At Willow Lane, we embrace the teaching of MFL (Modern Foreign Languages) with our younger children (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2) experiencing a term of Spanish, French and German. In Key Stage 2, the children study a language in more…

As part of their MFL (Modern Foreign Language) studies, Yellow Class have been learning about Spanish food. This has culminated in a Spanish food taste testing session where the children sampled different tapas (small snacks). These…

As part of their MFL (Modern Foreign Language) learning, Year 6 have visited the local Mandarin speaking restaurant and ordered their meals in Mandarin. They used phrases of praise and thanks for the delicious meal and many of the…

Well done for all your fabulous creations. Linked to this term's topics, we had Iron Men, baking, European Country fact files, Minecraft created scenarios, diagrams and paintings of plants, mini worlds, moving robots, flags, powerpoint…

Look what came to assembly - a Chinese Dragon and some Chinese Lions! Having visited the classes throughout the day, the animals and musicians performed in front of the whole school. This was a recreation of a key part of Chinese New…

As part of our Chinese New Year celebrations, members of the Confucius Institute (from Lancaster University) spent the day in school visiting classes who learn Mandarin. They taught the children Tai Chi which the children all enjoyed.…

Year 2 have been enjoying learning names for different foods in Spanish. This week they used their language skills as well as their taste buds to enjoy Spanish treats such as cured meats, tortilla (Spanish omelette) and churros (a…

On Friday Violet Class went to a Chinese restaurant. We had all sorts of food, from rice to sweet and sour chicken. Violet Class used their Mandarin to order, showed excellent manners throughout the trip and everyone enjoyed their…

Every class in Key Stage 2 has a weekly Mandarin lesson. The children enjoy learning this language because not only is it enjoyable to learn how to say, read and write other languages but also to learn about the culture of those using…

Willow Lane were treated to a musical assembly on an instrument no-one had seen before - the Guzheng. This was played by a musician from the Confucius Institute, based at the University of Lancaster, and they have been in to assist with…