German department brings ‘Karneval’ to Prep School

Published: 15 March, 2011

Mask-making, quizzes, games and singing were just some of the fun activities undertaken by Year 6 when the German department hosted a Karneval day at the Prep School.

Dressed in carnival costumes, the children celebrated the mid-winter festival with a mixture of learning and fun activities.  As well as mask-making for a carnival-procession finale, the children got to grips with the language through learning a traditional song, playing games and taking part in a quiz.  Year 10 and Sixth Form IB students helped to run the day, as well as Swiss Assistant, Ursina Sommer.

Head of German, Richard Robinson, said: "It was a really fun day and a great way for the Year 6 pupils to be introduced to the language.  The teachers also got into the spirit of Karneval by dressing up and there were lots of prizes for best efforts and contributions to the celebration of this historical festival.  As is also a Karneval tradition, many sweets were showered on the procession!"