LANGUAGES

Languages have been very happy to see the return of face-to-face learning at the end of what will hopefully be the last major lockdown. It has been wonderful to see a return to normal style lessons in which we can see students investigate new skills and showcase their learning. We were proud to be able to show off some of these earlier endeavours during the Night of Excellence display and we are looking forward to more! 

In both Chinese and German our students are busy completing their final assessment tasks. There are Monster posters to complete and Education Perfect Challenges to master. The staff are there to make sure all of these tasks are running smoothly, as we are aware that a class full of students will have learners at a variety of entry and exit points to the set tasks. It is wonderful to see how a good poster assignment of Education Perfect allows students to find a place to start their investigations at their own level and then excel in that area before moving onto the next. These investigations cover core skills like spelling and organisation, but also allow the students then to move onto extension tasks by finding related content on the online platform or by using their available time to challenge themselves with writing more complex responses or even adding to their presentations to make these shine in all criteria: Content, Spelling and Presentation. 

Naturally, there have been some real restrictions put on what we can do due to COVID; our excursions had to be cancelled and our cultural investigations, such as cooking, have had to be postponed. Nonetheless, we hope that with us nearing the end of the assessment process we will find the time to look into some aspects of the Chinese and German speaking worlds with online explorations and by investigating the culture of these areas and their people as well. 

Finally, it is necessary to remind students to give their best effort over the next few weeks to maximize their marks for their reports. We must also stress that it is essential for students to check the status of their CATs. If they notice that there is a problem, e.g. a red flag where they believe work has been completed, they must contact their teacher as soon as possible to resolve this. 

Jonas Bahlo
Languages Key Learning Head

Below are some of the pieces that were shown at our NIGHT OF EXCELLENCE. Well done to all students for their amazing work!