EDL 2017

We have celebrated European Day of Languages at Sudbury again.
It is important to celebrate this type of events to grow language awareness in your pupils. We, language teachers, have to take any opportunity to promote languages!

This year, we did some new projects. Year 6 have created their own designs to participate in the official EDL T-shirt contest, wish them good luck!

Year 5 have been discussing the importance of languages. They used the leaflet "Languages take you further" to learn some basic greetings in the European language of their choice.

In Year 4, we have participated in an International E-Twinning project where the children from each school had to create a poster with the word peace in their native language. Then, we recorded our pupils and share the videos on the E-Twinning portal.

Quiz - Identify the language

ALL resources for European Day of Languages

European Day of Languages ideas wiki

Our previous activities

International project: European Day of Languages postcards

As part of the European Day of Languages activities, Sudbury Primary School has participated in two international projects on the Etwinning platform. 

Pupils from all year groups have written down some beautiful cards talking about themselves, their hobbies and describing London landmarks and customs. We sent our cards to 31 schools across Europe!

The children are so excited, we have been receiving cards everyday! We have received cards from schools in Germany, Turkey, Romania, Poland, France, Spain, Lithuania, Latvia, Italy, Croatia, Portugal, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Slovenia.

Would you like to listen to some of the languages spoken in Europe? Click on the map and you will learn some useful expressions.

European Day of Languages

It's been a busy week at Sudbury Primary School! We have been celebrating the European Day of Languages!

The European Council established the European Day of Languages to highlight the important value of language learning. This day aims not just to support multilingualism, but also to promote, understand and spread the linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe.

In Sudbury, we learnt some facts and useful information from each country looking at this "Passport to the European Union". 

We also ordered the "Languages take you farther" leaflets. They show common expressions for each European Language and numbers 1 to 10. The children created some posters with words and sentences in the language of their choice.

Our younger pupils have learnt how to say hello in different languages. They have also been looking at flags from different countries.

Do you know the names of the European countries? Play the Euro map-game.