“Throughout remote learning, our students were kept fully engaged, whether in groups or individually”
Modern Foreign Languages As is tradition in the French, German and Spanish Departments, the year started with our Love Languages poster competition and we were overwhelmed by the creativity and enthusiasm of our First and Second Year pupils. The standard was high and we congratulated Jessie Lofthouse on her prize-winning poster whose linguistic message was “Start today”. We could not agree more!
from Europe during a pandemic, and there were many, our Language Assistants showed amazing resilience and patience, helping to bring another dimension to our work both in the classroom and at home, even while they themselves had to return home for a while mid-year. Thank you to Sara, Verena and Charlotte for being amazing.
Despite all the difficulties of arriving
Outside the classroom, virtual or otherwise, Jonas Flohr came in eighth place out of 10,000 in the Nutty Tilez global online language competition run by This is Language, translating and typing target language words in French, quickly and accurately. No mean feat! Oliver Fogelin gained a Bronze award in the UK Linguistics Olympiad, placing him in the top 15% in the country, impressive considering the tricky linguistic problem solving involved. Harry Cooper entered a story into the Oxford Flash Fiction competition, a complete story in Spanish in no more than 100 words. A Level students Kristina Krylova and Arwen Jones competed in an online French debating competition
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The Churcherian 2021
Modern Languages continued to thrive throughout remote learning and despite the steep IT learning curve, our students were kept fully engaged, whether in groups or individually. Working on our four key language skills gave us plenty of variety and opportunities to think inside and outside of the box. In addition to our usual activities, pupils enjoyed scavenger hunts around the house and in the garden, baking traditional recipes such as Torrijas, Vanillekipferl and Bugnes, and making Lego towns to practise building names and directions.
against nine other schools, lively and passionate debates were held on “Les bienfaits du bénévolat sont une illusion” and “Les hommes et les femmes ne seront jamais égaux”. A year with no trips abroad is a very strange year in Modern Languages so we are very much looking forward to embracing the opportunity to bring the culture and language alive for our pupils once again in the near future. Mrs K Shaw
