MFL

Mr Gaye shares an update and a countdown to International Mother Language Day on Sunday 21 February.

Please encourage your child to participate in our celebration of RTS linguistic diversity by taking part in our competition. Students can choose which activity to do from the list below to enter and win a prize. All entries should be submitted via Year Group Notices Google Classroom and the deadline for entries is 22 February.

The Multilingual City Collage

Students will need to find pictures of people that reflect the diversity of the environment we live in: of familiar buildings, local shops or landscapes, bilingual street signs; or other typical urban landmarks that display interesting writing on them. The collage should end up looking like a multilingual city. Students can be as creative as they want!

Happy Birthday!

Students can learn a happy birthday song in another language, video it and share the video.

Hello, Hello!

Or maybe students would like to create a poster with at least 10 different ways of saying 'Hello' - Be creative!

Sharing is caring!

If students are fluent in another language, why not write interesting aspects of that language by making posters. Students can:

• Compare and contrast aspects of that language with the English language (alphabet, script, sounds, writing direction, shared words, etc.)

• Identify and write common sayings or phrases from the language that others might like to learn and don’t forget to provide English translations!

“A new language is a new life” - Persian Proverb

Explore proverbs and idioms from another language. Proverbs often communicate the values of a culture and can be an interesting form of expression. For example, the English proverb, “two wrongs don’t make a right”, has quite a deep meaning. Or the Arabic proverb: “Learn a language, and you'll avoid a war”. Find proverbs and explore if they have an equivalent in the English language.

Richmond's Culture Review: Survey for Schools

Richmond Council are developing a new vision for culture for the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and we want to hear from schools, parents and young people.

Now more than ever they recognise the value of arts, parks, sports and libraries in enriching and improving lives and the opportunities these services present in supporting them to manage some of the current and future challenges the borough faces. Their aim is to develop a ten-year vision and set of priorities for arts, parks, sports and libraries (currently known as the ‘cultural services’) in Richmond and they would like your input in helping inform and guide this process.

Your responses will help them understand what is important to schools, parents and young people over the coming decade so that they can identify how cultural services can support this and create an innovative and diverse cultural offer which aims to empower, enable and inspire all residents.

Please respond to the survey by 23 February 2021:

https://haveyoursay.citizenspace.com/richmondecs/culture-20

Home Learning Rescources

VisitRichmond has been working closely with its partners to promote all the great home schooling resources that they have created for all the teachers, parents, carers and children to enjoy, including:

• Hampton Court Palace

• Kew Gardens

• WWT London Wetland Centre

• Strawberry Hill House

• Museum of Richmond

• Museum of Rugby

Each attraction has provided resources for Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 learning. Available via the VisitRichmond website: https://www.visitrichmond.co.uk/

VisitRichmond is keen for the local residents to discover what is on their doorstep during this National Lockdown and please don’t forget to visit one of 128 local parks and open green spaces that Richmond Council has to offer.