3rd Chinese Competition Speaks Volumes

Date: 9th December 2011

As more and more schools across the UK begin to teach their pupils Mandarin, the British Council’s Mandarin speaking competition has developed over the last five years from a fledgling project to a high profile event.

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Results - European Day of Languages Poster Competition 2011

Date: 20th October 2011

Congratulations to all schools and pupils who entered this year's European Day of Languages Poster competition! The competition was run by the ALL, Routes into Languages NE, Europe Direct NE and Crossroads Languages.

This year's competition took inspiration from the motto of the Olympic Games: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger). We had several hundred entries across key stages 2, 3 and 4 each providing their own depiction of this message using many different languages from across the globe.

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Work Experience Opportunity with RiL NE

Date: 19th October 2011

The School of Modern Languages at Newcastle University is offering the opportunity to take part in a paid internship with Routes into Languages North East.

This is part of the Newcastle Work Experience (NWE) scheme which is a 100 hour flexible work experience programme providing undergraduate and postgraduate students with the opportunity to undertake challenging projects within North East businesses. There is a £600 bursary available for this placement.

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Toon star launches Double Club in local school

Date: 29th September 2011

There was a buzzing sense of anticipation in the classroom at Armstrong School on Monday as part of Newcastle’s Excelsior Academy as the class awaited the arrival of Newcastle United winger Gabriel Obertan. When he arrived he was greeted by an enthusiastic ‘Bonjour!’ from the assembled class of year 9s. This was a French lesson out of the ordinary. Obertan was there to launch Newcastle United Foundation’s new initiative, the Double Club.

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'Sausage Cup' sets sizzling pace for German and football in the North East

Date: 12th July 2011

Monday 11th July saw the fourth ‘Bratwurstpokal’ German language and football tournament take place at Newcastle University’s Longbenton sports ground. Six Schools from the North East region attended bringing with them squads of ten pupils who spent the morning learning all about football in German.

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