Mearns Castle Modern Languages

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Last week, Mandarin pupils got to learn more about Chinese food and culture and went to C’Mon Inn Hot Pot restaurant 🥢

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And we're off! Pupils and teachers had a fantastic time in France 🇫🇷
We left the Château on time we're on our way to Calais 🛳

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Fantastic day in Parc Bagatelle ! And for our last night we got to try some escargots 🐌

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Successful second day 🇨🇵
We made bread with Bruno then visited Boulogne sur Mer and the aquarium 🥖🦈

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After a long journey we made it to the Château! Time to relax and enjoy the French sunshine 🌞

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Bonjour de Calais !
Just off the ferry, had breakfast and now we're going to the chocolate factory 🍫

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S1 pupils enjoying their Mandarin taster lessons: learning the days of the week today!

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On Friday, the AH class participated in another Zoom chat with Spanish pupils from Galicia, a region in the northeast of Spain.

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Former pupil, Angus, came back to school this week to talk to the AH class about studying Spanish at university. He also helped everyone to prepare for the talking exam. ¡Gracias, Angus!

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Congratulations to the winners of the Chinese New Year Fan and poster competition: Chloe, Shravya, Alara and Ellie! Well done to all of you 🇨🇳🪭

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Some of our S3 Language Ambassadors had the opportunity to do a presentation about languages in Kirkhill Primary School last week for their Languages week and did a fantastic job! A huge well done to them and thank you Kirkhill for inviting us!

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Two of our S6 Language Ambassadors taught a lesson to an S2 class on the Spanish alphabet as part of their Spanish taster lessons. ¡Gracias Sophie y Cristina!

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S2 pupils also did some interdisciplinary learning and learned to make dumplings to celebrate Chinese New Year

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The Chinese New Year celebrations continue!! Well done to our designer who worked hard on decorating their own Chinese fans and masks 🪭🇨🇳

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Lots of different activities to celebrate Chinese New Year! Pupils enjoyed Chinese paper cutting, made their own red envelopes filled with Chinese sweets and biscuits and came at lunch to watch the Chinese New Year Gala show and ate Chinese Snacks 🇨🇳🐍

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Classes learned more about Christmas traditions in French speaking countries around the world 🎄🇨🇭🇨🇦🇭🇹🇲🇨

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S3 French using their creativity to make beautiful language themed Christmas cards ��️🎄

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¡Feliz Navidad! The Higher Spanish class had a Christmas party today…churros y chocolate y sangría. Some fun games including pass the parcel! Well deserved, everyone! 👏🏼 🇪🇸 🍫🎄🥳

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Pupils decorated the Christmas tree in their Mandarin class with appreciation messages 🎄🇨🇳