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SPOTLIGHT ON
3. To Feed the Dead, You First Need Pan de Muerto!
The sweet Mexican bread is put on altars to honor, remember and feed dead family members crossing over on Día de los Muertos. This bread of the dead — similar in texture to challah and sprinkled with sugar — is a staple of the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos or the Day of the Dead. The celebration on Nov. 1-2 aims to reunite 33the souls of the dead with the living. We went through the recipe together in class, we watched a video and talked about the ingredients. Then students tried it out at home bringing their results to class! What an amazing way to enjoy the spirit of this typical Mexican celebration!
the souls of the dead with the living. We went through the recipe together in class, we watched a video and talked about the ingredients. Then students tried it out at home bringing their results to class! What an amazing way to enjoy the spirit of this typical Mexican celebration! [Ms Donati]
4. EP Competition Winners
Just before the half term break, Middle and High School students competed in a global language learning competition organised by one of our online learning platforms called ‘Education Perfect’. There were hundreds of international schools from across the globe participating. Our students had fun enhancing their knowledge of mother tongue languages, such as Russian, Chinese and Greek, while competing for learning points in the languages they are learning at school, French, Italian and Spanish.
As a school we earned the following awards:
Italian: 1st overall out of 52 schools
Russian: 2nd overall in Russian out out of 52 schools
Greek: 1st in Greek out of 5 schools
French: 21st overall out of 103 schools
Spanish: 26th overall out of 97 schools
Mandarin Chinese: 28th overall out of 87 schools
Our top student scorers were:
Haowen Ma (Grade 6) - 2003 points
Mika Kedem (Grade 7) - 1767 points
Maria Shishkanova (Grade 7) - 1524 points
Félicitations! ¡Felicidades! Congratulazioni! Συγχαρητήρια! Поздравляю! Prosit! تهانينا! 恭喜 Herzliche Glückwünsche! おめでとう！ยินดีด้วย! Grattis! Macte!
and Greek, while competing for learning points in the languages they are learning at school, French, Italian and Spanish. As a school we earned the following awards:
Italian: 1st overall out of 52 schools
Russian: 2nd overall in Russian out out of 52 schools
Greek: 1st in Greek out of 5 schools
French: 21st overall out of 103 schools
Spanish: 26th overall out of 97 schools
Mandarin Chinese: 28th overall out of 87 schools
Pictured are our MS winners! Félicitations! ¡Felicidades! Congratulazioni! Prosit! Herzliche Glückwünsche! Grattis! Macte
Our top student scorers were:
Haowen Ma (Grade 6) - 2003 points
Mika Kedem (Grade 7) - 1767 points
Maria Shishkanova (Grade 7) - 1524 points
Félicitations! ¡Felicidades! Congratulazioni! Συγχαρητήρια! Поздравляю! Prosit! تهانينا! 恭喜 Herzliche Glückwünsche! おめでとう！ยินดีด้วย! Grattis! Macte!