North West

Film and Culture Event (Year 10 and 11)

Wednesday 21st October 2015, 10.00am – 2.30pm

University of Liverpool

The Film and Culture Event (FACE) is for language students in Year 10 and 11.  It is designed to highlight the benefits of learning languages through a careers  talk and to show the fun way in which languages can be taught with a film session (in French, Spanish or German). There are also two taster sessions in a less commonly taught language such as Arabic, Farsi or Chinese Mandarin to highlight the diverse range of language study options available at a higher level.

The aim of the event is to boost students’ enthusiasm for language learning so that they continue with their languages to ‘A’ Level and beyond. The event is an excellent opportunity to show pupils the variety of languages on offer and a range of fun ways they can learn.

These events are usually very popular and places will be allocated after the closing date of 12th October 2015.

There is a charge of £5 per pupil to cover some of the costs.  Subsidised by Routes into Languages NW.

Language Enrichment Event for Year 8 Pupils

Lancaster University

Tuesday 5th July 2016

10am - 2.30pm

Our ever-popular Language Enrichment Events for year 8 pupils are back. These are interactive, exciting events that encourage pupils to continue with their language studies at school and to think about the advantages of learning a new language or gaining a qualification in a language they may speak at home. These events have proved extremely popular with pupils and language teachers over the years and our research has shown a 24% increase in pupils taking language GCSEs after they attended the events. 

The events use language tasters and cultural activities in less widely taught languages (e.g. Arabic and Mandarin) to encourage the learning of languages generally.

Cost per pupil: £5

Subsidised by Routes into Languages NW.

Priority will be given to schools that have not attended a Language Enrichment Event in previous years.

THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED

Wednesday 23rd March 2016, 1.00pm - 4.00pm

French Essay Writing for Film - Le Grand Voyage (Year 13)

Lancaster University

The event focuses on a popular film studied by A2 students. The workshop will include the following elements: structuring an essay, arguing and illustrating a point, focusing on characters, themes and director’s style, building a phrase-bank to discuss films and learning film terminology.

There is a charge of £5 per pupil to cover some of the costs.  Subsidised by Routes into Languages NW.

German Essay Writing for Film - Goodbye Lenin

Tuesday 22nd March 2016, 1pm - 4pm

Lancaster University

The event focuses on a popular film studied by A2 students. The workshop will include the following elements: structuring an essay, arguing and illustrating a point, focusing on characters, themes and director’s style, building a phrase-bank to discuss films and learning film terminology.

There is a charge of £5 per pupil to cover some of the costs.  Subsidised by Routes into Languages NW. 

This event has now been cancelled

Friday 8th January 2016, 1.00pm - 4.00pm

Spanish Essay Writing for Film - Pan’s Labyrinth (Year 13)

Lancaster University

The event focuses on a popular film studied by A2 students. The workshop will include the following elements: structuring an essay, arguing and illustrating a point, focusing on characters, themes and director’s style, building a phrase-bank to discuss films and learning film terminology.

There is a charge of £5 per pupil to cover some of the costs.  Subsidised by Routes into Languages NW.

Language Enrichment Event for Year 8 Pupils

Lancaster University

Thursday 7th January 2016

10am - 2.30pm

Our ever-popular Language Enrichment Events for year 8 pupils are back. These are interactive, exciting events that encourage pupils to continue with their language studies at school and to think about the advantages of learning a new language or gaining a qualification in a language they may speak at home. These events have proved extremely popular with pupils and language teachers over the years and our research has shown a 24% increase in pupils taking language GCSEs after they attended the events. 

The events use language tasters and cultural activities in less widely taught languages (e.g. Arabic and Mandarin) to encourage the learning of languages generally.

Cost per pupil: £5

Subsidised by Routes into Languages NW.

Priority will be given to schools that have not attended a Language Enrichment Event in previous years.

Language Enrichment Event for Year 8 Pupils

University of Central Lancashire (Preston)

Wednesday 6th January 2016

10am - 2.30pm

Our ever-popular Language Enrichment Events for year 8 pupils are back. These are interactive, exciting events that encourage pupils to continue with their language studies at school and to think about the advantages of learning a new language or gaining a qualification in a language they may speak at home. These events have proved extremely popular with pupils and language teachers over the years and our research has shown a 24% increase in pupils taking language GCSEs after they attended the events. 

The events use language tasters and cultural activities in less widely taught languages e.g. Arabic and Mandarin) to encourage the learning of languages generally.

Cost per pupil: £5

Subsidised by Routes into Languages NW.

Priority will be given to schools that have not attended a Language Enrichment Event in previous years.

Language Enrichment Event for Year 8 Pupils

University of Manchester

Thursday 15th January 2016

10am - 2.15pm

Our ever-popular Language Enrichment Events for year 8 pupils are back. These are interactive, exciting events that encourage pupils to continue with their language studies at school and to think about the advantages of learning a new language or gaining a qualification in a language they may speak at home. These events have proved extremely popular with pupils and language teachers over the years and our research has shown a 24% increase in pupils taking language GCSEs after they attended the events. 

The events use language tasters and cultural activities in less widely taught languages e.g. Arabic and Mandarin, to encourage the learning of languages generally.

Cost per pupil: £5

Subsidised by Routes into Languages NW.

Priority will be given to schools that have not attended a Language Enrichment Event in previous years.

Winners of the school-wide Spelling Bee competitions for Year 7 will join us for the North West Region Spelling Bee Final.

The competition will be held at Manchester Metropolitan University and will see the region's top spellers in French, German and Spanish competing for a place in the National Final, which will be held in July 2016. 

Trophies will be presented to the winners.

Language Enrichment Event for Year 8 Pupils

Manchester Metropolitan University

Thursday 7th January 2016

10am - 2.15pm

Our ever-popular Language Enrichment Events for year 8 pupils are back. These are interactive, exciting events that encourage pupils to continue with their language studies at school and to think about the advantages of learning a new language or gaining a qualification in a language they may speak at home. These events have proved extremely popular with pupils and language teachers over the years and our research has shown a 24% increase in pupils taking language GCSEs after they attended the events. 

The events use language tasters and cultural activities in less widely taught languages e.g. Arabic and Mandarin) to encourage the learning of languages generally.

Cost per pupil: £5

Subsidised by Routes into Languages NW.

The events are only open to schools where languages are not compulsory. Priority will be given to schools that have not attended a Language Enrichment Event in previous years.