Languages News - August 2019

Le Concours de Chanson et Poesie: Alliance Française May 2019

In May of this year, a number of Junior and Middle School students of French represented the school at the Alliance Francaise Song and Poetry competition. The students were required to memorise and recite either a song or a poem. The competition was held at All Saints Anglican School and included a number of schools on the Gold Coast. The presentations were compared with students from the Brisbane area and then overall winners were determined. There were a number of outstanding performances from the girls at St Hilda’s School.

Please see a summary of the main results below:

• Year 3
  • 1^st place Hana Truswell
  • 2^nd place Cameron Arnold

• Year 4
  • 2^nd place Gypsy Sherratt
  • 3^rd place Yve-Noelle Bollinger

• Year 5
  • 2^nd place Clementine Henderson
  • 3^rd place Portia van Twest & Jasmine Hu
• Year 6
  • 2^nd place Sybella Antoine & Brooke Parkin
• Year 7
  • 1^st place Aileen Hu
  • 3^rd place Dior Scholz
• Year 8
  • 3^rd place Xabby Dickinson

Well done also to seven students who were Highly Commended.

Once again, a wonderful performance from our Language students. We congratulate them all and thank Madame Ganet, Mr Shaw, Madame Benzenati and Mr Appelhof for inspiring and encouraging the girls to participate at such a high level in this competition.

MLTAQ Speech Competition Awards 2019

For the past month or so, Language students from Years 4 to 11 have written, memorised and presented their speeches to their teachers in preparation for the annual Modern Language Teachers Association of Queensland’s (MLTAQ) Speech Competition.

The event was held at Griffith University on Sunday 18 August and approximately 40 St Hilda’s students took part. There were over 1,300 students competing, representing a range of schools and languages across the Southeast region of Queensland.

A number of our girls attained places:

French       

• Year 7 – Dior Scholz and Aileen Hu (Highly Commended)
• Year 6 – Brooke Parkin, 5^th Place
• Year 5 – Stephanie Chan (Highly Commended)
• Year 4 – Yve-Noelle Bollinger and Vanessa Lee (Highly Commended)

Japanese

• Year 6 – Lily Jolly 5^th place, Jasmine Situ and Olivia Williams (Highly Commended)
• Year 7 – Mia Perkins, Flora Yang, Areeta Imrose, Audrey Kuk (Highly Commended)
• Year 8 – Jordan Klos, Dayna Whiteley-Hall, Linda He (Highly Commended)
• Year 9 – Ellen Im 1^st place, Irene Im 3^rd place, Caitlin Yeh and Samantha Hon (Highly Commended)
• Year 10 – Atputha Rahavan 3^rd place, Alice Feng (Highly Commended)
• Year 11 – Mia Xie 2^nd place, Miu Fujii (Highly Commended)

Yugambeh section – High School division       

• Edi Licciardi 1^st place
• Anna Tian 2^nd place

This was the first time that the Yugambeh Language has been represented at the MLTAQ Speech Competition. The students were required to memorise and present a passage whilst sitting around an electric campfire. The format was designed to mirror how the language and traditions of indigenous cultures were passed from generation to generation. The competition was judged by elders from the Yugambeh region.

The girls are to be congratulated for their efforts and results.

Chris Dunn
Head of Languages