The Languages Poetry Finals Evening was held on Thursday 19 July in a number of venues throughout the school. It gave boys the opportunity to showcase their talent by reciting poetry in French, German, Italian, Japanese and Latin. The students who achieved first place in each category were presented with a gift card from the Languages Bookshop.

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.

The winners of the 2012 Languages Poetry Competition are:

Year 7 French – Jack Crawford (7/KL)
Year 7 Japanese – Ashutosh Bidkar (7/FL)
Year 7 Latin – Ashutosh Bidkar (7/FL)

Year 8 French – Fletcher Howell (8/JN)
Year 8 Japanese – Elliot Ulm (8/LE)
Year 8 Latin – Sebastian Iannuzzi (8/MO)

Year 9 French – Ashan Karunagaran (9/KL)
Year 9 German – Jeremy Sreejayan (9/KL)
Year 9 Japanese – Fergus McKenna (9/JN)
Year 9 Latin – Saahil Parekh (9/MO)

Year 10 French – Thomas Van Der Welde (10/JN)
Year 10 German – Sebastian Rees (10/PR)
Year 10 Japanese – Michael Choi (10/FL)
Year 10 Latin – Aki Flame (10/KL)

Year 11 French – Franklin Floratos (11/FL)
Year 11German – Christopher Kerr (11/MA)
Year 11 Italian – Benjamin Robinson (11/FL)
Year 11 Japanese – James Ong (11/MA)
Year 11 Latin – Theodore Iannuzzi (11/MO)

Michael Bennett
Head of Languages