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Brighten your day! Read our 2026 Mother Tongue Other Tongue digital anthology - a joyous celebration of North East children's writing in 46 different languages. 3,960 took part this year and we are delighted to showcase examples from across the region: https://t.co/UzSJnUluYU

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We are delighted to share five short films about this year's Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages, sharing the experiences of children and young people, teachers and partners and showcasing the impact of our record-breaking, flagship event: https://t.co/YuXok9h274

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Newcastle schools accessed £500,000 Turing Scheme funding for 15 visits abroad this year – highlights from some of these visits are included in this article. We also supported schools with £570,000 applications in March (results in June) for 2027 visits: https://t.co/dclRHwhtgz

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There are some great events for people of all ages to get involved in this summer in Newcastle. July sees the GemArts Masala Festival and Pride celebrations. August brings the Novum Summer Festival and the annual Newcastle Mela: https://t.co/19rACT3Yza

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Erasmus+ funds international placements and partnerships for organisations working in education, training, youth and sport. Find out about UK-wide info sessions in June to support involvement and our in-person session on 11 June for Newcastle schools: https://t.co/bc3JFhSFYj

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Join in and celebrate A Day of Welcome in schools (12th June) and Refugee Week 2026 (15-21 June). Find out more about events, activities and resources available to support your participation: https://t.co/FR0nPE5PzD
#courage #RefugeeWeek #DayofWelcome

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Welcoming Dimitra Boutsioukis as our new Chief Executive Officer from 1st July. Over the coming months, our current CEO, Declan Baharini, will work closely with Dimitra, our Board, partners and supporters to ensure a smooth transition: https://t.co/Xw6GlWG61d

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The Stephen Spender Prize 2026 poetry translation competition is open for entries (deadline 31 July). Pupils and teachers can translate into English any published poem from any language (including BSL), with a chance to win cash prizes and publication. https://t.co/HAPQrHcZLx

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Invitation to A-Level Arabic students to attend film screening and discussion of 'Wadjda' on 16th May organised by the North East Arabic Teaching Council. Find out more and how to register: https://t.co/0UwFUxvjTb

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During our Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages we launched a series of short videos and teaching resources for North East schools to inspire pupils (KS 2-5) to progress with languages and understand the wealth of opportunities available: https://t.co/xIs2AS4Y0h

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Five Festival interns from Northumbria and Newcastle Universities have been producing articles and digital content for our Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages this year. Find out more about them and what they have been doing here: https://t.co/K9SeljSGtP

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During six years, our Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages has become the most ambitious language festival for schools in the UK and Europe. Behind every workshop, cultural activity and school event is a dedicated team: https://t.co/0oozOxPSRx

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12,527 children from 101 schools took part in our Festival 2026 World Friendship Project – Together we Fly, creating colourful origami butterflies with messages of friendship. The public display is at Newcastle Civic Centre and a digital photobook: https://t.co/xEXlVEP71q

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2,075 primary school children aged 7-11 from 27 schools took part in our Festival Calligrams Celebration and drew images with associated words in different languages. Schools submitted a selection of these creations, which have been made into two e-books: https://t.co/6bTW1i8I2A

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Local schools took part in engaging Japanese cultural workshops at Newcastle Civic Centre with The Japan Society as part of our Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages 2026. Pupils had a hands-on introduction to Japanese traditions and language: https://t.co/Qx6vNMrRGk

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"Welcome to China” events involving over 200 children were delivered to North East schools by the Confucius Institute as part of our Festival of languages - providing fun, hands-on, interactive activities, bringing Chinese language and culture to life: https://t.co/USf30b49Lp

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100 pupils from North East schools were welcomed to Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre for a festive event to celebrate the richness of Bangladeshi culture, heritage, traditions and language, as part of our Festival of Languages: https://t.co/oOv1wIJSOF @SBInterCentre

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112 pupils from seven NE schools attended Futbol Lingo workshops at Northumbria University Sport Central in March to promote the power of languages to open doors to careers in the football sector: https://t.co/fiVgS5Bjiu @NorthumbriaUni @FutbolLingoApp

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120 primary school pupils and their teachers had a brilliant time taking part in Yorùbá workshops during our Festival of Languages - with storytelling, traditional dress, music and drumming: https://t.co/5SFWKOVoEW

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Newcastle Bangladeshi Association hosted pupils from Broadwood Primary School, St Joseph’s RC Primary School and St Paul’s CE Primary School on 26th March for a special day of celebration on the anniversary of Bangladesh’s Independence Day (1971).
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