b'Issue 14 The British School of AmsterdamLa Rochelle French Study TripLooking back on our stay in La Rochelle with French hosts & studying at InlinguaThe trip was incredible. My host La Rochelle family was exceedingly kind because they provided me and Dan with deliciousBerlin History Trip sandwiches every morning and made sure we knew how to commute to Inlingua and home.This term 22 GCSE HistoryInlingua was fun as it used interactive tasks that improved our linguistic skills while still beingstudents spent a jam-packedfocussed. Our afternoon sailing courses were the4 days in Berlin developingbest part of the trip as we were able to learn howto sail while picking up some French words. their understanding of GermanBY SANTIAGO BALCAZAR MFL YEAR 10 FRENCHhistory in the 20th century. They visited Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, In the morning, we attended Inlingua,the Stasi Prison and Museum, the DDR Museum, a French language school in La Rochellethe Reichstag, the Holocaust Memorial, the East Sideand stayed with host families to enrich our Gallery, and the House of the Wannsee Conference,command of the target language.to name but a few! Students loved the opportunityWe lived in the seaside town of La Rochelle forto be back on school trips again and asked lots ofa week and got to apply our French skills in real life questions of our willing guides, as well as competingsituations, such as on our bus rides to school or in to complete their list of Berlin challenges!bakeries ordering lunch. My host family consistedStudents returned with a renewed energy for of a nice "Rochelaise" lady and another host Swiss the demanding GCSE course and many memoriesstudent, who followed the same course at Inlingua.to talk about. The art was phenomenal saidI was in the native group where we explored French J. Hall and C. Colomb de Daunant added, Theliterature. It enabled us also to learn more aboutSachsenhausen Camp was a really perspective- French culture and history, as well as improving our changing experience. V. Barker summarisedwriting skills. In the afternoon, we took part in sporty the trip well by simply saying, it was class.and cultural activities.BY ELLA BRUGGINK SEMI-NATIVE YEAR 1019'