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Third Form pupils studying Japanese had an unforgettable experience as Mark Alcock from Taiko Meantime led an energetic Japanese drumming workshop! π₯
A fantastic way to explore #JapaneseCulture through rhythm and movement!
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Last week, Second Form students visited Brussels and participated in the Nuremberg Exchange. Highlights included a tour of Mini Europe, Selbaduskirche, and a medieval defense workshop at Cadolzburg Castle. #WhitgiftLanguages #WhitgiftTrips
Last week, Lower First Form students participated in a British Sign Language Awareness lesson with Mohammed Ali (BSL Boxer from @SignSayUK). They learned how to sign the alphabet, their names, and famous London landmarks like London Bridge. #WhitgiftLanguages
Last week, students from St Joseph-La Salle in Toulouse embarked on a one-week language exchange trip to Whitgift. Fourth Form pupils, engaged in French studies, honed their language skills and introduced their exchange partner to British culture. #WhitgiftLanguages
Congratulations to Thomas, Alexander, William, and Scofield (Lower Sixth Formers) for their Bronze awards in the UK Linguistics Olympiad (UKLO), where participants solve challenging linguistics puzzles. #WhitgiftLanguages @UKLingOlympiad
Mr Ma (Head of Chinese) has been collecting New Year's wishes to share with those celebrating #ChineseNewYear.π
Stay tuned for more video content from the #WhitgiftChinese department.
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Yesterday, Whitgift hosted a study trip for 10 members from the education sector of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea. They observed Korean lessons, had a tour of the School and listened to an overview of the Korean provision at Whitgift. #WhitgiftLanguages #νκ΅ #νκ΅μΈ
During Half Term the Languages department went on exchange trips to Urawa, Japan and Valencia, Spain.
Students had the opportunity to explore a new destination whilst brushing up on their language skills. π―π΅ πͺπΈ #WhitgiftLanguages #Urawa #Valencia
In Mr Chen's (Teacher of Spanish and Chinese) First Form Spanish class, you'll often hear them singing two songs in Spanish before their lesson begins.
Can you figure out what they're singing about?
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Whitgift recently hosted Japanese exchange students from Urawa International School. Students in Fourth to Sixth Form from both schools swapped their native languages for a week of deepening their linguistic abilities! #WhitgiftLanguages #WhitgiftAcademic
Last week, Fourth Form students studying Greek visited the 'Alexander the Great' exhibition at the British Library. It explored how the myth of Alexander the Great has influenced different cultures over centuries. #WhitgiftLanguages #WhitgiftTrips
Third Form Japanese students just finished a fantastic Taiko drumming workshop led by @taikomeantime troop leader Mark Alock. The energy in the room was electric as they learned traditional rhythms and performed as a group! #taiko #Whitgiftlanguages
Last Thursday, four Lower Sixth Formers attended an event organised by Birkbeck University's Japan Society, which offered students a chance to sample some engaging and stimulating cultural workshops and lectures. #WhitgiftSixthForm #WhitgiftLanguages
Students are practising writing Chinese characters using traditional Chinese brushes and creating name badges in Japanese script in Whitgift's Oriental Languages room. #WhitgiftLanguages #WhitgiftOpenEvening2022
Our Lower Sixth linguists tackled head-scratching brain-teasers based on obscure languages in the UK Linguistics Olympiad recently. Well done to bronze medalists Oscar G, Artyom, Oscar R, Daniel, Finn and Stefan for this impressive feat! #UKLO #WhitgiftLanguages
Congratulations to Third Former, Oliver, whose description of the mythical Alpine creature βder Wolpertingerβ won joint place for his age group in the Oxford German Olympiad, run and judged by professors and language specialists at the @UniofOxford.
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During lockdown, First Formers studying French started a pen pal scheme with a school in Morez, North-East France, Collège Pierre Hyacinthe Cazeaux. Here is a montage of some of the letters received. #WhitgiftFrench #WhitgiftLanguages #PenPal
This year, 12 brave Whitgift pupils took part in The UK Linguistics Olympiad, a fiendishly difficult languages competition, with 6 of them securing medals. Amazing result! Read more here: https://t.co/f4xQ7U92lP #WhitgiftLanguages
Congratulations to Jack, Isaiah and Eoin who won first, second, and third places in the Sixth Form Spanish Conjugation Cup. Well done to all students who took part. #WhitgiftLanguages #WhitgiftSixthForm
A special mention to our 21 OWs who begin languages degrees this month! 50% of current Sixth Formers are studying a language too - we hope some will follow in your footsteps! #EuropeanDayofLanguages #GoodLuck #BonneChance #VielGluck #BuonaFortuna #BuenaSuerte #WhitgiftLanguages
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