Young MFL Leaders Programme – First language placement

Year 10 MFL Leaders visit local schools, giving Spanish and German activity workshops to primary school pupils

 

On Tuesday 5th November, 73 of our Year 10 MFL Leaders in four teams of 8-9 groups each, visited Oak View School and St Philip Howard Schools, giving Spanish and German activity workshops to primary school pupils.

Young Leader initiatives have made a great impact on the teaching of young people over the last 25 years across many curriculum areas, using a sports team model. The BHGS Foreign Language Leader Programme hopes to engage a whole new group of young leaders through MFL.

The Young Leaders planned, delivered and evaluated their learning activities for the Key Stage 2 pupils, with an eye to developing and demonstrating leadership skills through foreign language related tasks. A follow-up visit will take place in February including a Languages Discovery Day for the Key Stage 2 pupils hosted by our school in June in which the Year 10 pupils will play a leading role delivering a wide range of foreign languages and cultural experiences.

There will be certificates and awards for Team Leadership and Initiative, which will be presented in July 2025.

Our students were, as ever, enthusiastic and brilliantly delivered their lessons to the younger pupils – they were also able to find out what life is like on the ‘other side’ of the whiteboard! They now look forward to their 2nd placements in the Spring Term.

Staff at the local primary schools also gave feedback: “Thank you for a great learning experience. Pupils in year 5 enjoyed the MFL day, and they were very interested in finding out more about German and Spanish.” “We were impressed with the knowledge and skill shown by the young leaders and hope to work with them again.”

A big thank you to all involved, here at Bishop’s, and at the primary schools for making this opportunity possible.

R Taylor / J Keighley