| Staff |
| Mrs Y Watkins BA
(Hons) |
(YW) |
Assistant Head /
Director of Specialism / Curriculum Leader Modern Foreign
Languages |
| Miss S
Alayon BA (Hons) |
(SA) |
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| Miss P Burford B Ed
(Hons) |
(PB) |
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| Mr A
Starr BA (Hons) |
(AS) |
Assistant Curriculum
Leader (Modern Foreign Languages) |
| Mr V Valera
BA |
(VV) |
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| Ms
Catherine Cormier |
(CCo) |
Specialist School Teaching
Assistant |
Welcome, Bienvenue,
Willkommen, Benvenuti, Bienvenidos
The MFL Department at
the BCC is enjoying an exciting
time of development as we nowhave Specialist School Status
along with the English Department and many new initiatives are
taking place. As a department we foster a positive atmosphere where
students can gain confidence in learning a foreign language through
a wide range of interactive and engaging
resources.
1. Aim:-
To enable all of our
students to confidently improve their linguistic skills and
competencies and to master at least one Modern Foreign
Language
To equip our students with greater knowledge and understanding of
the larger world in which they will live, communicate and
work.
2. What do we teach?
In Year 7 all students
study French and some will learn a second language. In Year 8 all
students are offered a second foreign language for example Spanish,
German or French.
In Key Stage 4 we offer GCSE's and NVQ's in Spanish, French,
Italian and German.
| Key
Stage 3 Topics Studied (Years 7 – 9) |
At Key Stage
3 we cover the National
Curriculum in Modern Foreign Languages using a creative and
cross-curricular approach that includes studying the following
topics :-
- Myself, My family, My home, My routine at Home and School and My
Hobbies, Future Plans for Jobs and Study.
- Food we eat and Food eaten in the target language country.
- Visiting the target language country learning about its religions
and customs and way of life.
Key Stage 3 targets will
be set at the beginning of each year and at the end of each year a
teacher assesment of performance will be given based on termly
assesments.
Key
Stage 4 Topics Studied
(This
is a compulsory subject at Key Stage 4) |
At Key Stage 4 we
consolidate and extend knowledge of Key Stage 3 topics and follow
the Edexcel Syllabus for Spanish, German, Italian and French.
The GCSE course is based on the four skills of listening, speaking,
reading and writing.
The Exam
is divided into three
sections:-
- 20% Listening
- 30% Speaking
- 20% Reading
- 30% Written coursework which is done in class
At Key Stage 4 we also
offer an NVQ in French or Spanish which is a vocational course
offered at 2 levels:-
- Level 1 - Equivalent to D - G at GCSE
- Level 2 - Equivalent to A - C at GCSE
This is a work related
course with no examination. Students build up their Portfolio over
2 years and are assessed through continual assesment.
Trips
Years 7 & 8 -
Day trip to Christmas Markets in France and Belgium
Year 9 & 10 - Cross Curricular trip to France
Year 9 & 10 - Cross curricular trip to Spain
Exchange visits to our link schools in Avilia, Spain and Senlis,
and Versailles in France.
Activities
- Many International Days are held to help our students experience
flavours of other languages e.g. European Day of Languages, Chinese
New Year and Japan Day.
- We also offer many Gifted and Talented opportunities to our
students through our links with the Universities of Portsmouth and
Chichester.
- Video Conferencing. Our students regularly video conference with
our partner school in Spain. We also link regularly with partner
Primary schools for video conferencing language sessions.
- After school family learning classes are offered in Spanish and
Italian on a weekly basis.
Click here for MFL
Resources
What
does Specialist School Status mean at the Bourne?
It
means Opportunities In Languages For all:
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For students,
all our students have the opportunity to learn at least two foreign
languages at K.S.3 or K.S.4. |
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• They start with French or Spanish in Year 7
and then can go onto choose either of these as a second language or
Italian or German. In this way we are quite UNIQUE in the area
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• The staffing in the department also
ensures they may also have tasters of other Languages such as
Arabic Russian, Catalan and Mandarin Chinese. |
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• When the majority of the country’s
secondary schools have reduced their Language Teaching at K.S.4 we
have expanded ours over the last few years and our results have
just increased year on year ! |
For
our Partner Primary Schools.
We work closely with our partner schools to
support them with the new K.S.2 requirements for
languages |
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offering them support in delivering the lessons and in upskilling
their staff. Two of the team work on a weekly basis with our
Partner primary schools, going out to the schools to support
language teaching. |
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• We also
invite our partner schools to the Bourne to learn new Languages on
Open Days and with the new B.I.C.C.. we will extend this facility
to even more of our future students. |
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Transition liaison is high on our agenda and as well as the M.F.L.
departmental focus other departments link closely too and as a
result we regularly video-conference with our partner schools on a
fortnightly basis in languages and science. Our year 10 students
run the video-conference with our M.F.L primary school
link. |
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the Community. |
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• Family
learning classes take place weekly after school and range from
Beginners Italian or Spanish starting again in in September. These
will now be extended to include other languages depending on the
demand from our locality. |
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Business classes in Languages are also planned in close association
with our excellent Adult education Department. |
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Alternative Accreditation the Languages department also offers
alternative to G.C.S.E ’s and as such we are all qualified as
Assessors and we have are own in-House Verifier. As such we support
other local Secondary school with the implementation of new courses
at K.S. 4. |
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For Links around the
World. |
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Applying for Specialist Status has focused
us all on how we are already and increasingly becoming, a “Global
Looking” College, making links with different partners around the
world. As part of this process we gained the Full International
School Award from the British Council, which is recognition of our
outward looking College. We also benefit from Assistants from the
E.U. through the Comenius programme and the British Council who
bring a more international flavour to the whole of our school
through their Languages Clubs and by working across the College in
other departments .Some of our main links are listed
here:
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Spain
We have an established link with a partner
school in Avilia in Spain : |
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reciprocal visits take place yearly |
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• Regular
video-conferencing takes place in year 8 and 10 and e-mail
partnerships are well established . |
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• We have
a Comenius partnership to ensure even more of our Spanish students
will have the opportunity to visit our partner
school. |
France
We have link schools in Paris and Versailles
with whom we regularly email and exchange letters. Our link school
in Paris visits us every year.
Romania and
Holland
We have created another Comenius partnership
with these two countries investigating and comparing the literature
and cultures of our three different
countries.
Russia
We have link schools in Moscow with whom we
regularly email and exchange letters. |
China
Our partner school in Shanghai was
established by our Head teachers visit there and we are e-mailing
the school and expecting a visit from their staff. As a result we
are also e-mailing a school in Hong Kong.
For Links with the wider
Community
We have established links
with |
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Chichester College International Department and welcome their
foreign students for European Day of Languages / Chinese New year
or Country focussed days such as Japanese days. These are great for
Intercultural Understanding – (see photos ) as our students really
appreciate being taught by young students from around the
world |
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• Southampton University Languages
Department
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Portsmouth University for Gifted and Talented Days and visits from
native speakers |
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For International Visits
As a Specialist School we pride ourselves on
ensuring all our students have the opportunity go to the country of
the language they are studying at least once whilst at the Bourne.
Either on an exchange or a language focussed trip. Other regular
trips are also established
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• E.g. the Christmas Market trip in year
7
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• Year 9 trip to Normandy and
Paris.
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For Staff Development
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• Staff
in all departments have opportunities to visit other parts of the
world such as South Africa , Canada and Russia and they return
inspired and enthused which enhances their teaching and the
learning of all our students. |
GCSE
and NVQ Languages at the Bourne Community College
Differentiation by
offering a range of courses in the school
The Head
of Languages describes the range of courses offered in the school
which include NVQ, GCSE and Entry level Certificate. She also
describes how a family learning after-school group involving
students and parents has been working over the last two years on
GCSE Spanish.
Click here for the
interview with Mrs Watkins (3.2 mb)
Interview with Mrs
Margaret Eva, Headteacher of Bourne Community
College
In her
interview, the Headteacher describes the enormous benefits gained
by all in the school from Language College status, the
international dimension which is now evident across the curriculum
and the importance of an excellent, dynamic team of
staff.
She explains the steps
which have been taken to move the school from an underperforming
school to one which is now outstanding.
Click for the interview
with Mrs Eva (9 mb)
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