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This is also the aim of this International Day: celebrating these ways of expressing the world in its multiplicity, committing to the preservation of the diversity of languages as a common heritage, and working for quality education - in mother tongues - for all.

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example door poster based on Lisa's family!

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21st February marks International Mother Language Day. As it falls in half term, we will be celebrating around that time, preferably in the previous week.

There are a couple of things (related to one another!) that each class will be doing.

The first is completing Language Portraits. The idea is that each child will be given a body outline and they use it to express their linguistic identity. Here is the link to an explanation.  https://www.multilingualism-in-schools.net/language-portraits/

On the page you will find an explanation of the task but also a video that explains it better than I can! It's worth watching (and relatively short!) to help you guide your learners. There are written instructions (attached) as well as a short 3 minute video to show the children. As the teacher video points out, there is no right or wrong to fill in your portrait and the explanations and discussions are just as important as the colouring so please make sure that part is not ignored. There are examples of completed portraits at the bottom of the webpage as well as in the video. Please do one yourself - it's not just for the children! If you have KS1, feel free to scribe for the children or eavesdrop as they talk about it and record, or have a class discussion and collect comments. Whatever works best for you. EYFS - if you could do something age appropriate discussing languages that would be great but I appreciate it may be a challenge!

The second part will follow on from this - please complete a poster for your door that gives your class name and the languages spoken in your class.

I've shared a mock up (I've made my family into my class!) but please be as creative and innovative as you can! You may want to separate speaking and understanding if ch feel they understand a language but don't necessarily speak it. Make it special to your class rather than everyone having the same one. I've done it in PPT as that's easiest to share but you could use Publisher, Canva, Photoshop - or even go low teach and draw it!  You may want to separate speaking and understanding if ch feel they understand a language but don't necessarily speak it.

I'm going to set a challenge/competiton over half term related to Mother Language Day too but more of that soon.

[This is one of the main activities for our International School Award - and one of the few not directly related to our Erasmus project]

Outcomes:

Language Portraits for your class - record in your CLJ and send me any really interesting/profound/well explained ones! If possible I'd like to video a few children sharing their thoughts so please let me know any suitable candidates! (I'll be looking at CLJs on 3rd March)

A 'we speak...' poster on your door (I'll wander around to see them on 3rd March)

Any questions or things you want to discuss, let me know!

Thank you!

Lisa x

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For World Book Day, the children in Year 6 brought in some of their favourite books in different countries. 

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For World Book Day, the children in Year 6 brought in some of their favourite books in different countries. 

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In class we read Holes (set in the USA) by Louis Sachar.

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Languages in 6MW

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Austria factfiles.

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Art work based on our class book in 6MW for World Book Day.

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Languages in 6JM.

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Easter celebration assembly with Rev Nicholas

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Easter celebration assembly with Rev Nicholas

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Year 3 all brought in books from around the world; they were either about the culture of the country or in the language of the country.

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Y3 investigating Passover with an 'expert pupil'

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Y3 investigating Passover with an 'expert pupil'

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In Year 3 looked at Passover during our RE lessons. Chloe celebrates this as she is Jewish.

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Y3 WBD display - Paddington, Spanish and Peru

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Y3 WBD display - Paddington, Spanish and Peru

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Y4 WBD - The Butterfly Lion - South Africa and Afrikaans

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Y4 WBD - The Butterfly Lion - South Africa and Afrikaans

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Year 3 made pan con tomato for our DT. Children chopping and cut their ingredients. The children loved the new floors.

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Y4 played with the Marines Band and lots of other schools at Birmingham Town Hall

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Y4 played with the Marines Band and lots of other schools at Birmingham Town Hall

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Y4 playing their trumpets at Birmingham Town Hall as part of the Brass Festival

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Y4 playing their trumpets at Birmingham Town Hall as part of the Brass Festival

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Y4 at the Town Hall as part of the Brass Festival

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Y4 at the Town Hall as part of the Brass Festival

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Our pupils (and staff) had an amazing time this afternoon. Thank you for the experience.  #WHCMusic #sfebrass @RMBandService @SFE_MS @BrassBandsEng https://t.co/oH1goKERs8

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Our pupils (and staff) had an amazing time this afternoon. Thank you for the experience.  #WHCMusic #sfebrass @RMBandService @SFE_MS @BrassBandsEng https://t.co/oH1goKERs8

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'Arriba' - 700 @SFE_MS WCIT pupils with @RMBandService what an inspiration indeed @BrassBandsEng 👇🏻👇🏻 #sfebrass #EBBC2022 https://t.co/RO7AL2gU7g

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Our pupils (and staff) had an amazing time this afternoon. Thank you for the experience. #WHCMusic #sfebrass @RMBandService @SFE_MS @BrassBandsEng https://t.co/oH1goKERs8
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Our pupils (and staff) had an amazing time this afternoon. Thank you for the experience.  #WHCMusic #sfebrass @RMBandService @SFE_MS @BrassBandsEng https://t.co/oH1goKERs8

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'Arriba' - 700 @SFE_MS WCIT pupils with @RMBandService what an inspiration indeed @BrassBandsEng 👇🏻👇🏻 #sfebrass #EBBC2022 https://t.co/RO7AL2gU7g

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Our pupils (and staff) had an amazing time this afternoon. Thank you for the experience.  #WHCMusic #sfebrass @RMBandService @SFE_MS @BrassBandsEng https://t.co/oH1goKERs8

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Our pupils (and staff) had an amazing time this afternoon. Thank you for the experience.  #WHCMusic #sfebrass @RMBandService @SFE_MS @BrassBandsEng https://t.co/oH1goKERs8

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'Arriba' - 700 @SFE_MS WCIT pupils with @RMBandService what an inspiration indeed @BrassBandsEng 👇🏻👇🏻 #sfebrass #EBBC2022 https://t.co/RO7AL2gU7g

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Well done to Year 4, they were fantastic at the Music at the Marines concert today. They represented the school brilliantly and demonstrated some amazing playing skills 🎺🎶🎵 #whcyear4 #whcmusic #sfebrass #EBBC2022

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Well done to Year 4, they were fantastic at the Music at the Marines concert today. They represented the school brilliantly and demonstrated some amazing playing skills 🎺🎶🎵 #whcyear4 #whcmusic #sfebrass #EBBC2022 https://t.co/6UopeI9n8u

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Well done to Year 4, they were fantastic at the Music at the Marines concert today. They represented the school brilliantly and demonstrated some amazing playing skills 🎺🎶🎵 #whcyear4 #whcmusic #sfebrass #EBBC2022 pic.twitter.com/6UopeI9n8u
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Well done to Year 4, they were fantastic at the Music at the Marines concert today. They represented the school brilliantly and demonstrated some amazing playing skills 🎺🎶🎵 #whcyear4 #whcmusic #sfebrass #EBBC2022 https://t.co/6UopeI9n8u

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Well done to Year 4, they were fantastic at the Music at the Marines concert today. They represented the school brilliantly and demonstrated some amazing playing skills 🎺🎶🎵 #whcyear4 #whcmusic #sfebrass #EBBC2022 https://t.co/6UopeI9n8u

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Well done to Year 4, they were fantastic at the Music at the Marines concert today. They represented the school brilliantly and demonstrated some amazing playing skills 🎺🎶🎵 #whcyear4 #whcmusic #sfebrass #EBBC2022

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2AL all brought in different books representing a country or culture. Some of these were written in different languages. Each child shared their book and why it was important to them. We then had a chance to look and and read each other's books.

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Making Christmas gifts for our Erasmus friends - Year 2

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Making Christmas gifts for our Erasmus friends - Year 2

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Making Christmas gifts for our Erasmus friends - Year 2

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Making Christmas gifts for our Erasmus friends - Year 2

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2AB- paintings based on the work of Vincent Van Gogh (Netherlands)

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2AB- paintings based on the work of Vincent Van Gogh (Netherlands)

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2AB- Art work in the style of collage artist Gustav Klimt (Austria)

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2AB- Art work in the style of collage artist Gustav Klimt (Austria)

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2AB- Researching our artist Gustav Klimt (Austria)

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2AB- Researching our artist Gustav Klimt (Austria)

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2AB- Learning Frère Jacques (French) on the glockenspiels in music  

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2AB- Learning Frère Jacques (French) on the glockenspiels in music  

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DT- Year 6 visited Veeru's Restaurant to look at the Punjabi culture and make local cuisine

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DT- Year 6 visited Veeru's Restaurant to look at the Punjabi culture and make local cuisine

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DT- Year 6 made samosas and rolls using local Punjabi ingredients.

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DT- Year 6 made samosas and rolls using local Punjabi ingredients.

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2AB- Class Assembly based on our geography topic, The Arctic. We did lots of super lessons leading up to this!

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2AB- Class Assembly based on our geography topic, The Arctic. We did lots of super lessons leading up to this!

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6MW language portrait

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4CC on Day 1 - singing our school welcome song

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4CC on Day 1 - singing our school welcome song

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Reading We’re going on a Bear Hunt in five languages - each school reading in their own language

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Reading We’re going on a Bear Hunt in five languages - each school reading in their own language

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Playing the culture game with our partners

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Playing the culture game with our partners

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Day 3 - Language Leaders look at the dictionary pages 

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Day 3 - Language Leaders look at the dictionary pages 

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 Y6 receive letters from CEP Antonio de Ulloa

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 Y6 receive letters from CEP Antonio de Ulloa

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Y6 open their letters - the anticipation!

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Y6 open their letters - the anticipation!