Recent Languages Events

 

  • Trip to Lille December 2008
  • Trip to Berlin February 2009
  • Winners of Europe Direct “Let’s talk Europe” debating competition 2009: The successful team members were: Vincent Simpson, Tim Merrey, Charlie Trotter, Daniel Kirkup, Ella Ward-Baker, Rosie Phillips, Jen Perry, Catherine O’Mahoney and Olivia Battrum.

  • Seven Language students from KEVI Sixth Form spent a day in July  in Belfast as a prize for winning the "Let's Talk Europe" competition.

    After taking an early flight out of Newcastle, they were treated to breakfast at the British Council Offices, before being given a tour of the Northern Ireland Assembly buildings at Stormont. This was followed by a guided walking tour of Belfast. A busy but very interesting day! (read a student's view of the day here)

  • Visits from Newcastle University Student Ambassadors
  • Year 12 and 13 Linguacast Day – visit universed.co.uk/language/german to see for yourself .
  • Year 12 and 13 languages tasters at Newminster Middle School
  • Wine and Wassailing with the Music Department December 2009
  • Year 9 Reward lunches
  • Scholarships – Congratulations to David Callaghan for winning a UK German scholarship to Frankfurt and Holly Ingram for winning a two week Don Quijote scholarship to Salamanca.

     Read Holly's account of her two weeks in Salamanca by clicking here.

    To read David's account of his visit to Frankfurt, click here.

  • Asset Languages Results 2009: Congratulations to Year 9 students for achieving Asset Languages Preliminary French and Breakthrough German and Year 11 students for achieving Intermediate Spanish and German.