MFL Week 2018 - Modern Foreign Languages or Mad For languages?

The Mandarin students launched the start of the special MFL activities with a presentation, a dance and a Chinese song during assembly on Monday 26thMarch, followed by a song by some French students. Then on Monday 2nd April, the Sinhala and Tamil students delivered another special Avurudu assembly, with a presentation and more dance. In class, language students were treated to unusual activities.

Sinhala

Sinhala students participated in many activities, including a Sinhala handwriting competition. The students were given the opportunity to watch a Sinhala movie and the Sinhala Avurudu celebrations were organised by the Year 7 students to enjoy the Sinhala and Tamil New Year.

All the Sinhala students actively participated during the MFL Week and gained lot of new experiences not only on the Language but also on Sinhala culture and Sinhala New Year celebrations.

Tamil

It was an exciting week for the children. Learning to drape a saree, delivering their own speech, performing a dance act were few of the individual activities. The children sure did enjoy the English subtitled movie and sweet meats brought by each one of them.

Not only did they learn about the language but also were able to build actively engaged. To end it with a happy note, it was amazing to see the performers present and perform on the assembly day.

Mandarin

Students were engaged in many fun activities such as Chinese games, a Chinese movie and a Chinese food station (organised by the students to enjoy authentic Chinese food).

All the Mandarin students actively participated during the MFL Week and gained lot of new experiences not only on the language itself but also massive Chinese culture.

French

Students used the last three lessons of the term to enjoy special activities; a French film with English subtitles, a treasure hunt with prizes from France and French food brought by the students. A special mention goes to students who went the extra mile to bake or cook themselves.

In addition, the Year 10 students visited the Café Français where they enjoyed a delicious French meal and interviewed the chef, in French!

The MFL Team would like to thank all the participants, especially those who plucked the courage to perform in front of the whole School!