Mairi Godley – Modern Languages Teacher
After two rounds of learning 100 words in their target language and spelling them out under exam conditions, four of our pupils will be ‘spelling it out’ on the 14th June at St. Andrews university. Our finalists are:
Sarah Lovett – 13 and over French
Martyna Hildebrant – 13 and over Spanish
Rose Ewins- under 13 French
Katie Rafferty – under 13 Spanish
Many pupils participated in the initial stage of this competition which was completed just before Christmas. From there the top performing pupils participated in our semi-final which took place in the library before the Easter holidays.
Our four finalists now have 100 new words to learn for the final where they will compete against pupils from across the country.
Well done to everyone who has participated- the spelling bee is proof that learning languages can be fun!
How this has developed my teaching and learning is the desire to create activities where pupils enjoy being challenged in the competitive form and this can be applied to every subject.
The pupils who have been taking part in the Spelling Bee have really benefitted by being exposed to such a large range of vocabulary. This was such a good idea Mrs Godley!