Primary Languages Competition

On a very hot Monday afternoon at the end of June, a mixed age group of eleven children took part in the first Southampton Primary Languages Competition at Beechwood Junior School.

The children had entered various categories: the Culture Quiz, the Song category and an ICT category. Ryan P and Mohammod from Year 5 impressed everyone with their knowledge of France and French life! Both of them reached the sudden death play-off, with Mohammod narrowly beating Ryan and the two other finalists.

The song was performed energetically and confidently by Max, Katie, Rhiannon and Archie from Year 3; Kundie, Shannon, Ariba and Charley S from Year 4 and Jasmine F from Year 5. Much to their excitement, they won their category.

Finally, Kundie and Charley S represented the whole of Year 4 by explaining their ‘Comic Life' ICT presentation to the judges. Year 4 had worked with Mr Mackay to prepare comic strip dialogues based on role play at a French market. Kundie and Charlie had to explain how this was done and were expected to read the French dialogue to the judges, which they clearly did well, as they also won!

We were very proud of the children’s efforts and of their fantastic behaviour, which was commented upon by parents who attended. “Bravo tout le monde!”