Highcliffe Primary Languages Festival 2012

Groups from all of our feeder schools were invited to take part in the festival by performing a dance, song or play in a foreign language that they have been studying.

We are so impressed with the fantastic language learning that is happening in our local primary schools at the moment.  A wide range of languages are being studied (French, Spanish, German, Italian and Mandarin) and a wealth of language learning skills are being developed.  It was a great pleasure to see evidence of this at the second Highcliffe Primary Languages Festival on Thursday 8th March 2012.

Much preparation went into the performances and we were delighted to see such a variety of languages being showcased:
• A group of year 5s from Highcliffe St Mark put together a presentation about China and taught us some numbers in Mandarin
• A group of year 3s from Brockenhurst performed Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in French
• Pupils from classes 3 and 4 at Tiptoe performed a song about the days of the week in Spanish
• A group of year 5s from Hordle performed Abba’s Waterloo in French
• Some Mudeford Junior year 5s sang a song and gave a presentation in Spanish
• Groups of Highcliffe year 7 students performed Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil! in German and told the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in Italian
Year 12 students studying for the Foreign Language Leader Award (aka FLLA) helped with the preparations and organisation of the day – it definitely wouldn’t have been as successful without their help!

Everyone really enjoyed the morning and the performances were all fantastic. The festival is growing and we look forward to seeing what it will become next year!

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