Killermont Primary School

Here at Killermont Primary School we held our EDL Assembly on Friday 2nd October.

A letter was sent to parents advising them of the assembly and asking for pupil volunteers to say a phrase or two in a European language as well as dressing up in the national colours of their chosen country. There was a great response and we had a group of Spanish speakers as well as German, Romanian and Dutch speakers and a small multilingual group of Norwegian, Arabic, Greek and Albanian speakers.

Pupils in classes from P5 to P7 sang some French songs and we watched two YouTube videos.

Peebles High School

The European Day of Languages is a time to celebrate the diversity of the languages spoken around the world, to promote language learning and to have some multilingual fun! On 24th and 25th September, the S1 classes from Peebles High School (Scottish Borders), celebrated the European Day of Languages by taking part in an EDL T-shirt competition! They all enjoyed that and as well as the wonderful prizes they received.

With our S2 French, German, Italian and Spanish classes we did the SCILT European Day of Languages quiz and watched some topic related videos.

Crown Primary School

Crown Primary in Inverness celebrated the European Day of Languages with every class taking on a different country to learn about.

Primary One did an amazing job of embracing a different culture. In the home corner an Italian restaurant appeared, they made the Italian flag and the children feasted on pizzas.  

Some of the other classes in the school had parents come in to share their home language and read to them. A few of the older children also went into the younger classes to read in their home language.

In P5/6 the children looked at the designs of Greek pottery and then created their own pots using clay after spending the morning researching different aspects of Greece (Gods, numbers, alphabet, ancient, modern, etc). Most classes learnt a few key phrases in their country’s language.

St Elizabeth's Primary School

St Elizabeth's Primary School in Hamilton enjoyed a week of listening to, repeating, learning and enjoying a wide array of languages. Hungarian, Polish, French, Italian, Scots, with a wee bit of Punjabi and Sri Lankan thrown in to celebrate the origin of some of our pupils.

Children got free pizza from a local Italian restaurant, dressed up in European flag colours and thoroughly loved playing around with languages.

Queen Victoria School

Higher pupils at Queen Victoria School led the whole-school Morning Assembly and read poems in French, Spanish, Japanese and Russian. Stickers were given out to the whole school, and pupils were informed of the events running that day.

Classes in the MFL department centred around a Kahoot quiz, with lots of fun video clips to support it. One of the English teachers played a 'Guess the movie' by letting pupils hear a trailer in a foreign language, and in Maths, S1 played with The Cube and practised their Spanish numbers.

Staff decorated their classrooms and offices - the library won 1st prize for it's transformation into a snowy Finland! There was also a dress-up competition for staff, and pupils judged the best dressed.

The catering staff provided a French breakfast, Spanish lunch and Italian tea, and themed the dining hall to match the cuisine! There was a 'Surprise' Film screening of l'Arnacœur for a small group of senior girls after school on Tuesday.

Sgoil Phaibil

Sgoil Phaibil had a wonderful celebration of European Languages Day on Friday. Pupils took part in a range of engaging activities throughout the day and celebrated with great enthusiasm!

Children came to school dressed in an authentic European national costume.  All 28 European Union countries were well represented!

Our activities included:

• European Union Mapping Skills
• European Landmarks 
• Gaelic Singing 
• Famous European Artists
• European Greetings
• European National Dress Game

At lunch time all our pupils were encouraged to sample some delicious European dishes which had been prepared and donated by our local restaurants, Stepping Stone, Temple View, Langass Lodge, Hamersay House and Lochmaddy Hotel.  ‘Hamersay House Hotel’ were kind enough to send their Head Chef, Joe Sinclair, who served lunch to all of our pupils!

The dining hall was decorated with European flags and photographs of famous landmarks were displayed around the hall.  Some of the famous landmarks had been created earlier by our pupils using newspapers!     

The finale - ‘Les Trois Petit Couchons!’ 

The highlight of the day was when all pupils sang the well known fairy tale, ‘The Three Little Pigs’ in French to the tune of Lady Gaga’s song, Poker Face! 

Sarah Jane, Head Teacher of Sgoil Phaibil:

The European Languages Day is the ideal opportunity to promote and encourage the importance of language leaning, celebrate cultural diversity and above all teach our pupils how much fun learning a new language can be!

European Languages Day also allows us all to improve our understanding and appreciation of different cultures and customs.

All pupils received a European ‘goodie bag’ containing European items.

A fun and productive learning experience was had by all… including the staff!

St Anne's Primary School

We celebrated The European Day of Languages by having a Modern Languages Week in St. Anne's Primary, Erskine.

The Primary 7 children worked with the infants teaching them French games they created. The Primary 6's provides a "taste of Europe" for Primary 2. The children had great fun participating!