Head's Newsletter 21 October 2016

Fencer Luca Plastow

BERLIN TRIP

The Year 13 German set have just returned from three fabulous days in Berlin. Despite very British weather, the A2 German class enjoyed a guided tour of the Reichstag building (below), the DDR Museum, the remnants of the Berlin wall, a trip up the TV tower, a guided tour of the Stasimuseum and the former Stasi prison to help with their studies of 20th Century German history.

Luca Plastow in Year 10 has achieved quite some success in 2016. He has consistently finished in the top 3 when he has competed in the national Leon Paul Junior Series U16 competitions as well as performing very highly in ranking competitions at U17 Cadet level. At the beginning of the year he was selected to represented England at U15 in competition in Paris and in September was one of only two boys in his age group who has been selected to fence for the Great Britain Cadet team at International competitions in Hungary and Austria.

As well as interviewing local people about life in the time of a divided Germany, the Year 13s also got to sample Currywurst, Berliner Eisbein and a whole host of other local delicacies. Not one person mentioned Brexit …

The photo to the right shows Luca at the competition in Budapest when he first represented GB. He did very well beating boys from Poland, Germany and Italy before losing out to another Italian.

CARL REED TRYING OUT A TRABANT!