Active Languages Using MFL and Sport Together The Active Languages Event • • • • Why do it? Why does it work? The practical sessions The project All Saints Language Olympics • Sports events to be held throughout the year. • Primary school olympic festival to be run by our y8 top set • Themes to run throughout the year (Olympic cities/tourism, food & drink/healthy living/parts of the body, day to day life/routine/hobbies and leisure/tv/clothing All Saints Language Olympics • Y8 top set – divided into 4 groups – each group representing a former olympic host city. • Each group to be trained in the language of sport for either handball, basketball, boules or rounders. They will then train each other in their allocated sport. • Each group to be assigned to one of the remaining 4 French sets (their olympic team). All Saints Language Olympics • Lead groups will peer teach their allocated set, introducing their ‘host city’ for the first theme. They will also train their allocated set in each of the sports preceding a tournament. • Whenever a tournament takes place (Nov; Jan; March; May/June – spectators will have tasks to do such as collecting information from around the tournament ground or cheering on in French. All Saints Language Olympics • A leader board will be placed in Hallam and in the Sports Hall – tracking the tournament results and an awards ceremony could be held at the end. • The peer teaching/training sessions and tournament should take no more than 3 lessons per half term. • The lead groups will then take this into primary schools Outcomes • Lead group – Language Leaders Award • Increased uptake in Y9 of MFL • Increased understanding of need for good communication and teamwork for all subjects • Improved engagement in learning • Improved confidence in languages and sport • Increased responsibility • Individual learners Where do I come in? • Programme of study for themes to be provided – by no means prescriptive • Each theme will have an assessed piece of writing / speaking at an appropriate level for your group. (language teachers) • Joint active/training lessons to be arranged (but should be conducted by the lead groups apart from at the very beginning). • Tournaments to be organised