Jordanhill School

The European Day of Languages celebration for S3 pupils at Jordanhill School was divided into 2 parts.  In the morning there was a carousel of 10 workshops focusing on cultural diversity and the range of different languages present at the school.  As pupils visited each station, they had a page of a booklet to fill in as a record of their learning.

Workshops were run by pupils, the FLA and teachers from different departments and introduced Gaelic, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Bengali and Czech language and culture as well as including information about the European Union, languages and jobs.

A quiz was held and prizes were awarded to the team who successfully guessed the mystery teachers who were not only in disguise but ho were speaking in a language other than English.

In the afternoon, 3 speakers came to share their language experiences.  One was a Geography and Psychology student at Glasgow University who is fluent in French, English, Dutch and German.  Another was a spokesperson from Glasgow2014 Commonwealth Games explaining how she uses her skills in English, French and Afrikaans in her work.  Finally, Glasgow Warrior player Robert Harley talked about how French is benefiical to his rugby career.  Pupils were impressed and felt motivated by the speakers who all insisted on the fact that languages can always help you to open new doors in the future and are always a good tool to have next to another speciality such as law or sports.

The creativity and interdisciplinary nature of this EDL celebration saw Jordanhill School awarded 1st place in the S1-S3 category of the EDL2012 competition.