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Wednesday 14 December 2011
Feliz Navidad - Frohe Weihnachten - Joyeux Noël - メリークリスマス
First impressions of today's Christmas Language Club - We did some Japanese origami, ate German Plätzchen, French papillotes and ate Las doce uvas de la suerte ("12 grapes for luck") while watching the Spanish New Year tolled in from the Puerta del Sol tower clock!
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Frohe Weihnachten!
We took 43 Year 8 and 9 students to the Frankfurt Christmas Market in Birmingham to enjoy the delights of Bratwurst, Stollen, Christbaumkugeln and chocolate Berliner.
Thursday 8 December 2011
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Skypeing with Nuestra Señora de Belén Escuela, Murcia, España
Our Year 9s skyped today (during their lunchtime!) with a Year 6 class from Nuestra Señora de Belén, Murcia, España. Both classes had prepared group presentations about where they live and their traditions/cuisine.
Here are some highlights:
Here are some highlights:
Saturday 12 November 2011
Saturday 5 November 2011
Monday 17 October 2011
Top UK school / 4th in the world!
Thursday 6 October 2011
Answers for our EDL Musical Quiz
Here are the answers for last week's quiz - Click on the links to listen again!
The Beatles singing “Sie liebt dich” in German
Miriam Makeba singing “Pata pata” in Xhosa (South Africa)
TUESDAY:
Beyonce singing “Si yo fuera un chico” in Spanish
The Nolans singing “I’m in the mood for dancing” in Japanese
WEDNESDAY:
Kaoma singing “La lambada” in Portuguese/Brazilian
Tarkan singing “Simarik” in Turkish
THURSDAY:
Robbie Williams singing “L’amour suprême” in French
TATU singing “Ya Soshla S Uma” in Russian
FRIDAY:
Pavarotti singing “O sole mio” in Italian
Basshunter singing “Boten Anna” in Swedish
Thank you all for taking part and congratulations again to 11H!
RT
Monday 26 September 2011
Saturday 24 September 2011
Thursday 22 September 2011
The scores are in... - Top School in the UK (1-50 students)
4th in the world in our category and top UK school by a long shot - a huge thank you and well done to all our 48 girls who answered just under 114.000 questions. We can't wait for our shiny certificates from New Zealand!
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Language Perfect World Championship - 1 day to go!
We're currently 3rd in the world in our category (1-50 students)!! |
Friday 9 September 2011
Language Perfect World Championships 2011
Tile Hill Wood School is a proud participant in the Language Perfect World Championships 2011 in the run up to this year's European Day of Languages! 50 of our girls have been entered and we're currently ranking 109 out of over 900 schools worldwide so far!
Sunday 24 July 2011
Thursday 21 July 2011
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Online Safety
As part of an alternative curriculum day, all year 8s had one session of learning how to use google translator effectively and how to give advice on internet safety. They posted their top tips on a lino-it canvas:
Vienna Calling... (Skype)
Friday 1 July 2011
Languages've got the X-factor!
Over 70 students from Years 4, 5 and 6 from Mount Nod, Parkhill, Wyken Croft and Leigh Primary schools joined our Year 10 Fast track French girls in workshops on French music which culminated in an X-factor session where students voted for their favourite French music video.