Giggleswick School Languages and Maths Faculty

Independent co-educational boarding and day school for children aged 2 to 18 years, situated in the stunning rural location of the Yorkshire Dales.

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Y8 are hard at work solving the Spanish Escape room tasks in order to save the Magallenic penguins from the clutches of the evil 'Capitán Meneses'!!! @giggschool

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Well done Lillian on her debut organ performance in chapel this evening!Fantastic! #ambition @StyleHouseGigg

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Welcome back to our Y12 linguists from their week in Nyon on the Swiss exchange! Looks like lots of fun was had including Maths lessons in French and German!!🇫🇷🇩🇪🇨🇭@giggschool @PaleyHouse @StyleHouseGigg @CarrHouseGigg

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¡Hasta pronto Madrid! Sadly time to head home but it has been a great trip 🇪🇸 @giggschool

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Now it is time to head downtown and explore central Madrid @giggschool

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The school day started with the raising of the flag ceremony and then it was off to enjoy some churros con chocolate @giggschool

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An afternoon of culture and chess topped off with a visit to the Reina Sofía to see Picasso's 'Guernica' @giggschool

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There was time for a little bit of rowing on the lake in El Retiro @giggschool

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Today has started with a tour of Madrid. @giggschool

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Today was spent with our hosts' entire year group, exploring the magnificent La Granja de San Ildefonso. @giggschool

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The Y10 Spanish Exchange students have arrived safe and sound in Madrid. It was great to meet with our host school's Headmaster and to meet our exchange partners.

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A very busy weekend had by all with visits to Bern, Lausanne, Nestlé headquarters, ice-skating and more! Today’s highlight was a visit to the UN in Geneva, Incroyable!! @giggschool

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After sharing lots of new experiences from our first night with our Swiss exchange families, today was spent in the beautiful town of Vevey - Charlie Chaplin museum, sightseeing and the first glimpse of some winter snow!! #swissexchange2023

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Year 9 Spanish students have been discovering more about the geography, gastronomy and cultural heritage of Latin American countries whilst practising new grammatical structures. The brochures they have produced are 'maravillosos' !!! @giggschool

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This afternoon Hispanic Culture club discussed Arabic influence in Spanish gastronomy before preparing a tasty paella.

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More pictures to follow…but it was a pleasure to welcome two Old Giggleswickians to our game in Vancouver this afternoon.

Both took to the field over 60 and 30 years ago.

#GiggSport⚫️🔴 @giggschool

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Y7 then headed to Crosby beach to Antony Gormley's 'Another Place'

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Year 7 enjoyed their day in Liverpool. It started with a trip to the museum and some karaoke 🎶🎤🎶

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Year 10 prepared a fabulous lunch for themselves - great teamwork saw some delicious dishes served 😊 @giggschool