14018 WINTER NEWSLETTER 2025 MFL Tapas Meal for Spanish Students Around 75 Spanish students from Years 7 and 9 tucked into traditional tapas dishes at a town centre restaurant. Pupils enjoyed a three course meal, which included favourites, such as albondigas (meatballs), calamari, Spanish omelette and patatas bravas (fried potatoes with a spicy sauce) at Tapaz Restaurant and Bar in Bradshawgate. With the restaurant decorated for Christmas, there was a real festive atmosphere and the students enjoyed a fabulous experience. Language Leaders During our Language Leader meetings this term, we have been developing our ideas for how to raise the profile of languages within our school. We have launched an extracurricular language club and are now completing the selection process for the borough-wide Translation Bee competition. A group of our Language Leaders will also meet to complete their preparation for the Routes into Languages award. Throughout the year they will build evidence in their log books and have already had some fruitful discussions about what is required of a language teacher. Global Leaders Although we have not heard from Paddington, our Global Leader mascot who we sent on his travels to our Salesian Partner School in Peru, we are hoping to set up our Global Leaders group again after Christmas to help support our sustainable work and to deliver key messages during whole school assemblies on the importance of creation and protecting our planet. The group will be meeting soon to discuss some ideas on how we can support initiatives in our own community. Bolton Learning Partnership MFL Network We are hoping to see the reappearance of the Bolton Borough Translation Bee soon at Thornleigh, where the top 4 students from KS3 compete in Spanish and French against all the other schools in Bolton. Fingers crossed we will have some more winners from Thornleigh! We have also launched a Christmas Decoration competition in the MFL Department where students can design a bauble for our Christmas Tree in E3. The bauble should be designed to represent a tradition or culture from around the world. Language Week To celebrate Language Week this year, and in collaboration with the centenary of the Salesians at Thornleigh, students created hearts based on the ethos of a Salesian school. Students wrote about what they love based on the pillars of School, Home, Church and Playground. Students then decorated these and 100 will be collated and displayed in the Chapel and during our Centenary celebrations. Language for Business As part of the Sixth Form Enrichment Programme on a Wednesday afternoon, we have been delivering a Language for Business course. This is an innovative professional accreditation which involves encouraging learners to use language skills for career enhancement and economic benefits. The students can achieve an accreditation which reflects practical and authentic application of foreign language skills in today’s workplace; promoting independent, confident and effective linguists with the skills required to make a positive and effective contribution to international economic activity.
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