Hotoku Gakuen Japanese exchange students enjoy time at Christ Church Christ Church recently welcomed 19 students from our partner school, Hotoku Gakuen, a private boys' school in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. read more Cultural activities abound for Languages Week Languages Week has brought with it an air of excitement around campus this week, with students participating in an array of multicultural activities. read more Students enjoy multicultural activities for Languages Week Languages Week has been a wonderful opportunity for students, teachers and staff to celebrate the diversity of our school community. read more Mandarin students make dumplings on excursion Yesterday, Year 9 and 10 Mandarin students travelled to Northbridge to make dumplings at a local eatery. read more Boys bond through love of Chinese language Last week some of our Year 8 Chinese language students visited Years 1 and 2 boys to help them create their own storybooks in Chinese read more Prep School celebrates Access Asia Week read more Languages Week This week the School has been hosting a variety of activities and incursions for our boys studying languages as part of Languages Week read more Success in the Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad It has been another successful year for Christ Church boys participating in The Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad (OzCLO) read more Year 8 boys’ Chinese language skills The Year 3 Chinese class were recently visited by their Year 8 counterparts who used the opportunity to impart some of their linguistic skills. read more Action-packed Languages Week inspires boys Last week the School hosted a variety of activities and experiences for our Senior School boys studying languages as part of Languages Week. read more Short film takes first prize A team of boys from Christ Church have won equal first place in the Junior Secondary division of this year’s Japan Foundation Video Matsuri contest. read more Bonjour – Ohayō gozaimasu – Ni hao This week Christ Church has been showcasing the wonderful culture and cuisine from Japan, China and France as part of Languages Week celebrations. read more Student exchange encourages learning and empathy This week we warmly welcome 15 exchange students from our partner school in Japan, Hotoku Gakuen. read more Christ Church boys showcase French speaking skills French poetry was alive and well throughout Term 2 as students learning French practised reciting various French poems for the Alliance Française Poem Recitation competition. read more Year 8 boys deliver stories in Mandarin to Year 1 boys A group of our Year 8  boys were in the Preparatory School this week, sharing stories with Year 1 boys in Mandarin. read more Multilingual students put their language skills to the test Our annual Languages Quiz was held last week with students from Methodist Ladies’ College joining the festivities for six rounds of language trivia in the School Refectory. read more Christ Church linguists claim top honours at OzClo Olympiad A total of nine teams from Christ Church participated in the recent OzCLO competition held state wide with one of our teams progressing to the National Round and earning the honour of top team in WA and third place nationally. read more Learning the strokes of good fortune Year 7 students studying Mandarin recently visited the Confucius Institute at the University of Western Australia where they engaged in a number of Chinese cultural activities. read more Languages Week 2017 The School recently celebrated Languages Week, offering boys at Christ Church an opportunity to discover and immerse into foreign cultures. read more Language skills assist in navigating Chinatown Our Year 10 Chinese class, accompanied by teachers and an assistant, ventured into Perth’s Chinatown last Thursday to test out their language skills in various authentic situations. read more Boys triumph at OzCLO It has been another triumphant year for Christ Church boys and their participation of The Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad (OzCLO). This year, Christ Church had seven representing teams and fielded its first ever senior level team. read more Success in the Languages Department James Blaxill and Nick Ceglinski had great success in their French studies this year, placing in the top 20 students in Western Australia. read more Third place at the State Mandarin Speaking Competition Four Christ Church students recently represented the School at the State Mandarin Speaking Competition organised by the Chinese Language Teachers’ Association of Western Australia. read more Christ Church win first place in Global Language Competition The Christ Church Languages students are World Champions after coming first in the global Chinese division and second in the Western Australia combined languages division of the 2016 Language Perfect World Championships. read more A Pandas’ Picnic for our Preparatory School Chinese students The Prep School Chinese Monitors recently represented Christ Church at the annual Pandas’ Picnic – an event organised for Western Australian students learning Chinese. read more Enigma languages group invent a language The Enigma languages group research linguistics and the basics of language, including grammar, semantics and vocabulary. read more Christmas in Germany Christmas in Germany was a special highlight for the 12 boys who participated in the second exchange visit to St Ursula’s Schule in Hannover. read more An experience of a lifetime in Hong Kong At the end of Term 3, five boys spent 10 days in Hong Kong as part of the Year 9 cultural immersion program. read more Students impress in Chinese speaking competition In the final weeks of Term 3, four Christ Church boys took part in the annual Chinese Speaking Competition held in the Alexander Theatre at UWA. read more Hotoku Gakuen students immersed in life at CCGS Christ Church farewelled students from Japan’s Hotoku Gakuen High School this week, following their 12-day immersion into life at CCGS. read more