SPOTLIGHT - Poltair School

SPOTLIGHT
Issue 2 Summer Term
Parents’ Information Newsletter
Friday 22nd April 2016
Modern Foreign Languages
Jordan
What do students learn in MFL?
Year 7 students are finishing off their “Where I live” topic. Students have learnt to say what type
of accommodation they live in, what rooms they have in their house and how to describe their
bedroom in French. Some students will be given an opportunity to look at how people live in La
Réunion, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean.
Students will then move on to sports.
Year 8 are about to embark on a project on Secret Agents! In this topic,
students will investigate how to talk about gadgets in French and will
put their detective skills to the test in an attempt to solve a robbery!
Year 9 are taking a trip down to memory lane and are investigating
how to talk about what they used to be like, to do, to go... in an
attempt to master the imperfect tense!! After all, it is all about making
an impression on those AQA examiners!
Year 10 have embarked on a unit of work looking at tourism in
French speaking countries. They will be investigating famous
French tourist attractions as well as French speaking countries
across the world.
Year 11 French Exam dates
Controlled Assessment – writing will have to be sent to AQA by May 7th
Listening and Reading will take place on May 17th
Egg-citing Opportunity!
During the last week of term, Year 7 pupils were given the opportunity to decorate an Easter
egg. Several pupils came to E4 and did just that. They spent Break 1 on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday having a go at decorating either a real egg or a picture of an Easter egg. They were
able to choose from a variety of equipment, paints and glue. The results were fabulous and it
was very difficult to choose a winner. In the end, Miss Obet chose four winners and they were:
Summer Liddicoat
Courtney Haines
Kateryna Slokefska
Brigita Luinyte
Our four lucky winners received an Easter egg as their prize for such a tremendous effort.
Well done girls and Joyeuses Pâques!
Star Students!
A huge well done to all year 11 pupils who have
completed their controlled assessment and
good luck for the forthcoming exams.
Year 7
Rio Daisy Westaway: fantastic
classwork
Ben Simpson and Harry
Buscombe: Great effort this term
Year 9
Angelina Martin, Elliot Coon,
Abby Rippin: Excellent work,
especially with extended writing
Year 10
Hannah Ward, Harry McCallum,
Kerry Hipwell,
James Richards, Dylan Jones, Alfie
Adams: making great progress
this term
Quiz Time
Translate the words into English to
make the names of TV programmes!
A.
bateau détruit
B.
dix ans plus jeune
C.
comment regarder bon nu
D.
mon nom est comte
E.
huit sur dix chat
F.
le dimanche soir project
G.
docteur qui
H.
l’informatique foule
I.
argent dans le grenier
oeufs têtes
J.
Drop your answers in the “letter box”
outside the MFL office (opposite E4) to
get a chance to win a chocolate bar!
Don’t forget to write down your name
and tutor group!
Blague- French Joke
La Maman de Toto lui demande:
Toto’s Mom asks him:
– Alors Toto, tu as appris beaucoup de choses à l’école
aujourd’hui?
– Pas assez en tout cas, ils veulent que j’y retourne
demain.
– So, Toto, did you learn a lot of things at school today?
– Not enough, I guess [literally “anyways”], because they
want me to go back tomorrow.
Poltair 2nd in East Cornwall
On Wednesday 23rd March the year 10 Girls Rugby Team travelled to Liskeard School to
compete in the East Cornwall School’s Rugby Competition. The day consisted of some coaching
in the morning delivered by RFU coaches followed by the games in the afternoon. The team was
led by Lauren Budge as captain for the day who also scored a number of tries, heavily supported
by Kat Wherry who scored a fantastic 6 tries! Not forgetting the other try scorers on the day:
Holly Courtney, Chloe Oliver and Corinne Rockey. This wouldn’t have been possible without the
support from the whole team who put in some truly remarkable tackles and only lost one game
in the entire day. To choose the player of the match is a hard choice to make but it has to go to
Holly Courtney. Holly made some try
saving tackles and carried the ball well
into contact, so a huge congratulations
there. The Poltair Girls finished second
overall in the whole of East Cornwall
and other schools admired their
tenacity and determination displayed
from start to finish. Well done to all
those involved.
Team: Chloe Oliver, Sophie Oliver,
Amber Woodcock, Holly Courtney,
Kerry Hipwell, Kat Wherry, Cita
Prowse, Lauren Budge (C), Corinne
Rockey and Molly Bray.