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Language Awareness Week

Language Awareness WeekWe celebrated languages at YHS during Language Awareness Week (April 22 – 26). There were several activities held during the senior school lunch hour:

On Monday, there was a “Café des Langues”. Students helped make and eat crepes, nachos and listened to some songs in English, French and Spanish performed by one of our Gr.9 students. On Tuesday, there was a Karaoke Lunch. One of our Gr.10 students worked hard to put together a list of the songs to sing in French, Spanish and other languages. On Wednesday, there were treats and two short movies, one in French and one in Spanish (with subtitles). On Thursday, there were board games: Monopoly, Scrabble, cards and many more in another languages. On Friday, was the final event: a fashion show to display a French or Spanish accessory. Prizes for the best accessory!

Watch this video of our students (including junior students) & staff talking about languages:

Sr. Science Teachers get in to the spirit of Language Awareness Week
Sr. Science Teachers get in to the spirit of Language Awareness Week
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Dancing to the Beat of a Different Drum

Grade 3 French African Drumming
Grade 3 French learns the “Djembe” with Fana Soro, an internationally acclaimed African musician from the Ivory Coast. Click for more photos!

Just before the Winter Break, the Grade 3’s had the privilege to learn some African drumming from Fana Soro, an internationally acclaimed musician from the Ivory Coast, West Africa.

Ever since the Grade 3’s studied a French play that takes place in Africa, they’ve jumped in to the amazing world of African culture – especially West Africa as most of the countries there are French-speaking.

The workshop conducted by Fana Soro was in both French and English. The girls had many questions for Fana about his life on the Ivory Coast, including such gems as “do you have an elephant?”

Part of the French program is to learn about French-speaking countries around the world. This workshop allowed the girls to use French to communicate with someone from another country. They also learned how to play the “djembe” (African drum), and dance and sing along with the music. Great fun for a Monday morning!

See more photos here.