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Newsletter 7 - July 2025
MFL
As the academic year draws to a close, and following KS3
assessments and Year 10 orals, we thought that it would be
the perfect opportunity to share our personal highlights of
the year. We would also like to say a fond farewell and huge
congratulations to our amazing Year 11 pupils who leave us after
five years. We wish you all every success with your exam results
and plans for next year. You have all worked exceptionally hard; we
are extremely proud of what you have achieved, and we hope that
you will continue to use your language skills in the future.
Year 11 French awards
Award for excellence: Christie and Rebecca
Award for effort: Isabella and Oliver
Award for most improved: Macayla and Maisie
Year 11 German awards
Award for excellence: Kacper and Edwin
Award for effort: Louis and Paulo
Award for most improved: Raquel and Patricija
Year 11 Spanish awards
Award for excellence: Janine and Daniel
Award for effort: Louise and Maayan
As a team, we really enjoy seeing our pupils engage in their language learning
both in and outside the classroom. Our personal highlights centre around rich
cultural opportunities that have allowed our pupils to shine. Every year we look
forward to celebrating The European Day of Languages in September. This
year’s theme was Peace. Pupils loved guessing the language that teachers
outside our department speak from short voice recordings played at the start of
each lesson throughout the day. In MFL lessons, they amazed us by how quickly
they picked up British sign language.
Highlights
The annual Christmas card competition
showcased the incredible creativity and
talent in Year 7.
Each language enjoyed theatre
performances from the Onatti Theatre
company. Pupils came away from
the experiences full of confidence
and thoroughly entertained. It was
wonderful to see them immersed
and able to follow the 50 minute
performance in the target language
after just one lesson’s preparation.
In November, St Richard's pupils were
invited to sing three songs from memory in
French from the French film Les Choristes
at the “Music from the Movies" concert
alongside the Bexhill Sinfonia Orchestra at
the De La Warr pavilion. Bravo!
Trips and visits
Pupils studying Year 10 Spanish went to Barcelona in October and those
studying German went to Cologne to visit the Christmas markets in
December. The French department welcomed visitors to St Richard’s from
our French partner school in May. On all occasions, pupils acted as amazing
ambassadors for our school. They used their language skills not only to
communicate in everyday situations but also to create lasting memories.
We have been very impressed by the effort, commitment and enthusiasm of the following pupils to the weekly
zoom ‘live lesson’ with their Beijing based teacher Laoshi Li. They will be presented with a special certificate of
achievement on completion of the final module of the year: Rosa, Leon, Zizzy, Artur, Maria, Humphrey.