So lovely to hear lots of love for languages amongst our P7s tonight! Lots of P7s with their sights set on Languages Academy next year 🫶🏼 We also met parents who had lived and worked in 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇨🇳 🇷🇺! #languagesopendoors 💪🏼

Lots of our P7 families are using Duolingo to build their language skills! We had learners of 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇳 🇯🇵 🇬🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇹 🇳🇱 🇸🇪 🇮🇩 🇸🇦 with us, including some language legends with streaks of over a year! The longest streak was 685 days learning Spanish 🙌🏼 Can anyone @larberthigh.bsky.social beat that?

Great to meet so many P7 families tonight! Mums and dads were using WordWall to test their languages skills and our P7s loved practising Chinese characters on the magic mats! 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇨🇳🇪🇸

This is a niche German teacher thing, I know, but I can’t cope with the mispronunciation, so here’s how you say the new Rangers manager’s name correctly. Now we’ve got that cleared up, can we use the umlaut in Röhl too! Danke! 🇩🇪

It was soooooo hard to choose September‘s Langauge Legends! Well done to Sonny, Mason and Isabella! 🙌🏼

Have you checked Google Classroom S2? 🇩🇪

Merci! Danke! ¡Gracias! to all S4 parents & carers who joined us at Parents Night. It was great to be able to give an update on all the great work happening in 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸 classes! Parents should have received a copy of our Supported Study timetable. All sessions will be up and running after the holidays!

Lots of excitement in Team S2/3 🇩🇪 this week about next year’s Rhine-Moselle Trip! A reminder that tear off slips should be returned to @missnicolsonlhs.bsky.social @mrslairdlhs.bsky.social or @mrsmclarenlhs.bsky.social by next Tuesday!

We love 🇩🇪 untranslatable words! 🫶🏼

🔈Calling S4 linguists! 🔈 The Bright Red N5 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 and Higher 🇪🇸 books are a really useful resource to help you prepare for your SQA exams! 👇🏼

🔈Calling S2/3 🇩🇪 students 🔈 We’re excited to be launching a new study visit for S2/3 🇩🇪 pupils! 🇩🇪 classes will receive information and letters this week. Expressions of interest should be returned to your 🇩🇪 teacher by next Tuesday, 30th September! @lhsyt2024.bsky.social @lhsyt2023.bsky.social

We’re super excited that Team S3/4 🇫🇷 are setting off tonight on our first study visit of the year! 🤗 An amazing immersion experience on the beautiful Opal Coast lies ahead over the next week. Follow @mrslairdlhs.bsky.social and @misscarneylhs.bsky.social for updates. 🚌 ⛴️ 🇫🇷 🐌 🥐 🥖 🍫

Spending the holiday weekend in Michelstadt, where we met up with colleagues from our partner school, Gymnasium Michelstadt. Looking forward to planning projects between our schools this year! 🇩🇪 @misscrawfordlhs.bsky.social @larberthigh.bsky.social

They absolutely are!

On 13 August 1961, construction of the Berlin Wall began. In the early hours of the morning, barbed wire fences were erected, dividing the city in two and tearing families and friends apart. The 155 km-long Berlin Wall stood for 28 years.

We can’t wait to welcome pupils back to the department tomorrow & to celebrate the achievements of seniors in the SQA exams! 🌟 We have some new faces in the Languages corridor-you’ll find Mrs McFlynn in A112, Mr Kay in A111 & Miss Clark in A114 & A101. 👋🏼 You’ll also see a familiar face returning…

#WhyLearnGerman? Some of Germany's largest companies are 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱-𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗨𝗞 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. Whether your interest is in finance or chemical engineering, German skills can prove a highly valuable asset for a career at these household-name employers.

We agree! Learning German sharpens minds, opens doors, builds confidence - and UK employers are struggling to find candidates with German skills!

“Learning a language really unlocks the understanding of another culture”, Minister of State for School Standards Catherine McKinnell joined us at this year’s Sommerfest at the German Embassy where we celebrated German language & culture.

Follow Team Languages on Bluesky! Click on our starter pack to find out who’s here! 👋🏼 go.bsky.app/TkWcjLn

#WhyLearnGerman? To discover German words containing "Vater" (father)! A day after 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆, here are some fun German compounds to explore 🧩💡 In Germany, Father's Day is actually celebrated on Ascension Day (the sixth Thursday after Easter), which is a public holiday.

This! #languagesopendoors

#FunFactFriday: this week's #GermanLinksQuiz looked at the roots of the name "England". But did you know that Germany has the greatest variety of foreign-language names in Europe? Here's a map! 🗺️ Of course, English also uses "Dutch" (from "diutisc") - but for the Netherlands!

Team Languages out in force tonight at Prom! 👏🏼 to @mrswestlhs.bsky.social for all her hard work organising a great night to celebrate the Class of 25!

#WhyLearnGerman? Because it will give you a 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 when applying for training places, academic courses & jobs. UK universities & employers are looking for applicants combining other subject-specific skills with a knowledge of German ❗️

Looking forward to a morning @asgghlaschu.bsky.social and #PedagooGhlaschu

📢Teacherly types in & around Glasgow, back to school today is the best time to snaffle your 🆓🎟️ for #PedagooGhlaschu on 10/05 with @senoract.bsky.social at @asgghlaschu.bsky.social 🎯It's all #ByTeachersForTeachers ⤵️Download the flyer to share drive.google.com/file/d/1BBuI... 🆓🎟️ bit.ly/PedagooEvents

Learning a language isn’t just about grammar and vocabulary. It’s about unlocking whole new worlds. It allows you to enjoy music, films, food and books as they were meant to be experienced. It brings people together, builds understanding and makes life that bit more colourful and vivid for everyone.