International Durham

We were delighted with the 543 entries for our Languages Open Doors poster competition. The winning entries are displayed below are were from KS1 – Leona, Delves Lane Primary School KS2 – Imogen – Framwellgate Primary School KS3 – Beniamin – Outwood Academy Riverside Huge congratulations to all who entered.

We are delighted to be working with Newcastle Central Mosque and with EAL and Diversity Solutions to produce a short film for schools in our region. The film will explain how the Moslem community in our region marks Ramadan and celebrates Eid. Schools will be able to download the film free of charge. We will…

Students who volunteered from Durham University at our Lunar New Year celebrations have shred this video which has received thousands of hits on the Chinese version of Youtube. It shows the traditional costume show in all its glory – absolutely fabulous ! https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1bS4y1G7SQ?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click

Vicky Gough is unable to join us but has created a presentation which Brian Stobie will deliver. It can be downloaded from here :

Colleagues at Manchester University have translated the French escape room challenge into Spanish and German. We are very grateful to them for this and for making this available to our schools using the link below https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/connect/schools/outreach/viva-langs/

Partners at British Council have organised a great webinar to illustrate the careers which you can follow with some knowledge of a different language. Speakers include : Former language assistant from Newcastle A civil servant in the region A RAF officer from North East England A member of staff from GCHQ The event is FREE…

Working with partners at Durham University and the Spanish Embassy’s Education Department, we are delighted to offer teachers of Spanish ; at both primary and secondary level, the chance to take part in a FREE CPD day at the university on Saturday 2 April. Please register by following the link below : https://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/reinounido/convocatorias-programas/formacion-profesorado/historico-formaciones/durham-2022.html

The regional festival of languages is back ! Bigger and even better than last year’s great success, this year’s festival will span the whole month of March. We would like all schools to get on board and celebrate language learning during the month of March. Hold your own language event and share news of it…

Mark the arrival of the Year of the Tiger in Durham City on Saturday 5 February The full updated programme is available at http://www.thisisdurham.com/lunar