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The school's Explorer Scout Unit will be taxing the little grey cells again on Friday 21st April. First questions posed at 7.30pm. Join us (teams of 6 please - senior & junior sections) in the school hall for what promises to be an enjoyable, entertaining, memorable and memory stretching evening.
This time we will be raising funds for the Scout World Jamboree, PMM School in Uganda & Cobalt Appeal Fund.
Many thanks to all who supported this successful event! As a result over £325 was raised for the above charities.
Ten sixth form students spent a week in Aachen using their German language skills to the full. Living with their exchange partners' families, they each spent the working day at various places of employment around the city. Dealing with youngsters at various Kindergartens and Grundschule (Junior schools) figured highly in the options taken, although a Fitness Centre and Tierpark (animal park/zoo) also provided fulfilling employment for the whole week. Adam and Gareth, having enjoyed last year's working exchange visit, returned this year and found themselves teaching classes of pupils across the age range at the organising school, Pius Gymnasium, a grammar school.
The work experience exchange visit by our students coincided yet again with a European Project, organised by Herr Norbert Weitz, a senior teacher, philosopher and proponent of the grand European Ideal. This year's project had the theme "Frieden" = "Peace" and the Pius Gymnasium found itself host to groups of 16/17 year old students from Leipzig, Liberec in the Czech Republic, and Versailles. The majority of these students occupied themselves with their partners in a series of workshops arranged by Herr Weitz and the other teachers at Pius; Art, Theatre, Literature, Dance - all means through which the topic of Peace was explored.
The week culminated in several celebrations and parties - official and unofficial!! - as the Pius Gymnasium school celebrated the 50th Anniversary of its founding. A school open day with Fashion Shows, Dance Exhibitions, International Sports Competitions, Big Band and lots of good food(!) put an excellent seal on the week. Highlight for Mr Brown, the Rich's staff member accompanying the English group, was Friday night's Big Band Concert, in which the Pius Big Band, its Junior Swing Band and Veterans Jazz Band all put on excellent and professional sets of music ranging across various styles from Latin, to Rock, to Swing and Big Band Jazz.
Apart from Chris Palmer, who maintained his record of mislaying his passport on school trips abroad, everything went swimmingly well and our students not only had themselves a great time but gained invaluable experience and real life practice in the their use of the German language. After a week of speaking virtually only Deutsch, Mr Brown's only comment on the trip was: "Extra Toll! Ausgezeichnet!!" That just about sums it up really!
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