Regents Review Spring '17

The Regents Review Spring 2017

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

Dr Lu delivering a Mandarin session

Crime scene for taster lesson

Lewis Jones enjoying his tortilla

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