Young MFL Leaders Programme Successful Second placement
Year 10 Modern Foreign Language Leaders visit local primary schools, giving French and German activity workshops to KS2 pupils
On Wednesday 20 March, sixty-two of our Year 10 MFL Leaders in four teams visited Oak View School and St Philip Howard School, giving French and German activity workshops to KS2 pupils. Young Leader initiatives have made a great impact on the teaching of young people over the last 20 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. Building on their experiences during their first session in November, 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. The culmination of this year’s programme is the Languages Discovery Day for the Key Stage 2 pupils (hosted by our school on Tuesday 2nd 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. 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 putting in an enormous effort preparing engaging materials! A big thank you to all involved, here at Bishop’s and at the primary schools to make this opportunity possible.