HOLIDAY (kind of)

So I'm back again! Back from the abyss that is preparing for holidays, back from the pit that is exhaustion at the end of the school term... And back, most importantly, from Germany.

I appreciate it's been a long, LONG time. But I've had fun! I've been busy. I don't just sit there doing nothing. I do things, see things. We saw Sans Soucci palace (it means without cares- OHNE SORGEN)... And we went to the Jewish Museum in Berlin, which was harrowing, possibly partially due to the fact that as we were translating from German it took longer to read and to find the information (though there are panels in the museum next to the German ones which have the English, I was testing myself). Taking a long time to read these chunks of information means that they really hit a home string. We (there were eight students and two teachers) read about the experiences of Jewish children and families during the Holocaust... I highly recommend going and seeing for yourselves. Unless you were on the trip with me or have already been (though it won't hurt to go again). It's on Lindenstrasse 9-14, 10969 Berlin. The building was designed by Daniel Libeskind, who after having completed the museum was suddenly in demand. His work is revered.

So on this trip, there were two teachers (as I said), me (a Year 13), Anya, Huw, Sadie and Tegwen (Year 12s), and Abbie, Rowena and Mel (Year 11s). I felt a bit odd being the oldest non-teacher there. We had a lot of good conversation, a lot of snooker games, and a LOT of food.

We were there for four days. I hate flying. I loved walking back through the front door, though, because my mum cried. Four days, I know. I cried too. A mixture of tiredness and having missed her so badly... It was amazing.

I'm afraid I got up at quarter to five and need to try to fill a full day tomorrow, revising and decking the halls. Probably not with boughs of Holly.

Advent, Advent, ein lichtlein brennt... I can't remember the rest, but it was two or three weeks ago I heard it...

FROHE WEIHNACHTEN!!! Merry Christmas!

Have great holidays/ festivities!

Happy reading, folks!

Right, I thought this was the best way.

This is the homework I got this week, I've done it according to subject.

Art-Collect Sex Pistols and London artwork images.

BTEC-None

Child Development- 1) First Visit- background info. Compare the child to some form of the text milestones or another child.
2) Work out a task title.
3) I can't be bothered to write it all down here but the outline is, there's a hell of a lot written in the back of your planner and you have until February do this task. Aim high. Don't suck.

English-Summaries of: Act one::scene one
Act one::scene two
Act one::scene three

Plus a diagram of Macbeth's qualities with interrelate with who he is and his personality.

German- 1) Learn the past participle spellings for a test [DONE]
2) Write a paragraph stating your opinion on "Urlaub am Strand" (a holiday on the beach) and then on "Urlaub auf dem Land" (a holiday in the countryside).

HEX- relearn the punctuation. []SELF SET[]

Maths- 1) pg 318 (Ex. 30.1) questions up to fifteen.
2) pg 324 Q 1-8 -- Review Ex.

Science- 1) finish off the questions on page 41 :) compounds are colourless
2) pg 3-5 in workbook
3) up to pg 7 workbook
4) workbook all up to alkali metals part (18-22)

And that's all for this week plus Maths and English coursework. Does your school insist on this much crap to do at home? I'm a nerd and all but this is just TOO MUCH!!