Any questions? Mr Mulhearn Mrs Rogers French Exchange and Immersion programme Mrs Rogers Teaching French through speaking Any questions? Miss Thomas Extra-curricular activities Miss Gibirdi Homework Doors

A languages information evening for parents of year 7 pupils Bienvenue! Willkommen! A languages information evening for parents of year 7 pupils

A taster of what your children are experiencing…

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The Languages Department Mrs Rogers Head of Department Mrs Brownhill Mr Mulhearn Miss Gibirdi Miss Thomas Romain Tisserand

What can languages do for you? Communication Team work Problem solving But most importantly… Cultural awareness Global dimension to our learning

But I don’t speak much French myself…how can I help my child? By encouraging a positive attitude to languages By learning along with him/her By watching and listening to French By reading together By visiting a French-speaking country

Vocabulary Learning

Visual Learners Concept maps with pictures to represent words Spider diagrams also using images Mental movies Write the word in the air with your finger

Auditory Talk out loud Read notes out loud Use rhymes Learn with music Make recordings of the material and listen to them Teach others out loud

Kinaesthetic Walk or pace around (regular, steady steps) Learn in groups Create games Make notes on post-its and arrange on a big sheet (A3) Act out material you are learning (mime)

Homework Vocabulary learning Short writing tasks Creative homework Research homework

How can you help with homework? Vocabulary: test your child, play games with the words… Writing and creative tasks: invest in a small dictionary! Research: encourage them to be independent

Buying your dictionary ParentPay October half-term

Our French exchange Click image for link to y7 video

I want to talk to you about our Partner school in France – College Lycee Sainte-Marie. Catholic school, similar size to our but includes 6th form, similar ethos and principles.

Riom , France Centre of France, in Auvergne region, population of 19,000, near Volvic – volcanic landscape, nearest big town Clermont-Ferrand

Feb 2012 – we went over to meet and set up a partnership

From that , thanks to the generosity of families from our school we were able to organise visit in April with around 40 French pupils coming over to visit our school.

Collège et Lycée Sainte-Marie Cultural Exchange Pen Pals Immersion Programme Collège et Lycée Sainte-Marie Skype Calls Deeper Learning Day As a result of the partnership we have been able to set up a variety of activities to enhance language learning. French Exchange

Extra-curricular activities Languages Club Trip to Berlin European day of Languages Badges for native speakers