Grammar Gazette- Issue 2, 1997

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Dutf fro the French Depariment, year year, as Gratinnar fadlies. Atopofalifetimeprovidingcultural BCGS has ties with five schools at the College- yc6e Saint Paui in elmclunent! a holiday of your the present time, in home countries Angou16me, France, has proved the As the students live eat and breathe choice!the chancetomakegreatnew of anthe modemlanguages taught most popular with BGGS in the gram. This private Catholic the language they achieve greater friendshipsinadifferentenvironment here. in Japan, our girls can attend

school has a re urntion for acadeintc fluency and knowledge of it, and excdlence and its co. educational they have the opportunity to assist in system is another appeal to our girls, classrooms to help teach their own Chin Grainmar girls can attend language. Aspects of the cu tore students tend to cherish the most Shanghai s No. 3 Middle School, have been those one reads in which shares a number of common textbooks or learns in a classroom. aspects with BOGS. it is a "key" school, which means that the They are intangible, but also the Chinese Government recognises its most meaningful. Whether they be high academic standard and feelings of personal fulfilment and consequently gives it preference in growth, memories of adjnirable people, or a certatn remembered terms of subsidies. atmosphere, they can only be Whatever country or school is achieved from such a Program.

Etch"rig sade"ts enjoy 6/@ $5 with their Gr",, MMF hosts

and improve language skills, not to litayama Gamen Tsushima Girls' Chosen, exchanges rudents havebeen mention heaps of fun! no, it's not an High School or Mie High School, dazzled by their experiences of life e exc ange sin ents have a good both well known for academic in another country. Fontng unique excuse to rave on and do a song and advertisement for that getaway you friendships with a host family often dance about their own experience in have been planning for years but excellence: the latter also being a co educational brother school of is regarded as one of the most another country, butBGGSitselfhas have never taken, it's something Anglican Chumh Grainmar, which memorable, as they are a temporary reaped rewards from the Program. it much more exciting! naturally adds interest to BGGs replacement for a much-Intssed adds to the global and accepting The Brisbane Girls Grailunar School students. if one has an inclination fadly. Newttiends provide support, natureoftheSchool, whilstproviding Sister School Program has been in towards Gennany one reason being Care and guidance throughout anew itnension of cultural diversity and tolerance. The Sister School existence since the late 1970s. Many for its famous frankfiirts and difficult times for the students, and Onmunar girls as weU as students liveryarst, or sirnp y for the s orig are there to share the good times. rOgram certain y has proven itself Overall, faintlies often find tints eariching in the Grarnmar tradition. from sister and "brother" schools in "flavour" of the languag and cultur various countries have shared this itsdf. thereis Maria-Wachtier Schule. Personally r warding and filmlfuig

An interview By Year 9 M. C. 13. Students Junette Bameau is a young French may eventually return to France. While countries, and woman who recently spent several she has been here she has seen some has found Iha weeks at Brisbane Girls Grammar Australian animals such as kangaroos, she especially School as part of her studies for the koalas, wombats and platypus. She saw likes urkish Diploma of Education at the Uiitversity them at Ih Melbourne and Sydney and Greek cod. I of Queensland. While she was at French fashion zoos. Grammar, we, the Year 9 Multicultural is won famous, Background Class invited her to our Students in France do not wear a and France has a lesson as we were currently studying uniform. Teenagers are given more bigger andwider France and its people. interviewing her freedom in France and are treated ino range of clothes seemed th best way to learn about the like adults than in Australian schools. than Australia French culture firsthand. Students are free to leave the school at Th clothes lunchtime and go home for lunch or eat expensive and Junette told us that she comes from the at a cafe in town. Some students are you have to pay town of Angers, situated on the "demi-pensionnaires" (as she was) and a lot of money beautiful Loin River. Angers is eat ahottlrree-coors lunch at thesehool for goodclothes. particularly known for its tapestries, canteen. The meals are usually quite Fashion and

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castl and its history. The town has a nice and are not expensive.

presentation are Pal, I. with Mrs 10rrruhe 7110"winis, (Sisier School Coordi, jarorj. very Important Dint right. and Ms Dane Ken"edy. (Etc"xio" chaperone). back

modem art to it as well as an old-

fashioned part. Junette said that most On the subject of food, she said that she to the French. righi people stay there all their lives, and loves French food. in Angers, she ate a Kook@i and although it is not far from Paris, they lot of seafood, and some bee but she C@charel are Tower when they go to Paris as it is for onlygothereoccasionally. Itis atypical doesn't hke eating birds such as binnds of clothing which are very the tourists. We found out that the French town where tradition is very chicken, turkey, he asant, quail and popular with young French people. A poodle is not the most popular type of important. it is not multicultoral in pigeon, all of which are very popular in middle price shirt costs about the same pet in France, although dogs are contrastto larger cities such as Toulouse France. She is particularly ond of as in AUStrali although leather shoes generally very popular. The French see and Marseille. Angers has a university, desserts such as ne nottant (meringue are more expensive in Australia than in Australians as very environmentally industries and modem technology in a caramel sauce , Tarts aux Pornrries France. Junette likes wearing Italian aware, particularly in recent years (which is prepared differently from our clothes because of the classic style and Having lived mainly in Melbourne apple tart), chocolate cake and biscuits cut We would like to thank Junette for daring her five years in AUStrali which are very fin in textore such as Ies coming to answer our questions about Junette said that is unusual for a French biscuits naniais. While she has been in On the subject of stereotypes, Junette France. We feel now that w have a person to traveland workin Australia as Australia, as we are such a multicultusal was not keen to talk abou the typical better understanding of the people and it is so far from France. She is enjoying country, Junette has had the opportunity French person. as she said there are so the cultore of France. We hope she living in Australia at the moment, but to try food from many different many eople who do notgo up the Eiffel continues 10 enjoy her stay with us GinftfMAR GAZETTE OCTOBER 1997 - Page 7 Ph0, o8r@ph: John Rowel!