News
- School Development 2022-23 1st November 2022
- Quality Mark 27th May 2021
- A letter from Sir David Attenborough 21st May 2021
At Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, we believe that the teaching of languages provides an opening to other cultures and increases pupil understanding of the wider world. The teaching of Italian broadens pupils' understanding of connections between English and European languages.
This enables us to live, love and learn about another culture through its native language, customs and traditions.
Languages is a sacred subject:
Languages enables pupils to know the universal story they are a part of:
Below are some examples of how our teaching of Languages contributes to our whole school pupil characteristics:
Pupil Characteristic | Key Word | Languages contribute to this by providing opportunities to…… |
The leaders of tomorrow | LEAD | Able to understand and communicate with leaders and groups from another culture |
Advocates | STAND | Know the difficulties of speaking about issues in a non-native language and support others to overcome this barrier |
Powerful orators | SPEAK | Converse in different languages with a wider range of people to get their message across |
Gospel activists | ACT | Interact meaningfully with others within their community to see the growth of Gospel values |
Inquisitive learners | ASK | Generate questions about another language and culture, working hard to discover answers |
Creative problem solvers | THINK | Explore other possible approaches to a problem via the use of languages and collaborative learning |
Inclusive team builders | SHARE | Learn about another culture and language, recognise the links to their own and other commonalities |
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You can find out more about how we implement this intent statement by reviewing the documents at the end of the page.
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If you would like to know more about how we teach Languages at our school, please contact Mrs Atherton via the ‘Contact Us’ page.