Language and Culture

Language and Culture Thursday, 15 May 2025

Languages at Somerset – Past,...

The study of languages other than English (LOTE) has been an integral component of the...

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Language and Culture Thursday, 29 Aug 2024

Year 7s Experience Ancient Egypt

Part of the Senior School was transformed into an ‘Egyptian Arena’ by the Year 7...

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Language and Culture Thursday, 01 Aug 2024

Traditional Tea Tasting with Pre-Preps...

This week the Pre-Prep classes have experienced a traditional tea(茶cha) tasting in their Mandarin classes...

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Language and Culture Thursday, 15 Feb 2024

Year of the Dragon

Students in the EYC have been welcoming the Year of the Dragon by making Chinese...

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Language and Culture Friday, 13 Oct 2023

New Caledonian Students Visit Somerset

We recently had New Caledonian students visit the College. Below is a passage they wrote about their...

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Language and Culture Friday, 09 June 2023

The Cuneiform Language

In IAS we were given a ‘clay tablet’ that the Sumerians used to write on...

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Language and Culture Friday, 04 Nov 2022

Kung Fu Fighting in Year...

Everybody was Kung Fu fighting their way through Mandarin this week.  Our Year 1s and...

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Language and Culture Friday, 07 Oct 2022

Taste of Asia Day 2022

The Year 6 Taste of Asia Day is the next best thing to being there!The...

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Language and Culture Thursday, 06 Oct 2022

Mid-Autumn Festival

In Mandarin recently we have been celebrating and learning all about the Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhōng...

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