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Year 8 visit to Buddhist Centre On 17th May, Year 8 visited the Tibetan Study Centre in Mont-Pèlerin. This was part of their study of the world religions. When we arrived we were taken to the temple where we were given a very interesting talk by a novice monk about Buddhism. We were able to ask questions while sitting on the red prayer cushions used by the monks for their prayers. Walking into the temple was for us walking into another world of rich colours of reds and yellows, incense, gongs, bells and many large statues of the Buddha. This was followed by a lunch of spaghetti with the monks and then a visit to the book and gift store. Following their purchases, there will be a few unusual sounds (prayer bells) and smells (incense) coming from some St-George's homes over the next weeks and months. Mrs Struba (Life Skills)
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Year
10 Les Mosses Fieldwork Trip The morning of Tuesday the 23 May brought Year 10, excited and ready, to the Les Mosses area for a day of fieldwork. After the bus ride up there, (which included a lot of singing) we were told what to do and set off up to the lake next to which we would eat lunch and stick around a while. Finally, after an hour’s walk through snow and sun we reached the top and found that the lake was nearly completely frozen over. After an hour and a half of flower drawing (biology) and practicals (physics) we walked - and sledged some of the way - back down to the bus to the main village. Just above the main village, the geographers started with their river observations whilst the physicists studied Morse code. We then took some readings
and were off again to another river for the geographers. This time the
river proved to be much deeper, stronger and colder. However, we still
needed to take readings so Charlotte, Juliet and Ed were all nominated
to go into the middle and measure the depth as well as collecting rocks
and pebbles from various points in the river. The three of them of
course fell in and were drenched with just-been-melted mountain water.
After a quick change into dry clothes, we set off for the last time,
this time back to school. Megan Stark
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Year
8 Trient Glacier and Gorge Year
8 had a day of geography fieldwork in May.
First stop was the Trient Valley, where the plan was to walk up
to the glacier. Unfortunately
a landside stopped us from getting close up and personal with the
glacier so we had to observe from afar.
This did matter as we had some excellent views from which we
could complete sketches. After
lunch overlooking Martigny we visited the Gorge.
Here we were all impressed by just how powerful a river could be
and what it could create. This
was followed by the obligatory ice cream (enjoyed by all!) and a chance
to cool down at the "Pisse Vache" Waterfall.
All
in all a good day was had by all. Mr Andy Britnell
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On Friday 16th
students enjoyed a classical guitar recital by a young Danish musician,
Jonas Skielboe. He performed works by Bach, Turina and Brouwer and also
gave interesting explanations about theses pieces. Jonas Skielboe was
born in Denmark in 1979 and started to play guitar at the age of 7. In
2001 Mr Alberto Hernandez
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Year
7 Les Mosses and Lac De L’Hongrin Year
7’s fieldwork started with a visit to the hydroelectric power station
at Centrale du Pont-de-la-Tine and the Grand Eau River.
After this we went to Lac De L’Hongrin.
Everyone was impressed how high the dam was which created the
Lake. While we were there
one of the students informed Miss Byng that there was a sign which
prohibited swimming due risk of torpedoes!
We think they may need to practice their French a bit more. After
lunch is was time to get in the river.
Unfortunately the first site lacked water but the second was good
enough to allow the braver students (it was cold) to get in the water. Everyone
enjoyed their day out and learnt some more geography. Mr Andy Britnell
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