Last week our year 13 Hungarian literature class headed to the Pest side of the city to explore the lives of József Attila and Radnóti Miklós. They are both an integral part of Hungarian history and literature, and besides that, their works and lives are linked to our internal oral examination in Hungarian, making this trip both intriguing and useful for our studies. First, we visited the house where József Attila was born, where we received insight on his devastating life in the form of a presentation from a wonderful lady who specialises in the poet’s life at the József Attila Memorial centre. We also explored the different houses the poet lived in and his elementary school - all of it shocked our group with the horror of the poverty he had to endure all his life. Before lunch, we finished the first part of the trip at his statue, where we honoured him by listening to one of his poems.
We continued with investigating the life of Radnóti Miklós. We looked at the apartments he lived in, firstly as a child, and later, the apartment he lived in for the rest of his life, with his love Gyarmati Fanni on Pozsonyi street. We stopped by his statue and finally ended the day at the RAM (Radnóti Miklós Művelődési Központ), where we could learn more about his personal life through a real-life representation of his bedroom, furnished with his original furniture, books and accessories. This trip was very eye-opening for the class about the conditions many famous Hungarians lived in and allowed us to connect more with the poets’ personal lives, making it a very memorable and educational day.
Barbara and Laura (Year 13)
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
