Bannockburn celebrates European Day of Languages 2020

This day is celebrated on 26th September every year in countries across Europe. 

The objectives of the day are: to encourage people to think about the importance of learning languages; to encourage lifelong learning of languages for everyone; and to promote European languages.

At Bannockburn we celebrate all languages, not just European ones!

We always display our multilingual classroom signs outside our doors.

This year you can enter the official EdoL T-shirt design competition - ask your class teacher for a form to enter!

 

European Day of Languages 2018

This week, to celebrate European day of Languages on 26th September, different classes have been sharing their experiences of different languages and discussing how useful and important they will be in their future lives.

All classes have undertaken surveys to find out just how many languages are currently spoken in our school, and the results are now proudly displayed on our classroom doors, showcasing our diversely multicultural and multilingual school community.

In Year 5 we had a special EDoL lesson, where , among doing lots of languages-based activities, we also watched a video of a spectacular 4 year old Russian polyglot - do you know what a polyglot is?

Watch the video link below to find out....

We also had some great discussion and debates about languages, with some very insightful comments.

"It shows that now matter how young or old you are, you can learn languages" - Year 5 Rowan Tree pupil

"It inspires me to learn more languages" - Year 5 Rowan Tree pupil

"When you can speak someone's language, like sign language, it can make them feel like they are part of something" - Year 5 Rowan Tree Pupil

Celebrating European Day of Languages at Bannockburn

This week at Bannockburn we have been sharing our language skills to celebrate European Day of Languages, which takes place each year on 26th September. In classes we have been discussing our language diversity and teaching each other basic phrases from languages we know; at Bannockburn we celebrate all languages not just European ones! We have also been reflecting on the advantages that having foreign language skills brings during both lessons and our assembly this week.