STA Modern Languages

St Thomas Aquinas Secondary Modern Languages Department
#BeCLEAR in Modern Languages

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Dōmo arigatō gozaimasu @EdinburghUni @Japanfoundation for facilitating our first ever Japanese tasters this morning! Our pupils loved learning about customs, culture and language! @StThomasAqSec @s2_STA 🇯🇵🎌🎴🎎

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Muchas gracias to Mr Brennan for launching our first ever Spanish Language and Culture club. Pupils are getting the chance to contact their peers in one of our partner schools, Compañía de María in Zaragoza. Lots of nice food too! ¡Qué guay! @StThomasAqSec @MrsRitchieSTA @s2_STA

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C'était incroyable ! A great morning at the GFT for our impressive S2 linguists watching a showing of 'Savages'. Merci beaucoup to Miss Wilson and Mr Brennan for organising. @s2_STA @STAHomeEc @stthomasaqsec @MrsRitchieSTA #beCLEARinModernLanguages

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S5 RE have been learning all about Día de los Muertos and made a fantastic ofrenda to celebrate their loved ones! @StThomasAqSec @meehan_miss #beCLEAR

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Hold onto your sombrero 🇪🇸 @STA_Mod_Langs @StThomasAqSec @Mr_Henry_STA @stabecs Mr Craig’s Nat 5 are KASH convertors 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎥🍿working together to prove how well they can describe their teachers to meet SQA standards

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Well done to our lovely Emmanuella who was the quiz winner during the S2 French breakfast to celebrate European Day of Languages. A wee gold star to celebrate ⭐️ 🥳 🇫🇷 @STA_Mod_Langs @StThomasAqSec

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It wouldn’t be European Day of Languages without our amazing staff flag competition - thanks to all the wonderful contributions and the winners! 🇮🇹 #dreamteam @stabecs @StThomasAqSec #europeandayoflanguages2025

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Mrs Savage's S1s got a chance to build some Eiffel Towers - great efforts all round! @StMargaretSTA @Mr_Henry_STA @StThomasAqSec #EuropeanDayofLanguages2025

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Super S1 competed in a nail biting languages theme treasure hunt - ¡bien hecho chicos! @Mr_Henry_STA @StThomasAqSec #EuropeanDayofLanguages2025

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One of the highlights of the day was our S2 French Breakfast - great opportunity to try some French cuisine! @STAHomeEc @StThomasAqSec #EuropeanDayofLanguages2025

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Our language ambassadors ran a tongue twisters competition at breaktime to test language knowledge and win some prizes! Face painting was on offer too! @StThomasAqSec #EuropeanDayofLanguages2025

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Up next was a great treat from some of our senior phase language ambassadors - Daniela (Portuguese), Eva (German) and Yara (Japanese) - they all delivered phenomenal tasters to our lucky S2s! @StThomasAqSec @MrsFarrellDHT

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What a great start to the morning in Home Economics for European Day of Languages making pain perdu! C'était délicieux ! Merci @STAHomeEc @StThomasAqSec #EuropeanDayofLanguages2025

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Today we celebrated the career of our very own Mrs Lafuente who is retiring this week after 37 years in teaching! Such a bittersweet moment to say goodbye to one of the best! Great morning sharing memories and best wishes - more celebrations to come! 🇪🇸🇫🇷🥂@StThomasAqSec

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Update: on bus from Edinburgh airport. Approx arrival back to STA - 1am #seville2025 @meehan_miss

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All boarded flight now and running pretty much to time. Will update when we land. Estimated around 00:00 to Edinburgh. @StThomasAqSec #seville2025

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Travel update: through security and waiting on flight to board. Flight running to time so far. Further updates will follow 🇪🇸

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Travel update: we are packed and checked out, waiting on our transfer to the airport. Will send further updates as we have them #seville2025

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Last day in Seville has been spent seeing the famous Setas de Sevilla and lots of souvenir shopping 🛍️🍄@stthomasaqsec #seville2025

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Finishing off our final full night in Seville with a stop at a traditional Spanish restaurant, El Cabildo. ¡Qué delicioso! @StThomasAqSec #seville2025