Modern_LanguagesGHS

Official Twitter feed for languages at George Heriot's School. 🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇸🇫🇷🇨🇳

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Congratulations to Calum (S3) for being the Mandarin Scotland Winner of the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators 2024, organised by @QueensCollegeOx

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Higher and AH Mandarin pupils, along with pupils from Dollar and Merchiston, attended the Chinese Immersion Day at Fettes College last week. The day featured workshops, cultural activities and full competitions, including a speaking contest and group challenges 🇨🇳 @Fettes_College

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Day 1 🏫⛪️🥘 today we visited @iesordono, the gothic cathedral with its world famous stained glass windows, followed by an incredible paella with our hosts and families. What a first day ✨ #buenfindesemana @George_Heriots

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And we are off 🛫 vamos 🇪🇸 @George_Heriots @iesordonoii #spanishexchange #intercambio

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Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and German 🇩🇪 pupils had to work together to plan and film two short films, which were then professionally produced at #bavariafilmstudios 🎬🎥🎞📽

Ready to fly home tomorrow - danke #louiseschroedergymnasium für den wunderbaren #austausch 🛫

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A morning spent experiencing lessons at #louiseschroedergymnasium follwed by an afternoon at the Nympenburg Palace #austausch #münchen #ghs 🇩🇪🏫🏰

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Ein wunderbarer Tag @ #magicbavaria taking photos with a taste of Bayern using props, effects and backdrops
🇩🇪🐄🐎🍻🏔🏞📷📸 #austausch #münchen #ghs #lsg

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A visit to the Fuggerei in Augsburg, the world's oldest social housing still in use, follwed by a cheeky döner. Döner macht schöner! 🇩🇪🏘🌯 #austausch #augsburg #münchen #ghs #lsg

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Scavenger hunt through #münchen starting at #marienplatz 🇩🇪🏰⛪️🏢 #austausch #ghs #lsg

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Tour of Louise Schroeder Gymnasium #ghs #lsg #austausch #münchen

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Wir wünschen allen Herioters ein schönes Wochenende bei den Gastfamilien! Die Sonne scheint 😎☀️🇩🇪 #austausch #münchen #ghs #lsg

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Gut gelandet! 🛬

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Auf geht's nach München in den Austausch! 🌍🛩🇩🇪 #austausch #münchen #ghs #lsg

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S3 Italian beginners write about their city. At GHS S3 pupils can start an accelerated N5 language course in Italian,Mandarin or Spanish

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Many thanks to Jared’s beautiful and delicious homemade cookies, S3.3 Mandarin class used them as mooncakes to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival(the Moon Festival). They learnt the story of the Chang’e and how to make moon cakes. They also learnt an ancient piece of Chinese poem!

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It's Maths Week Scotland! Why not mark the occasion in the language class and learn some shapes? @mathsweekscot #MathsWeekScot #languages

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Today we said goodbye to our Spanish partners. There were tears&hugs but excitement for February. Thank you to the wonderful families and staff of @iesordonoii for making our pupils feel like part of their family and for organising such a fabulous week ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇸 ¡hasta febrero!

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Last day in Astorga visiting the Roman ruins, el Palacio Gaudí and the cathedral. So much ancient history in this town, including its chocolate! ⛪️ 🍫

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Another successful day visiting the Cuevas de Valporquero and learning about stalactite formations. Followed by a beautiful walk over the caves to the village of Coladilla which happens to be famous for its frozen yogurt and ice cream 😋 🍦🍨⛰️

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Our fantastic language ambassadors spoke at assembly today about their exchange experiences for European Day of Languages #EDOL #Georgeheriotsschool