Annual Report 2024 - Flipbook - Page 79
“I asked students before if
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they wanted to travel to China. Some of
them said no. Now they all want to travel to China.”
“Every child and every language was made
to feel important and that they matter and have
“There are lots of different
something to contribute. Even though we learned
nationalities in my school and often
Spanish, we welcomed words in any and all
the children would interrupt the class to say
languages. I even threw in a little bit of Euskera
what a word learnt in French is in their
own language. It was great to see the similarities
(Basque) to spice things up!!!”
between all the languages.”
“The Japanese language is so different from what
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most students have ever learned, which is why it
captured their interest and made them aware
of that side of world.”
“Pupils are more aware of
different languages in the school community
“I made a strong
as I have heard pupils asking each other how to say
point of showing how much
Hello in different languages.”
richer our lives are from
learning about our own
“Our noticeboards would refer to the many languages used at
culture and others.”
home by children in our school. The main front door noticeboard
would use phrases such as Hello, Welcome, Happy Christmas etc.
in each language.”
“Children built an understanding that English and Irish are not the
only languages spoken in Irish homes. They learned
from each other.”
“The whole school sang a verse of Silent Night
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Class Teachers
in German at our Christmas Concert”
Next Steps:
“Languages are now
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Make recommendations for, and
considered cool.”
facilitate, the implementation of Say
“Thank you for coming to share your
Yes to Languages for a fifth school
year in 2025/26
knowledge with us. We learned so much.
We enjoyed it immensely.”
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Continue to facilitate language
“Class really enjoyed it. Will be of great benefit to
upskilling opportunities for primary
them heading into secondary school next year.”
teachers in a variety of languages
“I feel that we have rekindled a little sense
of wonder with an Gaeilge with introducing
another language.”
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Collaborate with stakeholders on the
development of resources and
strategies for the implementation of
the revised primary curriculum in MFL
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