THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRIMARY BEE
Following the National Final for the Routes into Languages MFL Primary Bee 2026, we're delighted to announce the following winners:
| French | ||
| 1st | MK | Finton House |
| 2nd | AJ | St Mary's Catholic Primary School |
| 3rd | AR | St John Fisher Catholic Primary Pinner |
| 4th | GD | St Mary's Catholic Primary School |
| German | ||
| 1st | CT | Bronte School |
| 2nd | DL | Bronte School |
| 3rd | CL | The Elms Junior School |
| 4th | RH | Bury Grammar School |
| Spanish | ||
| 1st | KR | LVS Ascot |
| 2nd | MJ | Solihull Prep School |
| 3rd | AM | All Saints C o f E Primary School |
| 4th | TP | Sharmans Cross Junior School |
Huge congratulations to them and all concerned in their success!
The competition continues and the 2027 quest for winners launches officially on the European Day of Languages (26th September 2027).
The Primary Bee is for students in Years 5 & 6 who have started learning a foreign language ab initio in KS2 to practise and improve their vocabulary, pronunciation and memory skills in the target language (French, Spanish and German)
Words and phrases have been selected according to the work of NCELP (National Centre for Excellence in Language Pedagogy) which highlights the importance of word frequency in informing vocabulary learning, particularly during the early stages of language development. The list includes many high-frequency words (e.g., some numbers, some colours, some verbs, days of the week, question words and a number of common verbs to help early learners to acquire a robust knowledge of verb vocabulary.
The cost is £25 for state schools and £55 for non-state schools. Please use this link to pay for your school's entry fee before registering for this year's competition https://languageprojects.github.io/
Then register as instructed in Autumn Term 2025 and you will receive the Primary Bee Teacher's Pack, with the word lists and all the info needed to run the Primary Bee in your school.
Please note that refunds will not be possible - it is the school's responsibility to ensure that having registered the school participates in the competition.
