Modern Foreign Languages

St. Edmund's aim's to inspire students to embark on a life-long enjoyment of languages. By developing pupils’ ability to understand and communicate effectively in French and Spanish through enthusiastic participation in all activities our goal is to give them a feeling of success and achievement whatever their ability.

We create a stimulating environment where pupils are guided to use their language skills to communicate in a range of contexts. We achieve this through exciting and active tasks such as storytelling, role-plays and reading authentic resources. Pupils are encouraged to develop their enthusiasm for languages through extra-curricular opportunities, magazine subscriptions and use of a range of websites.

Being able to communicate with people across the globe often gives students the confidence to make the most of future opportunities to travel, work and live abroad.  Learning translation skills is excellent for developing problem-solving abilities while speaking more than one language can increase brain capacity and improve memory.

We recognise the importance of overseas trips in broadening the children’s cultural awareness and the opportunities which present themselves in allowing them the chance to practise their linguistic skills in a real life setting. We run a French trip for Form 7, as well as a Spanish trip for GCSE pupils.

For more information on the GCSE syllabus we follow please view our most up-to-date GCSE Options booklet HERE.