Sunday, 26 February 2012

Tile Hill Wood Languages represented at #ililc2

Here are the presentations about some of the work we do with social media which were presented at the "ICT and Languages 2012" Conference at the University of Southampton 24/25 March.


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German A-level Conference: Handling the cultural topic



43 students from from 6 schools between Watford and Birmingham came to Tile Hill Wood School on Friday 24 May for a series of workshops on handling the cultural topic for their A2 examinations. Topics covered were 'Film analysis', Der Besuch der Alten Dame, Der Vorleser and German history after WWII with particular focus on Reunification. There were also two practical sessions dealing with the cultural topic in the speaking exam and the essay.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Storybird workshop with Year 5 (Park Hill) & Year 7

36 pupils from Park Hill Primary School visited our Year 7s today to create storybirds on "La selva tropical". Year 5s designed the first few pages and then worked with Year 7s to include more detailed descriptions using adjectives. A big thank you to everyone involved! See all storybirds here: www.thwstorybirds.blogspot.com





Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Languages Club: Bon appétit!

We had 22 girls enjoying a taste of foreign foods today - the definite highlight was tasting Kelly's home-made crêpes as you can see!






Friday, 27 January 2012

Language Olympians at Tile Hill Wood

Our new Language Olympians Display - well done to all the students who were shortlisted this term!

Thursday, 12 January 2012