A team of four French GCSE students from Bruton School for Girls came away victorious last week when they won the Routes into Languages South West Pop Video Competition in their age category.
The girls, Georgie Lewis (score, piano and violin), Harriet Sheves (voice) and Olivia Bishop (video and montage), and Head of Modern Languages Mrs Xaviere Harvey, attended the award ceremony, which was held at the University of Exeter last Wednesday.
This was the culmination of a superb team effort from the girls, who started work on this project back in February when Mrs Harvey challenged them to produce a pop video in their French lessons and Lucía García del Arco, at Bruton School for Girls on a short-stay visit, came up with the lyrics.
The girls were the youngest participants in their age group (15-18 years old) and faced fierce competition as the standard of all participants was high.
Mrs Harvey said, “This success is due credit to the talent and endeavour of the girls. It was a big ask to expect them to produce something that was so far removed from everyday lessons, and they did it with enthusiasm, demonstrating creativity both in their flair for the language and in their musical composition.
I am absolutely thrilled that they won this competition and hope that this will help to further enhance the standard of and enthusiasm for Modern Languages here at Bruton School for Girls,” she added.
Bruton School for Girls are always seeking new ways of cross-referencing the curriculum, of which this is an example. Whilst the team was in Exeter receiving their prize, the Spanish class were heading to Lanzarote on a Geography fieldtrip in which they will also be utilising their language skills with a real sense of purpose. Bruton girls are always up for a challenge and a bit of fun, and the school believes that the Humanities and the Arts are excellent avenues for language practice.
A fellow participant at the competition in the Public Speaking section, Tom Daley, explained via Skype on the day, the relevance of learning Modern Languages and how they have helped him in his diving career so far. These girls are sure to follow his advice!
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