St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive
Latest News & Events
New languages KS3 Club
Madame Siddique and Madame Wakefield are starting a languages
club for Key Stage 3. it will take place every Monday from
3:30pm to 4:30, week 2 only!
We will learn basic language terms, learn more about - culture, arts, music, fashion and even have food tasting sessions!
See Madame Siddique for a parental consent form or for more information!
Au revoir, Adios and Farewell
Year 11's!
We recently said goodbye to our wonderful year 11 French and
Spanish students. But before they went we had to say
"bye" with a little get together: learning Salsa, making
then breaking the Piņata, playing pin the
tail, listening to funky house and Spanish music as well as
taking pictures and enjoying refreshments.
Have a look at the pictures below
Year 11's, good luck and we wish you all the best for the future.
Previous News
MFL Leaders
For the past three years the school has run the MFL Leaders award, a strand of the Sports Leaders award. Six to eight Year 10 MFL students were chosen after writing an application, to visit a local feeder primary school and deliver a 10 minute language lesson. The students worked in pairs and completed a three week training program, starting with topic vocabulary and working towards a whole lesson, complete with resources, in order to confidently deliver the lesson to a Year 5 class on a carousel. The students really enjoyed the experience, improved their spoken confidence and learned that the best way of learning is to teach it yourself!
French Visit from Notre Dame School
On Thursday 19th March 2009 we held a special assembly involving all of our year 7 students and 90 French year 7's from our partner school in Northern France. A number of activities including role plays, a quiz about France and England and songs in both languages took place.
Trips
City Airport - March 09
Students were given a comprehensive tour of London City Airport in French as well as a presentation. They also did role plays in French based on airport situations and wrote postcards in French. The aim of the visit was to show students how languages can be used in the world of work. It also enabled students to learn new vocabulary and phrases which they will find useful when travelling abroad as well as giving them a unique insight into the life of a busy London airport.
Here are some quotes from students who visited the airport.
Year 9 student
Year 9 student
Year 9 Student
Gredos - June 2006, 2007 & 2008
In June 2006, 2007 and 2008 a selection of Year 9 and Year 10 students studying Spanish spent a week at the Gredos Centre situated in the northwest of Madrid, in the middle of the Gredos National Park, at an altitude of 1,600 metres. The surrounding peaks reach 2,500 metres and are one of the most outstanding areas of natural beauty in Europe. The park abounds in wildlife and has a rich variety of vegetation. It is a part of Spain unknown to most outsiders. You may find more information on the Gredos centre, including some stunning photos at www.gredoscentre.com.
The students relished the fantastic opportunity to practise their Spanish with native speakers at the centre, whilst taking part in a varied program of activities, including archery, a visit to an adventure park, Spanish cooking, taking part in a fashion show, making a television programme, T-shirt painting, a treasure hunt in the local village, karaoke and horse riding in the mountains. They all had an amazing time and returned with increased confidence in Spanish.
Revision & Study Skills
Advice for Year 11's
Make use of the websites listed below:
http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/
French: grammar, topics and vocabulary practice
Spanish: vocabulary, topics and grammar practice
http://www.targetlanguage.co.uk/
French: GCSE practice with verbs, exam rubrics and topics, dictionary and information from the different exam boards is also available from the site.
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/haberg/index.htm
French GCSE practice by topics: crosswords, multiple choices …
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=24&d=0
French revision site by topics: self-assessed revision exercises including some reading comprehension items.
http://zut.languageskills.co.uk/intermediate/year10.html
French GCSE revision practice available after 4pm for free
http://oye.languageskills.co.uk/intermediate/year10.html
Spanish GCSE revision practice available after 4pm for free
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~oussele/OusselinQuelquesFauxAmis.html
Site about French “false friends”-good to revise before the reading/ listening exams
http://www.gcse.com/french/index.htm
French revision site by skill and topic (including listening)
http://www.homestead.com/Anne_Fox/Wordsearch.html
French vocabulary revision through word games
http://www.aiglon.ch/langlink/spellmaster/spellmaster_sp/spanish_gcse/index.html
Spanish GCSE vocabulary practice games
http://www.aiglon.ch/langlink/finteractivegcse.html
Games and exercises to practice GCSE French topics
http://www.aiglon.ch/langlink/spanishrev.html
Spanish grammar revision exercises
http://www.aiglon.ch/langlink/frenchrev.html
French revision site for grammar and topics
http://www.revisioncentre.co.uk/gcse/french/index.html
French GCSE general revision site with revision advice
http://www.atantot-extra.co.uk/
Basic vocabulary builder including many games in French and Spanish
http://www.goold38.freeserve.co.uk/Yr10-11header.htm
http://www.goold38.freeserve.co.uk/GCSEvocab.htm
French GCSE site with links and GCSE vocabulary practice games
