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On the 14th of October, our IB literary walks club took its second trip related to the Hungarian poet Ady Endre. We started in Lónyay utca 18, at the editorial office of the ‘Nyugat’ (West) magazin where Ady usually published his poems. We also went all the way to Ulloi ut 21, to the apartment of another poet, Dezso Kosztolanyi, a dear friend and of Ady’s.
Although there are no trees on Ulloi ut today, at the end of the 19th century there still were, which were the sources of inspiration for Kosztolányi’s poem “Ulloi road trees” which we read as well. We continued at Ady’s other contemporary friend Babits Mihaly’s apartment at Reviczky utca 7, and onto Veres Palne utca 4, where Ady lived with his wife Csinszka.
Here, we read one of his beautiful poems he wrote to his wife. We visited Ady’s favourite coffee shop on Andrassy ut, where unfortunately we could only see a plaque, as a Louis Vuitton store currently stands in its place. Our trip finished at Liszt Ferenc square at the Ady statue.
Anna Piry
Head of Hungarian
Year 12 have been spending a lot of time in Sports Hall One over the last week. Not doing sport, although they could tell you the science behind it…
There was a fun packed programme for the secondary students remaining on-site, which followed the 5 Co-Curricular strands. Students were immersed in languages, film-making, STEAM activities and cooking. They learned about children's rights and advocacy, and showed their creative talents through artwork. They hiked in the hills and formed friendships across year groups. See the Firefly page for further details and photographs
It has been a very memorable end of the primary journey for our Year 6 students. This last week of term has been jam packed. On Monday and Tuesday, the students performed the end of year production of ‘Olivia’, on Tuesday morning, there was a year group water fight and on Wednesday afternoon, they finally graduated with a special ceremony.
As a community, we've been actively promoting healthy eating habits through our weekly articles about life in the kitchen. With the summer holidays just a few days away and the heatwave this summer, we must all be more mindful of our fluid intake.
The British International School Budapest
1037 Budapest
Kiscelli köz 17
Hungary