Grangefield Languages

Mrs Roe's weekly update - week ending 22nd July 2011

 Week ending 22^nd July 2011

We’ve spent the week frantically finishing off FCSE tests, so we’re now in the happy position of saying ‘well done’ to all our year 9’s.  Having looked at the provisional results, most have either met or exceeded their targets, so we're really pleased with our students.  Our year 10’s should be spending some time over the holidays preparing for course work, revising vocabulary and grammar in preparation for a successful year 11.  We said goodbye to Angela this week,  who has helped establish the Confucius classroom and the teaching of Mandarin in our school, and wish her all the best in her future career back in Beijing.  We’re now looking forward to the new school year, and the various challenges which we know will be positive. As soon as we return, it will be the World Language Championships and before September is out, we’ll be celebrating the European Day of Languages.  Various trips abroad are on the drawing board, so hopefully we can realise some if not all of them next year.  So, all that remains for me to say is ‘Bonnes Vacances’  and see you all in the new term.  

                                         
                                                        

Grand Départ 2012 - Province de Liège

Tour de France 2011 - Stage 18 - last 3.5.km

Les devoirs de 7g1 - 14 Juillet 2011 !!!!!

Pupils of the week ending 15th July 2011 - Emily Grant, Jaydene Johnstone, Rehman Din, Jessica Eddy, Tom Ransome, Adam Beaumont, Lauren Harper and Chloe Nile !!!!

Mrs Roe's weekly update - week ending 15th July 2011

Considering that it’s near the end of term, it has been a very hectic week!!!! Books have arrived for next year, timetables and class lists are being confirmed and despite showing the odd DVD (in the target language!) we’re up and ready for the new term!  I’m sure next year will be really exciting as all our year 9’s will be studying two languages, having chosen  Spanish, Mandarin, German and Urdu to study for one lesson a week, alongside French or Urdu as their first language.  We’ve got the European Day of Languages coming up on 26^th September, the World Language Championships from 9^th – 16^th September, and various exciting language related activities planned for 2011-2012.  Mrs McHale is organising a trip to China, so the pupils are buzzing with the opportunities available to them!   The year 9’s did their final FCSE exams this week, and then today, the MFL department pulled out all the stops to offer pupils the opportunity to complete any missing exams, so LOADS of thanks to Mrs Cox, Miss Bell, Mrs Lindley and Madame Plouchart for working so hard today, using up all their free periods to ensure that the pupils took any missing tests!  Well done to the teachers and pupils involved!    7g1 did some great homework on the Tour de France this week, and so I hope to show their work on the blog – watch this space!

HOMEWORK

Pupils have worked really hard this week in MFL.  Year 7’s have been asked to do some research on the 14^th July Bastille Day celebrations (Mme Plouchart was dressed for the occasion on 14^th July) Our year 7's were very impressed!  Year 9’s have been revising  hard for their FCSE final tests, which concluded this week.  All year groups should use their homework time to consolidate work via the various websites we recommend. KS4 French pupils should now be actively preparing for their first controlled speaking assessment in September.  All KS4 pupils should be spending time now and over the summer holidays revising topics and vocabulary.  PLEASE use the websites you can access via the blog – it will really help you next  year!

Languages Perfect World Championships 2011

We have entered some of our Grangefield pupils for the World Championships next academic year from 9th-16th September 2011. All of next years year 8 classes will be entered, next years 9g1 (as they were top of the league at Grangefield last year) and our KS4 French and Spanish students. If there is any other pupil who would like to be entered, please see Mrs Roe,before the end of next week. Pupils in classes in addition to those mentioned will have to pay the entrance fee of £3.00 each. Sorry we haven't been able to enter all our languages students.

La Fête Nationale 14 Juillet 2011

Kraftwerk - Tour de France

A visit to La Tasca Restaurant in Newcastle - with Miss Bell, Mrs McHale and the year 10 Spanish class!!!

"As a reward for their hard work this year, our Year 10 Spanish pupils were taken this week on a hugely enjoyable trip to La Tasca in Newcastle.  They sampled some delicious Spanish food, incuding 'albóndigas', 'tortilla española' and 'paella valenciana'!   They were of course required to order in Spanish and did a fantastic job! After all the gorgeous tapas, the pupils sampled a number of the wonderful desserts, including 'pastel de chocolate con helado' and 'Seville Orange cheesecake'! We rounded up the evening with some 'bebidas calientes' in the shape of'chocolate caliente' and 'café con leche'.  All in all, a wonderful experience and one which we hope to repeat year after year! Well done again to the year 10 pupils who have worked tremendously hard this year!!"    Miss Bell