Rhu Primary School

Rhu Primary School celebrated the diversity of European countries and languages for European Day of Languages. 

Take a look at the fantastic P6 video which showcases this diversity.

Hermitage Primary School

Hermitage Primary School in Argyll and Bute had an amazing time celebrating European Day of Languages this year. 

You can see some of the fun activities which took place on this video. 

Knightsridge Primary School

At Knightsridge Primary School in West Lothian we had a whole school focus on The Very Hungry Caterpillar for European Day of Languages.

We used the story to focus on French colours, days of the week and food, animal and other vocabulary. Primary 6 and 7 pupils used what they learned to create their own version of ‘La chenille qui fait des trous'. 

St Columba's High School

Despite COVID restrictions, St Columba's High School in Gourock still managed to celebrate and enjoy EDL this year. We had fun and made it work!

Our activities included lunch time taster sessions of British Sign Language and Arabic, led by younger pupils and supported by our S6 Language Leaders. During class time we took part in the official EDL quiz as well as enjoying a European disco. 

Inverclyde Council also got in touch and asked us to create and record a promotional video demonstrating how we marked the occasion. This was then launched on the Inverclyde Council website and Twitter on the 26 September. 

St Columba's High School are happy to promote and support modern language learning!

Houston Primary School

At Houston Primary School in Renfrewshire we travelled round Europe with each class learning about the culture and language of a different country. We studied famous landmarks from that country and recreated them using art / technology skills.

Primary 1 learned about the Dutch language and culture of The Netherlands, and made some beautiful Delft plates.

Primary 4 learned about some of the iconic buildings in London and created their own rainy day in London pictures.

Primary 6 made fabulous interpretations of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. They used repeating patterns to create the brickwork on the towers and bright colours to reflect the colourful domes.

Comely Park Primary School

At Comely Park Primary School in Falkirk we celebrated European Day of Languages in a variety of creative ways. From Nursery through to Primary 7 the children explored different aspects of their selected country and investigated the culture, the history and the spoken language.

Due to some of the children having Turkish as their first language the Nursery focused on Turkey. They made replicas of the flag and learned some Turkish words.

The Primary 1 pupils focused on Spain and found out information on Pablo Picasso. They practised some flamenco dancing and created their own Picasso themed artwork.

Primary 2’s countries of choice were France and the Netherlands. They have been busy all week building Eiffel Tower structures during STEM activities as well as creating French menus and learning French songs.

Primary 3 really enjoyed learning about Sweden. They learned lots of new words and practised conversing with one another. During STEM they built the Oresund bridge.

Primary 4 focused on the countries France and Italy. They researched facts about the countries as well as researching the famous Venetian rowing boat, gondolas. They created their own gondolas using paper. Mrs Kennedy made the traditional Italian food pizza on the pizza oven. They also created Eiffel tower artwork as well as replicated the Mona Lisa.

Primary 5 focused on Spain. They investigated the traditional Spanish food tapas and create their own tapas foods using paper plates. They also researched the history of the flag. They learned about Spanish classroom instructions then designed a comic strip to help them remember them.

Primary 6 learned about the country Germany. We were using atlases today in order to identify major German cities and rivers. P6 were creating fortune tellers which focused on German colours, it was a bit fiddly but everyone managed to achieve their goal!!

Primary 7 looked at the country Iceland. They worked in groups to create fact file posters on Iceland. They learned Icelandic words practised these with each other.

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Milne's High School - whole school event

For EDL 2019, teachers and S6 pupils at Milne’s High School worked together to organise a vibrant, whole school event in celebration of EDL, and created a challenge that proved informative, fun and engaging for all pupils from S1-S6. 

The school kindly shared their resources. If you are looking for something different to do in your school this year, why not read through the description and access the resources below.

Mr Croissant

Croissant fever hit the school the week before EDL when pictures of an intrepid travelling croissant and croissant jokes began appearing on all the walls and doors. The following week, all classes from S1-S5 kicked off Period 1 with a slideshow introducing them to the European Day of Languages and our EDL character, Hugo Croissant. Hugo explained he was on a gap year and needed the pupils’ help to travel further around Europe.

Firstly, each class had to cut out Hugo’s picture and give him a personal touch such as a beard or a beret. His first destination was Germany and each class had to correctly complete Round 1 of Hugo’s quiz on Germany. Before they could move on to Round 2, two pupils from each class had to bring their own Hugo pic and his passport to the Modern Languages Department where they had to correctly pronounce a phrase in German in order to get past the S6 border police and enter Germany where Hugo’s passport was stamped and their photo taken against a German background. Pupils repeated these steps to help Hugo travel to Iceland, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Greece. While the pupils were out, the classes watched a short clip about EDL or the country that Hugo was visiting.

The event was a huge success with pupils and staff alike. The pupils said they learned a lot about different countries and cultures and many said they felt more positively about learning a language as a result. Our S6 prefects showed fantastic leadership skills running the challenge.

Resources

Mr Croissant PP

Instructions for teachers

Mr Croissant answer sheet (blank)

Mr Croissant answer sheet (teacher edition)

Mr Croissant passport