As part of the Express Yourself festival of languages, young people were invited to submit pieces of writing in either a mother tongue, other than English or a language which they are learning. Their work is celebrated in this e-book which we hope that you will share and enjoy! https://read.bookcreator.com/aPFdJwL6yBQL1EtOM2cNOfHB3nD3/LozsfT0JTGKKanB3-WpmYw

Ugadi is another festival that denotes the New Year for many Hindus from South India. The Scholars into Schools co-ordinator celebrates the festival as well and decided to contribute my culture towards the Project as well with her family, friends and relatives, ‘Yugadi Habbada Shubhashayagalu’ which in Kannada means, ‘Wishing you a happy Ugadi’!

Today is the start of the Thai New Year celebrations – April 13th ! Is this the wettest festival on the planet? A student volunteer at Durham University has written about the Thai New Year festival for us.

Four business ambassadors shared their language journeys with over 200 pupils from nine regional secondary schools as part of our regional languages festival. Explaining how they use French, German, Spanish and Italian in a range of industry settings was a powerful message to the region’s learners. We heard how an engineer used his skills both…

Two former pupils from schools who took part in a visit to Tuebingen in Germany, organised by the county council, share their stories about how languages changed their lives. Anne McElvoy and Fiona Hill Languages have been a huge part of my life, both personally and professionally – and the roots of that were the…