2011 School Magazine

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Hearing of this opportunity, a number of Year 10 German students prepared information on a song or a band and recorded their messages in their best German. Their soundbites were uploaded and the relevant music was also attached. They later added 'audio logos' to their repertoire of radio skills which were also broadcast over the radio. It was a buzz to hear a music segment from Brisbane Girls Grammar over the net I.

Germon - Across the Waves The chance to tell others about their favourite songs and singers, to do so In German, and then to have it broadcast across the Internet was a new experience for some of our Year 10 German students, Werner Nowitzki , a passionate supporter of the study of the German language with an awareness of the power of music to inspire young adults, has established a German speaking radio station, Deutsch Radio 24 51eben in New Zealand

Bastille Dog On Friday 29 July, Year 9 French students celebrated Bastille Day with French students of Brisbane Grammar School. Each student was sorted into groups named after numerous places in France. To begin, the students were upstanding for the French national Anthem to Marsei'//arse. This then became a choral competition between the two genders, which the girls obviously dominated. Following this was a French quiz incorporating many questions relating to the general knowledge of France and French History. Next, the students participated in a poster competition using the theme What symbol^Ses France? Finally everyone played a game of French Loto, which was nicely completed with pains au chocolat on the way back to School. Quoting one student "It was a shame about the

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Latin Lecture Dog On Monday 5 August, Year 10 Latin students enjoyed a day of lectures, hands-on workshop activities and a visit to the R. D. Milns Antiquities Museum, organised by Dr Caillan Davenport from the University of Queensland Dr in Stevenson's lecture Hanni'baiand the Second Punic War really aroused the girls' interest. Handling various artefacts relating to Roman Britain, howe er, proved to be a favourite. During our visit to the Museum Dr Amelia Brown introduced students to the reading of Roman inscriptions and tested their Latin skills. The day was rounded off perfectly with a talk by Rebecca Hasking, a Brief ^ogrephy of Latih

I didn't think we would get to handle real ancient artefacts.

LAURA BIRCHALL ( I OH)

The lecture by Dr Stevenson on Hannibal was fantastic and very visual. IAIll. \' it1< GII:1.1. A I\I^ (11/01 The talk on the Biography of Latin by Rebecca Hasking was really interesting and a great finish to the day. TH!;OPC)Ul. A ANGELOS (100)

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