MEMORIES OF A CHILDHOOD IN EAST GERMANY
Earlier this term, Year 12 German students were lucky enough to have a visit from Grit King, a Waldegrave parent who grew up in East Germany where she lived as a child. She shared all her childhood memories of what it was like to grow up in East Germany under the Socialist Government and at a time when East and West Germany was divided by the Wall. She took time to bring in personal memorabilia which the students looked at with great interest. Thank you so much to Mrs King for sparing the time to come in and share first hand experience of a significant time in German history.
‘THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA’
ARABIC SPEAKING COMPETITION Fourteen students from Year 7 to Year 11 wowed the judges at the British Council and Qatar Foundation International when they took part in the 2023 Arabic Speaking Competition. The event takes place yearly and is a celebration of the Arabic language spoken across secondary schools in the UK, in classrooms and at home. This year’s competition was especially intense with over 300 students participating across the country. Our Waldegrave students put in a lot of preparation and hard work!
Srta Cortés and our Spanish A Level Students ventured into London for an evening of theatrical entertainment after two weeks of completing mock exams. They had a relaxed and joyful Mexican dinner and then headed to the Cervantes Theatre for an intimate showing of the classic 1936 play La casa de Bernarda Alba.
image source: Cervantes Theatre website
Written by the wildly talented, Federico García Lorca only two months before his execution, the story explores the themes of repression, passion and conformity through the depiction of a matriarch’s domination of her five daughters. A perfect finale to an intense fortnight of Mocks!
Congratulations to all fourteen entrants, an incredible effort from everyone!
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