Congratulations - German Winner
Priory Lower School
Judges Comments
Priory school has developed an integrated approach to the teaching and learning of German. Using German in everyday class lessons and encouraging a wider knowledge of the language than normal methods. Activities include mental maths, this offers practical terminology that promotes real knowledge and understanding whilst helping the learners to be conversant at a higher level.
The involvement of the community through links with mother tongue speakers at other local schools helps the learners understand sentence structure and pronunciation plus a practical knowledge of intonation and word sounds. The children take part in external activities such as fairs with singing and games and they look forward to continuing with their language learning.
It was interesting to read that the school has links with a German Partner school as it helps the learners participate in conversational German in both written and spoken form.
The judges felt that the school has embraced language learning through integration and the children have a mix of practical sessions and academic work combined with access to German speakers. The school offers German to its learners who already have other languages to their repertoire, giving everyone a second common language for reference and conversation.
Priory Lower School, Greyfriars, Bedford, MK41 0GB
