazines suitable for our ‗Boarding House Library‘ (in either English or Dutch), we would welcome your donation. Mr John Bussenschutt, Director of Boarding The Latinos are coming! Memory‘ in Argentina, as the last and most bloody coup d‘état began on this date on 1976. It lasted eight years, during which time 30 000 people were kidnapped and taken to detention centres from which they never returned. After many years, the people from Argentina have been able to dedicate a day to commemorate the atrocities committed during this period towards innocent people. Another aim of the day is to create awareness in younger generations, in order to avoid a similar scenario in the future. To prove that we are able to recover from bad times, this Friday at 19.00 we will be organising a party at school for all students from years 10 to 13, where we will play cool Latin music and everyone will enjoy the privilege of being LATINO for a day! Andrea Grimaldi, 12D
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