1 59 SPRING NEWSLETTER 2024 MFL Curriculum Update In Spanish this term, Year 7 students have been learning about how to talk about different family members and how to describe themselves. They are currently learning the words for different food and drinks and linking that to opinion phrases and adjectives so they are able to talk about their likes and dislikes. Students are also learning about different hispanic foods from different Spanish speaking countries. Year 8 have completed a topic on school including their opinion of school subjects, teachers and their uniform. They are currently studying a topic on where they live; learning about places of interest in their town, what you can buy in different shops, and how to ask and give directions. Year 9 have completed the topic of healthy lifestyles where they have learned how to talk about different sports and bad habits in the past and future tense. Currently the students are learning about future plans, why languages may be useful for different jobs and about different career options. They have studied part time jobs, looked at Spanish job adverts and what options they have when they leave school. Students have found this topic very interesting as we have also been able to discuss the changes to the GCSE Spanish course from September where the assessments are more accessible for involving some of the key skills at Key Stage 3 such as phonics and dictation. Language and Global Leaders Our Language Leaders have continued to meet and have enjoyed discussing key areas of language learning and teaching. The students are looking forward to planning sessions where they will create a lesson which they will teach in one of our feeder primary schools. The Global Leaders have also met to discuss current issues affecting our community and the local community. Following Year 9 support during Mission Week, they have decided on the key ideas proposed including a campaign on gender equality and the language used in school, to complete a beach clean and to possibly visit the Eden Project to see how important protecting our planet is for future generations. International School Update We are also continuing to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through our global and international work. We are looking forward to working with a small group of students in Key Stage 3 with our international partners in Turin in May and the beginning of a new partnership with Valencia for a small group of Key Stage 4 students in July. If any local business would like to support some of our SDG international work then please email elyon@ thornleigh.bolton.sch.uk. The Pensioner’s Party has become a real - and hotly anticipated - institution, with the local community desperate for a place of this very festive table. Months in the making, the college literally added a dollop of Christmas spirit to the season by putting together an event that certainly delivered. Our Wise Men and Ladies arrived at the stable, greeted with tea, coffee and the option of something altogether more fizzy before being entertained by dancers from Year 10 and being given the opportunity to show some festive moves themselves. The three-course meal, with turkey and all the trimmings, followed next before the fun commenced: festive bingo, a raffle of donated gifts from staff and students alike, and the joy of the college’s school and band. Tradition dictated a rousing Thornleigh sing-a-long to finish, and the guests certainly did not disappoint with their rocking around the Christmas tree! This was the most wondrous way to bring a community together and there is no doubt that the guests- clutching a Christmas card and gift- left with full stomachs and a warm heart on their journeys back to lands afar. From the staff - who donated money and gifts - to the students who so generously gave their time to support and entertain the guests, this really was the very best way for Thornleigh to gather faithful friends who are dear to us. Pensioner’s Christmas Party
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