Languages at Work – Wellington College
On Wednesday 23rd October, 14 of our keenest Year
10 linguists travelled to Wellington College to take part in the annual
Languages at Work Event with other local schools including Gordons, Tomlinscote
and Collingwood. After posing for the
compulsory photograph under the clock tower, we went to the welcome talk in the
grand hall and were then split into groups.
Students spent the day attending a
carousel of sessions learning about how languages will be important in their
working lives. Highlights included learning to introduce ourselves in Japanese
including saying a greeting, giving your name, nationality, occupation and age
and not forgetting learning to count to 100 in Japanese – all in 50 minutes!
Another session run by the Intelligence Corps
focused on how languages are used in the Army and we played a matching game
with the Russian alphabet and bingo with the numbers in Farsi! There was a fun, interactive session where we
learnt British sign language from Total Communications and a challenging lesson
on computer programming.
Thank you to Wellington College for hosting a very
interesting and useful day!
Mrs Sweetman
Afternoon Tea and Maths
A group of Year 11 students and their parents attended an 'Afternoon Tea & Maths' session with Mr Johnson. During the afternoon tea, the students and parents looked at exam hints, tips and most importantly, looked at time management within exams.
We will be holding another session early Spring.
Thank you to Mr Johnson and The Maths Department
