Felicidad, Alegria
Amelie (Y7) shares her poem in Spanish about happiness and the joy which certain activities give you. Felicidad, Alegría, Cuando cantas o juegas con
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Category: Literature
Translation of Tennyson
Amelie (Y7) has translated into Spanish Tennyson’s famous poem ‘I stood on a tower’ Me paré en una torre bajo la lluvia, Y el Año Nuevo y el Año Viejo se encontraron, Y los vientos rugían y soplaban; Y dije, ‘Oh años que se encuentran entre lágrimas,
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Leaf (Poem)
Alana (Y7) has written her own poem in Irish Gaelic Gan a bheith faoi ghlas ag daoine eile, Ag marcaíocht ar an bhfarraige, Ag breathnú ar chath, ar thruailliú agus ar shaoirse. Tá sí bunúsach, ársa, Ach tá a háilleacht fós ag bláthú, fós óg. Ag treorú daoine eile, Duine feiceálach. Macántacht agus pléisiúr inti. Cara le meas agus le grá. Ach tá sí caillte go mór inti féin, In áit nach gcloiseann aon duine í. Ag cur ceilt ar a saol, Mar fhinné ar an stair, Ag breathnú ar eachtraí uafásacha agus ar thubaistí, Gan aon duine fágtha dá leath féin. Ó, cé mhéad uair a céasadh mé san am atá caite, Le linn cogaí agus blianta claontachta. D’fhéadfadh go leor laethanta a bheith mar
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Languages Week Special : Murdle in Spanish !
Jessie and Alegra (Y..) have created a fantastic Murdle in Spanish, for you to try, with the chance of winning
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Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators – Year 12 entry
Pola (Y12) has done a fantastic translation of L’Incendie by Mohammed Dib (1954) Pola’s Translation: The two men examined the
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La prochaine chose que vous devriez lire
Lara (Y13) shares her favourite French books With this week being world book week, I thought it apt to recommend
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The Answers to My Questions
Archana (Y10) has translated her award winning poem into Tamil. In English: The answers to my questions I asked ammamma
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“Poetry is an exquisite expression of exquisite impressions” Philibert Joseph Roux Reading, analysing, discussing and performing poetry helps us to
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La joie de la lecture
Join Y12 and 13 French students as they read an extract of their favourite book or poem. Do you know
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Man sollte alle Tage wenigstens ein kleines Lied hören, ein gutes Gedicht lesen, ein treffliches Gemälde sehen und, wenn es möglich zu machen wäre, einige vernünftige Worte sprechen
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and,
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