07 November 2024
St Peters College once again hosted the prestigious SAFTA/Alliance Française ‘Distribution des Prix’ in Memorial Hall on Thursday 24 October. SAFTA and the Alliance Française continue to hold various competitions throughout the year to encourage students to participate and work toward improving their French skills. Learning a second language opens many doors of opportunity and enriches our understanding and appreciation of other cultures.
Our French students have once again competed in activities, with our Junior and Middle school boys at SPSC winning places in the various categories. All Year 7 French students wrote a letter of introduction in French to the President of SAFTA, in the best Year 6/7 French Student Competition. Congratulations to Frédérick Fairweather on winning this award in 2024.
The ‘Grand Concours de la Poésie Récitée’, the annual Poetry Reciting Competition had boys participating from Reception to Year 8.
Congratulations to the following winners:
Oliver Wong (Reception – 1st Prize Winner Reception Category)
Oliver Willis (Year 2 – Prix de Jury 1/2 Category)
Dimitris Psaltis (Year 1 – First Prize in the Year 1/2 category)
Felix Junin (Year 3 – Mention ‘Très Bien’ for Year 3-4 Bilingual Category)
Abraham Lee (Year 4 – Joint 2nd Prize Winner of the Year 3-4 Category)
Advik Sinkar (Year 6 – Joint 2nd Prize Winner Year 5/6 Category)
Luke Nguyen (Year 6 – Joint 3rd Prize for the Year 5/6 Category)
Phillip Makooh and Nicholas Savvoulidis on winning second place in the Year 7/8 Group category.
The winners of each category were asked to recite their poems on the night. Dimitris Psaltis delivered his poem confidently with much expression and gusto. ‘Felicitations’, Congratulations to all the students who received awards, and also to the boys who consistently display enthusiasm, dedication and interest in the French language and culture at St Peter’s College. We hope that as the boys continue their studies in French in the future, they will be keen to take advantage of the many opportunities to show their flair and strength in learning French, in competitions such as the Education Perfect World and State Languages competitions, the SAFTA Pétanque competition, the Year 8-10 Tik Tok competition, the Year 10-12 Alliance Fake News competition and the Year 9 French Quiz night.
Thankyou to all of the French teachers in the Junior School and Senior School for their hard work with the students and their passion for teaching French.
Mme Irene Castrechini-Sutton on behalf of the French Faculty in the Senior School
Mme Julia Procopio Junior School Head of Languages (Acting)
