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are now officially an International School. We are delighted to announce that we have recently been awarded International School Status due to the numerous activities that take place across the curriculum and throughout our school community. |
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Examples
of the many varied events and projects include: The International Food
Festival Evening; European Day of Languages; Fairtrade stalls at Parents
Evenings; Jewish assembly; Chinese New Year celebrations; St Patricks
Day assembly; World Book Day; Links with Jinga in Uganda; The teaching
of foreign languages in school; Links with French schools;Mentoring
of student language teachers and foreign exchange students. |
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More information on the International School Award is available on the website www.globalgateway.org |
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Our Italian Club( 2009-2010) are coming to the end of their first year
of lessons with our native Italian teacher, Alessandra. This year, they
have enjoyed learning Italian through fun songs, games and crafts. We
look forward to continuing this exciting club next year |
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Here at St Margaret Ward School we celebrated the European
Day of Languages and all the children enjoyed a variety
of activities, from learning to greet people in French, Spanish and
German, through to working with flags and language role plays. Au revoir! |
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We were fortunate to have Mademoiselle Ritsch, a French language assistant,
work with the children throughout and she was kept busy teaching French
vocabulary through songs, books, games and finger rhymes.The children
learned how to count and write some numbers in French; Class 2 drew a
monster to learn body parts and colours; Class 3 and Class 4 made wonderful
Christmas cards for their families, all in French. Mademoiselle Ritsch also taught the children more about French culture through powerpoint presentations and showing them what France looks like.The aim was to encourage the children to learn French in a fun and stimulating way and they certainly seemed to really enjoy their lessons. |
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During the Spring
Term, Class 2 listened and did actions along to a French song about a
rabbit hiding from a farmer under a cabbage - they then learned the names
of animals, different vegetables and locations such as garden, house etc. The children then wrote a sentence in French and drew their own illustration of the story - these are just a few of their fantastic drawings. |
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As
part of International Week(from 24 September), our children learned
about capital cities, completed quizzes and word searches about different
countries and then made flags and bunting in preparation for our International
Food Festival Evening. They also looked at the different natural landscapes in the countries we were representing at the festival and some children drew lovely palm trees, beaches, blue skies and sunsets, which are very different to our British beaches. |
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| Our Keystage
1 children are learning Spanish during PPA time and they are introduced
to the language by means of flashcards,videos, interactive programs on
the smartboard, books, games and songs. They also benefit from the support provided by Miss Martinez from Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, who helps with the preparation of resources and delivers Spanish in the Foundation Stage. A Language Assistant, Mademoiselle Ritsch, delivers French in Keystage 2. |
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the activities are aimed at developing language skills but also awareness
of different cultures and cross-curricular activities related to Geography
and Citizenship. Children also learn to look at patterns, similarities
and differences with the English language, with a direct impact on Literacy
skills. |
| Last year our Keystage 1 children enjoyed Spanish lessons whilst our Keystage 2 children learned French. |
| Our infant
children learned Spanish through a variety of methods including the use
of cartoons and videos and additionally developed an awareness of the
culture and civilisation of Spanish speaking countries. With the introduction of the Smartboard in class 2, the many learning resources of the internet are also utilised. |
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| Children in Class 3 had pen friends in a school in Montgazon Ecole in Parthenay, France - they exchanged numerous emails and letters and were delighted to receive a large box full of salt-dough gifts, all the way from France.They will continue to correspond with their pen friends during the year and our new Class 3 will also have the opportunity to email another class of children at the same school. |  |
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We
can recommend the following excellent language websites :
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