2012 School Magazine

In^ Although Latin 15 a dead language. it certainly comes to I In our classroom. I especially enjoyed eating like a Roman for a lesson as it combined two of my favourite things eating and Latin

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ISABELLA BusBY IBMl

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Chinese is a really interesting and fun subject to study. We do many fun activities that help us Iea ur vocabulary and doing that makes it enjoyable and easier to pick up.

CLAUDIA TJIN 18Ml

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Salve! Year 9 Latin this year has been very interesting. We have learned so much from vocabulary to verb endings as well as increasing our general knowledge of antiquity

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ELISABETH TRUSLER 19Bj

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Our focus is mainly on travelling in China. and learning about the Chinese culture. We have been given different study techniques such as weekly VDCab tests. revision booklets. writing practise and accounts on a new website that reminds us to revise our vocab

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ALEXANDRA CRILLY110El

I particularly enjoyed the poetry unit as this was bot new and exciting. We also went on an excursion to The University of Queensland where we expanded o knowledge of Roman culture and history

When I walk into the Chinese classroom a part of my brain suddenly wakes up and does a workout. This part of my brain I refer to as the 'Chinese zone' where all of my brains cells train and practise recognising characters and understanding them. enabling me to speak these words out loud

CARA MCKELVIE110Bl

EMILY MCCORMICK 111Ml

We've been studying issues like the environment. plans for when we finish school and high school issues. It's been really interesting actually using classroom study to talk about things that are happening in real life

RACHEL VAN BAARLE 112Ml

Translating Virgil and Cicero this year has been challenging but engaging. I particularly enjoyed learning about the political context of Cicero's work

KATE JEREMYj12El

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