{"id":39334,"date":"2023-03-16T10:53:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T10:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhehs.gdst.net\/?p=39334"},"modified":"2023-03-16T22:35:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T22:35:14","slug":"nhehs-hosts-gdst-languages-festival-for-150-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhehs.gdst.net\/nhehs-hosts-gdst-languages-festival-for-150-students\/","title":{"rendered":"NHEHS Hosts GDST Languages Festival for 150+ Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\n
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\"\"We were delighted to welcome 10 schools to our GDST Languages Day last week after a four-year Covid-induced hiatus!<\/p>\n

The theme this year was \u2018Languages Create Adventures\u2019 where we encouraged students to enjoy experiencing the extraordinary sense of adventure that being able to understand and communicate in other languages can give. This sense of adventure can spring from what the French call \u2018d\u00e9paysement,\u2019 leaving one\u2019s own familiar external surroundings; this can occur internally, rejuvenating, even reconfiguring one\u2019s own perception of oneself and one\u2019s place in the world. Often, as literary tour de force Simone de Beauvoir observes, this can occur in a completely unexpected way.<\/p>\n

\u2018Quelque chose <\/span><\/i><\/span>va se d\u00e9voiler: un monde<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

si impr\u00e9vu que je conna\u00eetrai l\u2019extraordinaire aventure<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

de devenir moi-m\u00eame une autre.\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Simone de Beauvoir\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Translation: ‘Something is going to reveal itself: a world, so unexpected that I will discover the extraordinary adventure of becoming myself somebody else’<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"The sense of adventure was embodied by our wonderful keynote speaker, Paula Beegan, who shared how her love of languages opened the door to so many adventures, from studying at Cambridge, UNESCO, international film festivals, to Human Rights Watch and more.<\/p>\n

A day of adventure-filled, multilingual activities followed so students got the chance to perform, be creative and have fun!<\/p>\n

Years 7 and 8 excelled at their French, Spanish, German, Mandarin and Latin Spelling Bees<\/a> before trying to free the world from monolingualism by solving clues in French, German and Spanish together to find the murderer in their Murder Mystery Challenge<\/a>! They also enjoyed a multilingual treasure hunt around school. Year 9 playwrights prepared and performed<\/a> amazingly creative 3 minute plays on the theme of \u2018Unexpected\"\" Encounter\u2019 in French, German, Spanish, Latin or Chinese in front of an audience. Year 10s collaborated across schools<\/a> to make three minute mini-movies on iPads re-imagining an extract of a literary adventure, including pieces by Simone de Beauvoir, Miguel de Cervantes and Bernard Schlink.<\/p>\n

Following the prize-giving, we ended an amazing day with \u2018Ode to Joy<\/a>\u2019 sung in German, Spanish, French and Mandarin by the whole GDST Family!<\/p>\n

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The finale of the #GDSTLanguagesDay<\/a> – \u2018Ode to Joy\u2019 sung in German, Spanish, French & Mandarin! Thanks for taking part @BlackheathHigh<\/a> @bromleyhs<\/a> @NewcastleHigh<\/a> @NorthamptonHigh<\/a> @NorwichHigh<\/a> @putneyhigh<\/a> @RoyalHighBath<\/a> @SuttonHighGirls<\/a> @SydenhamHigh<\/a> @SCHSgdst<\/a> @GDST<\/a> \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 pic.twitter.com\/RqutOnYpeK<\/a><\/p>\n

— NottingHill&Ealing (@nhehs) March 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n