DG Newsletter Autumn 2012.pdf - Deptford Green School

LA COUTRE FRANCAISE:
FRENCH FASHION SHOW
French teachers were away on the French home stay with
Year 10 at the time of going to print, but before that they
were able to tell us about a few of their fun lessons. For
instance a French fashion show was organised with Year 9
students to make the learning of ‘the clothes’ topic more
interactive and to enable them to practice the target language
for real. Students worked in small groups and prepared
the description of their chosen outfit. On the day
they all became top models on the catwalk and also had
to describe their partner’s outfit to the audience while being
judged by their classmates (look, walk and description
of clothes). The winning student was Alvin Tuitt who was
amazing on stage; he was one of a kind during the performance
closely followed by Kalim Osikoya. Bravo les garçons!
Everone all learnt a lot from the presentations and would
like to give special thanks to the Drama department for the
fabulous clothes, to Cherish Or and Amber Deroche, our
Year 10 photographers of the event, and to Mr Brunoir for the music and his assistance in organising
the event.
A group of Year 9 students also had the chance to visit the Institut Français in South Kensington in preparation
for their GCSE course next year. Pupils were introduced to all that the Institut has to offer; they
were given a tour of the fascinating multimedia library, followed by a presentation and quiz about the
history of French Cinema. After lunch and some delicious French pastries, we enjoyed a private screening
of the film Les Enfants de Timpelbach in the amazing new cinema. Students had a great day, and
were invited to visit the Institut again in the future.
TRANSITION
ACTIVITIES
A number of Year 7 Transition pupils went on
an exciting trip to Macaroni Wood in Gloucestershire
this term. Activities included cooking
a barbecue (and washing up!), a nightwalk and
mountain biking. Pupils also built their own
shelters, using techniques learnt, bizarrely, in
their English lessons. Everyone had a great time!
SPELLING BEE
On Friday 6th July, students in Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 took part in the second annual Spelling Bee. Students
and teachers were extremely impressed with the amount of hard work the contestants had put into
learning the words.
The competition, which ends with two finalists, had some tremendous feedback from the students
themselves. Kelly Aho in Year 10 was the overall winner getting herself an Amazon Kindle.
Kelly said “The “Spelling Bee’ really helps to get the words in your brain, and even the ones you don’t
think you know, you do. The final round really puts you under pressure though!”