This year, a group of pupils decided that they wanted to expand their cultural knowledge by joining the International Society Vol on Thursday afternoons. For six weeks, they researched cultural aspects and traditions of different countries, prepared a presentation and discussed and reflected on what they had learnt from their research.
Some of the research allowed the pupils to learn about the cultures and traditions of the friends they were working with. Topics included a comparison between festivals in India and Spain, the Martinstag in Germany and the Day of the Dead in Mexico, traditions in America and China, a comparison between German and Japanese food, and between Chinese New Year and the Russian Maslenitsa.
The quality of the presentations was outstanding and it was extremely difficult to decide on the winners, but the prize went to Seci Fung (By) and Anastasia Yusova (By) because of their dynamic presentation and their interaction.
M Viruete Navarro