Leehurst Swan School

Y10 pupils recently participated in a Modern Foreign Languages Speaking Competition, held at the Royal High School in Bath.  The competition was organised by the Routes into Languages Initiative, led by the University of the West of England.  Various Schools from the South and South West took part. There were different categories: KS3, KS4 and near-native speaker. Pupils had to give a presentation in front of an audience in either French, Spanish or German.  All pupils performed extremely well, despite their nerves.  Project Director Irene Wilkie said the aim was to encourage more young people to continue studying languages.  She said “It is so encouraging in this difficult time for foreign language teaching in our schools to see that there are still many young people who really do possess excellent foreign language skills and have an enthusiasm for language learning.  The older students were a real inspiration to the young ones and even the teachers commented that it had given them a boost to be involved in such a celebration of foreign languages.”

 Wilfie Cross won a prize and Matthew Day and Lottie Hawkins gained Certificates of Merit. It was a fun day and everyone enjoyed the challenge.