The Languages Poetry Finals Evening was held on Thursday 25 July in a number of venues throughout the school. It gave boys the opportunity to showcase their talent by reciting poetry in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin and Spanish. The students who achieved first place in each category were presented with an  iTunes gift card.

The calibre of this year’s finalists was extraordinary and I would like to thank the Language Staff and parents for their support in this competition.

The aim of the learning a poem provides boys with a challenge, an extension task that takes them often into unfamiliar territory, but at the same time provides students with a real sense of achievement while also learning about different cultures and customs.

The winners of the 2013 Languages Poetry Competition are:

Year 7 Chinese – Jason Archis (7/Mo)

Year 7 French – Nelson Crossley (7/PR)

Year 7 Latin – Jack Alscher (7/FL)

Year 8 French – Lewis Ansell (8/FL)

Year 8 Japanese – James Kolesnyk (8/MO)

Year 8 Latin – Christos Tatsis (8/MO)

Year 9 French – Jeremi Campese (9/MA)

Year 9 Japanese – Elliot Ulm (9/LE)

Year 9 Latin – Marco Stocca (9/LE)

Year 10 French – Justin Ting (10/JN)

Year 10 German – Jeremy Sreejayan (10/KL)

Year 10 Japanese – Liam Ho (10/MO)

Year 10 Latin – Saahil Parekh (10/MO)

Year 11 French – Sam Wood (11/PR)

Year 11German – Erol Gorur (11/LE)

Year 11 Italian – Omar Shadid (11/MO)

Year 11 Japanese – Michael Choi (11/FL)

Year 11 Latin – Matthew Han (11/FL)

Year 11 Spanish – Damien Minguez (11/FL)

Mr Michael Bennett
Head of Languages