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The Regents Review
Spring 2017
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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS
Languages
Year 9
Celebration
Morning - 26th
January
On Thursday 26th January, 60
Year 9 students were selected to
take part in the MFL Celebration
morning. We had a variety of
activities running throughout
the morning and some external
visitors gave up their time to
come in and support with this
exciting event.
Firstly, all students involved, had
a session to reflect upon why
languages are important and also
considered their own mindset in
MFL lessons. We were also lucky
enough to have some Languages
students from Richard Tauntons
Sixth Form College to talk about
why they chose to study a
language at AS/A-level.
Following this we had Rozenn
Ghorbanian, a Farsi-speaking
tutor from the Solent University,
deliver a taster session in Farsi to
some students. Other students
had an opportunity to learn some
basic Mandarin with Dr Lu from
the University of Southampton.
Ms Loubier and Miss Kingswell
delivered a highly engaging
GCSE style lesson based around
a murder mystery in French and
Spanish respectively, which was
full of suspense.
Mrs Sturdy and Miss Genevet, our
MFL PGCE student, worked in the
Food Technology room and gave
students the opportunity to make
their own crêpes and tortilla and
then sample, of course.
The Year 9 students involved were
a credit to their year group and
were great ambassadors for the
school when talking to the visiting
teachers. Here are some of their
comments from after the event.
Ernest: “I found out that I’m
amazing at making crêpes and
that Mandarin is a fun language”
Ajay: “The 2 best things were
the GCSE taster session and the
cooking.”
Work on Growth Mindset in MFL
Lewis Jones enjoying his tortilla
Crime scene for taster lesson
Dr Lu delivering a Mandarin session