On Tuesday 26th September, Tytherington School came together to celebrate the annual European Day of Languages. As part of the celebrations, we were delighted to welcome 120 Year 5 & 6 pupils from Parkroyal Community School for a morning of language lessons and cultural activities. The pupils spent part of the morning learning Spanish, Japanese, Arabic & Russian and then got stuck into creative activities linked to that language. The pupils learnt about and created some amazing Faberge eggs, made their own Pinatas and had a go at practising their new Arabic & Japanese writing skills. Amanda Murphy from Parkroyal said “the pupils had a great time and were buzzing when they returned to school with all the new words and facts they had learnt”.
The MFL department at Tytherington didn’t stop there and during lunch put on a European food and activity market in the main hall. Students had the opportunity to sample delicacies such as Spanish Tortilla’s and German Salami and also have some fun practising their written language skills on the languages word tree, which is now displayed in the library. The students also had lots of fun dressing up in Spanish Flamengo dresses, German hats and French berets in the MFL selfie booth! Mathis, a year 8 French native student from Alsace said “it was a great opportunity to show my friends the delicious food from my country and I enjoyed learning new words in other languages!”.
Next stop for the MFL department is supporting Hollinhey Primary School with their languages day this week. 2 members of staff and sixth formers will be delivering lessons in French, Spanish, German and Arabic alongside Hollinhey staff. The department will then be getting ready for the annual visit to Manchester Christmas Market and Aachen Christmas Market in Germany followed by 3 exciting trips in the new year to Paris, Spain and Berlin! Miss Roe (Head of Department) says “we have a long history at Tytherington of excellent results at GCSE and A-Level but also believe in providing students with as many opportunities as possible to immerse themselves in languages and culture. We are very excited to be starting a new programme of Mandarin lessons as part of our Electives Programme and look forward to seeing this new language grow at Tytherington!”.