Thanks to its agreement with AEFE, the world’s largest international network of schools, the Lycée Français de Séoul (LFS) participates in numerous global competitions and events.
These events organized within the Asia-Pacific zone give students the opportunity to compete in teams or individually, to build skills and win prizes in sports, science, the arts, literature, coding, etc.
Every year, elementary to high school students take part in several PROZAPs (PROJECTS in the Asia Pacific Zone) and win many prizes, such as the 16 prizes won by our talented students in 2018/2019.
The 2019/2020 competitions sadly had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 situation and we are relying on our students to repeat and improve upon their previous feats in 2020/2021!
in the arts and literature
Ambassadeurs en herb
(Youth Ambassadors)
Verbal jousting and debates for students
5 selected students debate on a global theme in French and in the language of their country of residence before providing oral summaries in English.
Students first compete within the same geographic zone before a world finale in Paris brings together the finalists from each zone. This event showcases the students’ plurilingual skills, as well as their ability to create arguments and defend their points of view.
2021 :
World Final winners (Collective category) :
Tiziana PATELLA et Mathéo TEICHTEIL-KOENIGSBUCH (1ère)
Asia-Pacific Zone finalists :
Noémie SZNAPER (CM2, Cycle 3 category)
Eva DRAY (5e, Cycle 4 category)
Laetitia DEGAS (2nde, High School category)
Asia-Pacific Zone semi-finalist :
Elouan CLERMONT-CASTELNERAC (CM1, Cycle 3 category)
Jae-in LEE (3e, Cucle 4 category)
Alice NOIROT (Terminale, High School category)
Festival de la Bande Dessinée d’Anglouême (International Festival of Comics Anglouême)
Comics competition
This year, primary school students created comics to participate in the competition.
2021 :
Awarded
Simon CAO (CE1 A)
Aveline VUILLET (CE1 A)
Collectif : Camille LACOUR & Noémie SZNAPER (CM2)
Territoires d’Asie (Asian Territories in pictures and words)
Photo competition
This photo contest focuses on a different theme each year and highlights secondary school students’ artistic and literary skills.
In 2019, 102 students from 4ème (grade 8) and Terminale (grade 12) participated.
2021 : 2nd Prize Irène AHN (4ème B)
Dis-moi Dix mots
The 3ème students took part in the Dis-moi dix mots contest. This year the theme was “air”.
Our project is called the “l’air du temps.” (spirit of the age)
Research on the meanings of the word continued in the arts in distance education via the digital tool. The presence of the computer, and on some of the creations, yellowed, aged paper is a way of presenting the digital tool as a ferryman, a tunnel, a conductor of time, the passage of air between eras but always them. words, essences of our communication. Our era, finally!
The final production is a virtual museum.
We were among the finalists, which the competition officials told us: “We would like to salute the linguistic and artistic quality of your production within the framework of this competition, as well as the collective dimension of your project.”
2021 : Final Selection (3ème)
Arts et Lettres de France : Concours International Littéraire Jeune ALF (Literary Competition)
Laetitia, in second class, took part in the twelfth edition of the Arts et Lettres de France writing competition in the news section, a competition open to young people aged 15 to 18. His story titled The Golden Kingdom won second prize. We congratulate our budding writer on her great success!
2021 : News Section – Second Prize Laetitia DEGAS (2nde)
Concours Je bouquine du jeune écrivain (Writing contest)
The Je Bouquine competition for young writers is intended for middle school students. It’s a primer-based writing contest, written by a renowned writer. It is organized by Bayard Presse and sponsored by the Ministry of National Education.
This year, students were invited until December 19, 2020 to continue with the text from the first pages of the story D’or and Pillows, by Flore Vesco, published later, in early 2021, by L’École des loisirs editions.
2021 : Among the Best 50 Jio YOON (5e A)
Concours d’illustration des Incorruptibles (Illustration Competition)
The objective of the Prix des Incorruptibles is to offer selections of quality albums and novels to as many children as possible in order to encourage them to read for pleasure. This award gives a voice to young readers and enhances their vote.
2021 : Awarded
Noémie SZNAPER (CM2)
Eugene SUH (6e A)
Je filme le métier qui me plaît (Film-making competition)
As part of the university counseling program, the 3e students participated again this year in the “Je filme le travail qui me plait” competition, supervised by their principal teachers and the CDI. The students make videos of a maximum of four minutes about a profession and completed all the film-making stages themselves, script, filming, editing, to communication & promotion.
2021 : Clap d’Argent
Karin BOUTIN, Léo LAMBERT & Michelle Park (3e)
Click here to view the video.
science & technology
Nuit du code (Coding Night)
Programming an online game with Scratch
9 students from 5ème (grade 7) to 3ème (grade 9) are selected to represent LFS. The students train for several weeks in pairs to program a game with the programming software Scratch in 6 hours.
At the end of the coding night, each team presents its game to the other participants and prizes are awarded to the best coders.
2021 :
High School category 6th Place : Jung-Min Anne HONG, Anna Lahee KIM, Maya GODON (2nde)
Middle School category 12th Place : Jeehoon RYU, Léandre HERNANDEZ-DEBLOIS, Maxance MOUROUX (4ème)Add block
Zig Zag
Programming and operating robots
This competition is open to students in 4ème (grade 8) who learn to write robotics programs, build robot bodies and pilot them in class. The robot tracks are filmed and the films sent to the competition. The filming requires students to put into practice their knowledge of the software Scratch which they studied in middle school.
At the end of the programming evening, the games are presented to the competitors and prizes awarded to the best programmers
2021 :
General Category : 1st, 2nd & 3rd Prize (6e)
Communication Category : 1st, 2nd & 3rd Prize (6e)
Kangarou of Mathematics
10 minutes to answer 30 questions without a calculator
All students in 6ème (grade 6), 5ème (grade 7) and 3ème (grade 9) train several months to participate in this contest.
2021 :
Donghee YEOM 6e (221st/454,641)
Alexis COTTET 5e (145th/28,746)
Léandre HERNANDEZ-DEBLOIS 4e (35th/15,066)
Gaspard MIRABAUD 3e (54th/10,191)
Algoréa Competition
This year, the 4eA class took part in the Algoréa programming competition, organized by France-IOI. In three rounds of the competition, they had to solve programming puzzles as possible, using the Scratch language, as much as possible. As the competition was divided into several difficulty levels, they were all able to progress at their own pace and acquire new programming skills. The best participants will even be able to compete at the national level!
2021 :
Quarter-Finals
Léandre HERNANDEZ-DEBLOIS (4ème A)
Hana BENARI (4ème A)
Mathematics Olympiads
Math problem solving
Students in 1ère (grade 11) are required to solve two exercises individually and two exercises as a team within a limited time.
Geoscience Olympiads
Geology contest
This high-level individual competition open to students in 1ère (grade 11) requires the necessary synthesizing skills to complete three exercises based on a 15-page corpus.
