WHY PEAK PERSPECTIVES?

The magazine team’s first sessions were mainly taken up with brainstorming all the different features we wanted to include in order to interest, involve and engage our whole community. We also came up with lots of possible names. This one came out tops because:

1. We live amongst the most stunning mountain peaks (pointy summits).

2. Synonyms for “peak” are ideal, optimum…. Our school is the best!

3. “Peek” and “peak” are homophones. (To take a peek is to have a quick look at something - for example at the pages of a magazine.)

4. “Pique and “peak” are also homophones! (To pique someone’s interest is to arouse their curiosity.)

5. “Perspectives” suggests all the wonderfully diverse points of view we have as an international and open-minded community.

In other words, Peak Perspectives is a play on words, suggesting that the multitudinous views and voices of our vibrant school community in the mountains make us feel on top of the world.

So let your imagination be piqued and come and take a peek in Le Régent’s Peak Perspectives magazine!

From the First Edition magazine team: Katya, Romy, Barney and Mrs Shaw

Share your perspective with lucy.shaw@regentschool.ch or katyayani.datla@regentschool.ch or put it in our Peak Perspectives letter box!

Editorial

Welcome to Peak Perspectives, Le Regent’s brand new magazine that provides a glimpse of life through the lens of Le Régent’s students in the Valais mountains.

In this issue, you will find students’ passions and creativity in the form of art, music, maths, humour, writing (in lots of languages and genres), puzzles, surveys and even competitions with prizes to be won!

Although we may print a very small number of “limited edition” paper copies of this magazine to raise money for charity, it is our intention to be primarily a digital magazine. Not only does this allow us to avoid wasting paper and move towards our goal of being a carbon neutral (or even carbon positive) school in the near future, but it also allows us to publish exciting multimedia content such as audio, videos and links.

We are constantly on the lookout for new material, so please do not hesitate to share your ideas, passions and creativity with us!

Grade 6- Op Art Math

Step inside the Grade 6 virtual Opl Art exhibition!

Op Art (short for optical art) is art that causes optical illusions. The graphic effects of lines and contrasting colours can be hypnotising - if you get the geometry right! This project illustrates perfectly the symbiotic relationship between mathematics, art and technology.

If you like what you saw in the Grade 6 exhibition, you should also check out Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely

Grade 6 Crea0ves

Dear Parents,