During February half term 23 year 12/13 German and history students headed off to Berlin for three fun and full-packed days with Mrs Merten, Mr Lamb and Miss Kaye.

Our itinerary included visits to the German Parliament building, The Reichstag where we climbed the glass domed roof, we had our photo taken at the iconic Brandenburg Gate and we stood on guard at Checkpoint Charlie.

Our trip was made extra special because the weather was fantastic. The sky was blue, the sun was shining and we had a backdrop of snow. Magical!

The students were impressed with Eastside Gallery where a long stretch of the Berlin Wall still exists.

Each day students had a couple of hours to explore the cool shops and restaurants in Potsdamer Platz, Alexander Platz and West Berlin.

The highlight for most of us was watching the sun go down from the top of the TV tower accompanied by Miss Wood (a former languages teacher) who flew out to join us and surprise the kids!

Everyone learnt so much from the many museums and galleries, from the detailed research Mr Lamb had done and from Mrs Merten, who was brought up in West Berlin.

We had a wonderful trip with all of the students. You can see some more of our photos from the trip on the notice board along the MFL corridor.

Mrs Kaye-Chubb
Head of Modern Languages