Helena Ground

Languages Teacher/International Lead

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

We are delighted to announce that Cambourne Village College has been awarded the British Council’s prestigious International School Award in recognition of its exceptional work in international education!

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

Earlier this term, we shared the exciting news that Majed (Yr10) had won the QFI Arabic Speaking Competition. Today he had the honour of attending the awards ceremony at Oxford Uni where his incredible achievements were celebrated with other winners from across the country!#proud

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

On Friday we celebrated our annual Culture Day. It was fantastic day, showcasing the best in CamVC’s cultural diversity and a great opportunity to learn about the different heritages of our students, staff, and wider community. A huge thank you to everyone involved!

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

Thank you to everyone who came along to our HK Parent/Carer Meeting on Tuesday evening. The PPT from the event can be found in the following section of the school website: https://t.co/RxhqghRhMc

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

Students from our after-school Arabic class have been working on a project, which showcases the traditions and cultures of Arabic-speaking countries. They have produced some incredible pieces of work and we look forward to displaying these as part of our Culture Day on 5th July!

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

It was great to see our fantastic CamVC and CVC students representing the Cam Academy Trust at the Regional MFL Translation Bee Final in Peterborough on Wednesday last week. Everyone did incredibly well, and we celebrated two finalists for Spanish from CVC! Well done everyone!

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

We are so proud of Majed in Year 10, who has been announced as a winner of the Qatar Foundation International Arabic Speaking Competition.

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

This week we held our 2nd HK Parent/Carer Network Meeting. Thank you to everyone who attended and thank you to Ashraf Ahmed, Migration Policy & Partnership Officer at Cambs CC for sharing lots of useful info about local initiatives & employment support. Next event: 25/06 6-7:30pm

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

Our Cantonese Language Leaders were back at Monkfield Park Primary School last week, delivering more fantastic lessons. The pupils enjoyed learning the Cantonese words for different colours and animals and did a great job of learning to write the characters. Well done everyone!

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

Yesterday, CamVC hosted the Yr7 Foreign Language Spelling Bee Regional Final for the East of England. Congratulations to the winners and a huge well done to all finalists, the last 47 out of 3746 students who started the competition. And, a big thank you to our Language Leaders!

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

Our Language Leaders were back at Monkfield Park Primary School this week teaching Spanish to Year 5 and 6 classes. They delivered some exceptional lessons that were really enjoyed by pupils. Well done everyone!

[Rachel Hawkes @RachelHawkes60]

We at The Cam Academy Trust are excited to be recruiting for online Content Creators and Subject Reviewers as we partner with Oak National Academy to develop high quality resources for primary (KS2) Fr/Sp and secondary (KS3 and KS4 - new GCSE) Fr/Gm/Sp. https://t.co/myqrAXOK0e

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Hong Kong parent/carer network meeting yesterday evening. Thank you as well to Kong Thai Soul for providing some delicious snacks! We will be holding our next event in the summer term – more information will follow after the holidays.

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

A reminder that on Monday 25th March, we will be holding a Parent/Carer Network Evening for our Hong Kong families from 6pm-7.30pm in the CamVC Performance Hall. There will be refreshments and traditional Hong Kong-style egg tarts!

[Dr Penny Rabiger (She/Her) @Penny_Ten]

'A wonderful opportunity': The adventure of raising bilingual children

A must-read for all those monolingual school leaders and teachers out there perpetuating the myth of ‘EAL’ as an impediment https://t.co/90YOb4ahD8

[Helena Ground @helenaground]

What an amazing couple of days at Language World! #LW2024 It was so great to be back with the ALL family and such a privilege to be given the opportunity to present! @ALL4language

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

On Monday 4th March, we will be launching our after-school Hong Kong Community Group for CamVC students in Years 7-11. These sessions will run every Monday from 3.15 – 4.15 in the Activities Hall and will be led by Miss Lam.

[Cambourne Village College @CambourneVC]

We loved hosting our Peruvian exchange students from Lord Bryon School in Arequipa! Highlights: delivering lessons on Peru at Jeavons Wood PS & Monkfield Park PS; Yr11 Spanish speaking games; CamVC Yr10 British culture quiz; ComVC art workshop and a celebratory Peruvian evening!