Meldrum School, Aberdeenshire

Meldrum School in Aberdeenshire took part in a whole school languages week to celebrate European Languages Day. 

Each year group was assigned a language: 

• P1- Doric 
• P2- French 
• P3- German 
• P4- Spanish 
• P5- Italian 
• P6- Polish 
• P7- Russia 
• Enhanced Provision- British Sign Language 

Each class had to find out where their language is spoken in Europe using a map, research and create flags for their country and learn basic phrases including ‘hello’ and ‘welcome’. We shared our learning at our end of week virtual assembly.

A whole school 'welcome' display will be created at the front of the school to highlight the work produced throughout the week. A video of our learning was shared with the wider community on our school Twitter page @MeldrumSchool

King's Park Secondary, Glasgow

From King's Park Secondary School's Language Ambassadors

In our roles as Language Ambassadors we have been working hard behind the scenes to create a fun filled week to celebrate European Week for Languages. We led different activities and worked collaboratively with the school community to organise the events.  

Each day of the week we presented a language-themed challenge question on the tannoy which all classes got involved in answering. It was so thrilling to see people in such enthusiastic competition for the prizes!

We also hosted an online quiz throughout the school in which people had to guess which language the word “language” had been translated to. We awarded chocolates and certificates to the first five winners!

We were delighted at the participation in our events and very pleased to see so many people getting involved with languages in our school! 

Glenalmond College

It has been an exciting week in the languages department at Glenalmond College!

Firstly, to celebrate European Week of Languages, our Lower Sixth International pupils made the most of their EAL lessons to teach the rest of their class a lesson in their native language. It was exciting to see our pupils take such pride in teaching their mother tongue, and we had the opportunity to learn a few basic words, phrases and facts in Mandarin, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Swedish and Russian! 

Our pupils across the school also recorded videos wishing people a 'Happy European Week of Languages' in other languages, and this provided an opportunity to celebrate our community on social media. The teaching and learning of languages is central to life at Glenalmond and it was fabulous to be able to celebrate languages which are not taught as part of the curriculum. Pupils throughout the school were also able to take part in a languages quiz in tutor groups and to learn about language families, etymology and sign language. 

Secondly, last term, we enjoyed double success in a prestigious competition run by the Queen’s College, Oxford University and this week our pupils were delighted to receive their award certificates. James SF (French) and Ellie A (Spanish) emerged as the top entries from Scotland in the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators. They were celebrated for their insightful and creative translation of poetry and we could not be prouder!

Armadale Academy, West Lothian

Armadale Academy created a recap video of their EDL celebrations, you can watch the video online. 

Uryside School, Aberdeenshire

EDL celebrations at Uryside School:

• P1 have been playing language corners. 
• P2 have drawn various languages around the world. 

• P3 have written and drawn "hello" in various languages.
• P4 and P6 have been looking at various countries and languages and sorted pieces of information.

• P5 have been involved in a music quiz .
• P7 have found the French, Spanish, and German for various words using technology.

Holy Cross High School, South Lanarkshire

EDL week was very busy in Holy Cross High School:

• Pupils in Modern Languages took part in quizzes and fun activities in class. The music quiz was a particular favourite. 
• Some of our pupils wrote about why they love languages and their responses were made into a short film for EDL. 
• Pupils tasted European foods in class and many S1/2 pupils had a special EDL lunchtime treat at our languages café. 
• Our languages ambassadors organised a competition for S1 and S2 pupils and there was also a tutor quiz for all pupils to take part in. S1 pupils had to design a European plate and S2 pupils had to "find the flag" around the school and demonstrate their language skills. 
• Mr Aiton in RE helped us to organise a mass in Spanish for pupils in the Higher Spanish class and all members of the MFL department were also able to attend. 
• Kickstart pupils (SFL) had a European breakfast. The Home Economics department went European with choux buns and pizza in their senior classes and the teachers from MFL helped to choose the star baker/chef. 
• Mr Hutcheson organised a "masked linguist" competition for staff only which was very well received.

St Margaret's Academy, West Lothian

Our Modern Languages Department at St Margaret's Academy has ran different language activities all week to celebrate languages. 

These have included European and language quizzes, poster competitions on the importance of learning languages, building Eiffel Towers with recyclable straws, karaoke, online games in different languages, Spanish music quizzes, tasting foreign food and taster lessons in Italian. 

Finally, a slogan competition on 'why learn languages' has been open to all pupils and entries posted all week into a box in the ML area. The winner will win two cinema tickets.