St. Joseph's Student Won the 3rd Place in National Competition
Sebastian Leacock (Year13) demonstrated his outstanding Mandarin speaking skill at the Final of the 2010 National Chinese Speaking Competition at the British Museum in London on 4 March 2010. He competed against 95 other contestants (including the students who have Chinese family background) from schools across the UK. Sebastian, who is from an English background and has only studied Mandarin for 3 years in SJC, achieved the 3rd place in the competition. The 1st and 2nd places were won by contestants from Chinese background.
The competition is organised by the British Council and funded by the HSBC Global Education Programme to support and promote the teaching of Chinese as a modern foreign language in UK schools. The finalists have already taken part in X-Factor style regional heats in London and Newcastle, with only the best being invited to attend the final at the British Museum on 4 March. Of 300 students who applied, only 95 made it through to the final.
The judging panel includes the Chair of the Edexcel Board of Examiners for the Chinese GCSE, Chinese academics and representatives of HSBC and the Embassy of the People's Republic of China.
To celebrate the Chinese New Year (New Year Day is 14th February 2010), students are taking part in a number of Chinese activities. All year groups have seen a demonstration of Chinese cultural activities from Fan Dancing to Martial Arts. Over 60 students from St Joseph's Primary School also came along to join in the celebration of Chinese culture.
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On Friday 29th January, staff and students at St Joseph's College, Beulah Hill welcomed local MP Rt.Hon. Malcolm Wicks and 4 times British Olympian, Donna Fraser to their school to unveil two large mosaics which have been made by Art students at the College to commemorate the 1948 and 2012 London Olympics.
After the short ceremony, a group of Chinese students from a school in Beijing, who have been visiting the College, presented an Olympic flag to mark the passing of the Olympic games from Beijing in 2008 to London in 2012.
Last December, St. Joseph's was awarded the status of 'Confucius Classroom' by the Chinese Government. The College is now a Centre of Excellence for Mandarin teaching and Chinese Culture. The College is only the 12th school in the country to gain this award. Nearly 500 students at the College are studying Mandarin.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 February 2010 08:30
Beijing students visit St. Joseph's
Friday, 05 February 2010 09:50
On Wednesday 27th, Thursday 28th and Friday 29th January the College hosted 2 groups of students from Beijing.
On Wednesday morning, 17 students and 2 teachers from the 'Beijing National Day school' had lessons in English, from Ms Stockman and Mathematics from Mr. Skinner . In the afternoon they were put in groups of 5 with students from the College who are studying Mandarin. The groups had to, investigate the causes and effects of Climate Change and what they could do to help solve the problem. They finished the day off by giving a 5 minute presentation, in English on their findings.
Haider Ali Dar of 7.5 was awarded The Jack Petchey Award today for his enthusiam, hard work and achievements, striving to do his best at all times. He has also been awarded £200 to spend on equipment which will to benefit the whole school.
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