Nottingham High Junior School

Bonjour and Hola to you all!

A new term, a new competition!

The theme of this competition is… opposites.

This week, I am going to give you two words in Spanish that are the opposite of one another. You need to find out what they mean in English AND find out how to write them in French!

I will add a new post each week and each time the pairs of words will come from one of the Units of Work that a year group will be studying this term in either French or Spanish. Either give me your answers by hand, or email me with your answers and I will collate your entries before we break up for the half term holiday on Friday 1st June.

Good luck!

WEEK 1 = izquierda and derecha

Year 5s enjoyed some Spanish food tasting as part of our ‘In the Cafe’ unit of work. The boys wished one another ‘buen provecho’ (enjoy your meal) and asked one another what they liked in Spanish.  Well done boys!

Over the next 2 weeks we have the pleasure of receiving the Language Ambassadros from the Senior School. Twenty groups will teach lessons featuring eight different languages to all the boys at both the Junior School and Lovell House.

Staff at the Junor School are in full support of the scheme and are taking  the morning and afternoon register in a different language each day with week:

MONDAY  = MAORI – KIA ORA

TUESDAY = MANDARIN – NI HAO

WEDNESDAY = GERMAN – GUTEN MORGEN(AM)/GUTEN TAG (PM)

THURSDAY = JAPANESE – KONNICHIWA

FRIDAY = SWAHILI – JAMBO

All the boys in 6S dressed up in Spanish outfits and told us what they were wearing.

We hope to send the photos to our Spanish penpals!

1 = PAST – for all those of you who entered last half term’s optional World Langauges Competition, please come to the science lab at break on Friday to collect your prizes (if you haven’t managed to hand your entry in yet, don’t worry, you have until Friday).

2. = PRESENT – this half term, the competition is to design a poster to promote the benefits of learning a foreign language. Use your imagination, be creative….. Senior School MFL staff will judge them and then all entries will be used to make a display.

3 = FUTURE – the MFL competition after Easter is for YOU to decide! Let me know your ideas and I will choose at least one of them to run next time.

Good luck and, above all, ENJOY! 

For those of you who were unable to hand in your competition entries before the holiday began, don’t worry – I will give you until Friday 24th February. Prizes wil be handed out on this day.

Well done to all of you who entered – I have already recevied quite a few entries and it’s lovely to see the effort that you have put into this.

Well done boys – I am very impressed.

 At school, we read and write from left to right.

Can you name any scripts that are read and written from right to left?               

EXTENSION: Can you name any scripts that are written vertically (downwards instead of across)?

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On Tuesday lunchtimes some of the boys have been learning Italian. They leave their English names at the door as they come in and transform in to Bruno, Massimo and friends  for their lesson.

You are making super progress boys – well done.