Primary Latin Reading
Competition.
This week we were thrilled to welcome Year 6 students from local primary schools for a day of learning Latin and our inaugural Primary Latin Reading Competiton, organised by Mr Fisher. Students arrived with no prior knowledge of Latin. They learned some essential grammar, translated a story from Latin into English, and prepared and performed an adaptation of 'tres porci parvi' in Latin, as well as enjoying a film on Ancient Egypt in the Planetarium.
Students competed in their performances, judged on their accuracy and expression of Latin. Those from Goldsworth Primary and The Hermitage performed admirably, with some thoughtful characterisation, but St John's Primary clinched the win with their staging and intonation, and we look forward to bringing them with our own students to the Guildford Latin Reading Competition next month.
To begin the day having no knowledge of a language and end it with a convincing performance in that language is very impressive and we applaud the enthusiasm and resilience of these young students. We know that a few of them will be joining us in September and we can't wait!
ad WCSC Latinam amamus
Blood and Circulation
Mr Gunnoo has been using practical resources with 11C1 in order to recap the biology GCSE topic "Blood and Circulation".
The students built arteries, veins and capillaries as part of their deeper understanding of the circulatory system; with the emphasis on the differences between them.
