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Welcome to our Languages and International Blog. At Bridgewater, we have chosen Spanish as the language we teach, as it is widely spoken. This is taught to all children in years 3 to 6 by Mrs D'Agostini. We engage the children through playing games, singing songs and stories as well as developing their grasp of grammar and the written language. Please celebrate the children’s learning with us by commenting on the blog posts below. ¡Hasta luego!
We have been accredited with the International School Award (ISA) 2022-2025 in recognition of our international focus. We were praised by the British Council for our commitment to embedding a rich and creative range of international work.
It was a pleasure to revisit Year 1 and share some Spanish with them. Their enthusiasm was infectious as we learnt how to say, "Feliz Pascua" - Happy Easter and also practised Spanish numbers through a song counting rabbits. The children confidently volunteered to, "be the teacher" as they shared their knowledge with the rest of the class. {gallery}/media/jw_sigpro/users/0000000109/Easter Year 1{/gallery}
March 2024
During a whole school assembly, our wonderful, confident and articulate Language Ambassadors shared different traditions that occur in their countries of origin at Easter/Springtime. We learnt that:
Germany – fires are lit to burn away the darkness of Winter and to welcome in the Spring.
Finland - children dress as witches and knock on doors asking for sweets in exchange for twigs.
Bulgaria - eggs are painted red, the sign of the cross is made with the wet painted egg on people’s foreheads then they have a hard boiled egg fight. The winning egg is said to bring good luck and is kept until the following year.
England - thinking about the empty tomb in the Easter story, we love to eat 80-90 million chocolate eggs each year.
Ireland - hard boiled eggs are rolled down hills and whichever doesn't crack/cracks the least is the winning egg. Our assembly saw the Irish egg, aptly taking the winning title.{gallery}/media/jw_sigpro/users/0000000109/Easter{/gallery}
