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We are marking our International Day today by publishing photos of students doing relevant projects over the half-term holiday (see below). More photos and video links next week! We are also publishing the official answers to our incredibly popular Fun Quiz so you can check your score and find out how well you did (see attachment).

Returning to campus:  We have received general government guidelines on students returning to campus and we have developed our own plans for this eventuality. However, at the time of writing, we are still waiting for an announcement from the government about when our students might be allowed to return. Arrangements for the end of the academic year including exams/assessments will also depend on any government announcement in the next few weeks. Therefore please look out for e-mails/SMS communications from school about when and how students might be allowed to return. In the meantime, there will still plenty of learning going on via Google Classrooms!

International Day Quiz ANSWERS 

Do you remember the countries each class had chosen for International Day 2020?

• Creche & Nursery = Egypt
• Reception =Mexico
• Year 1 =Jamaica
• Year 2 =Botswana
• Year 3 =Turkey
• Year 4 = Ethiopia
• Year 5 = Rwanda
• Year 6 = Madagascar
• Year 7 = Austria
• Year 8 = Indonesia
• Years 9 & 10 = Greece

To which of these countries does each of the following clues refer?

Section A

• Are found in Africa (5) :
  • EGYPT, BOTSWANA, ETHIOPIA, RWANDA, MADAGASCAR
• Has giant venomous lizards :
  • INDONESIA
• Is where coffee first came from :
  • ETHIOPIA
• Has Queen Elizabeth as Head of State :
  • JAMAICA
• Has German as a national language :
  • AUSTRIA
• Has Spanish as a national language :
  • MEXICO
• Have flags with only red and white (3) :
  • TURKEY, AUSTRIA, INDONESIA
• Are one main island (2) :
  • JAMAICA, MADAGASCAR
• Are entirely south of the equator (3) :
  • BOTSWANA, RWANDA, MADAGASCAR
• Have English as a national language (3) :
  • JAMAICA, BOTSWANA, RWANDA
• Have capital cities beginning with “A” (4) :
  • TURKEY, ETHIOPIA, MADAGASCAR, GREECE

Section B

• Has an unusual calendar with 13 months in the year :
  • ETHIOPIA
• Has Arabic as a national language :
  • EGYPT
• Has an underground tunnel linking two continents:
  • TURKEY
• Has cricket as its favourite sport :
  • JAMAICA
• ኢትዮጵያ :
  • ETHIOPIA
• Ελλάδα :
  • GREECE
• Has the sunniest days per year :
  • GREECE
• Has Amharic as a national language :
  • ETHIOPIA
• Are landlocked (4) :
  • BOTSWANA, ETHIOPIA, RWANDA, AUSTRIA
• Have a Muslim majority (3) :
  • EGYPT, TURKEY, INDONESIA
• Are mostly mountainous (3) :
  • ETHIOPIA, RWANDA, AUSTRIA
• Have large areas of desert (3) :
  • EGYPT, MEXICO, BOTSWANA
• Have a famous river delta (2) :
  • EGYPT, BOTSWANA
• Is the world’s largest archipelago :
  • INDONESIA

Thank you for trying the INTERNATIONAL DAY FUN QUIZ. Hopefully you had fun and learned something too!

How well did you do? Add up how many questions you answered correctly then see your result:

SECTION A only: 1 – 5 = nice try!    6 – 7 = good!    8 – 9 = very good!!    10 – 11 = excellent!!!

SECTIONS A & B: 1 – 14 = nice try!   15 – 19 = good!   20 – 23 = very good!!   24 – 25 = excellent!!!