Irvine Royal Academy English and Languages Faculty

Welcome to the Irvine Royal Languages department 🇩🇪🇫🇷📚📖✍ Video inspired by the work of Julia Donaldson @TheRealGruffalo

Great levels of creativity from the National 5 pupils of Mr O'Neill's English class this week! To revise for their Scottish Set Text exams, the class were making revision board games. Well done everyone! @IrvineRoyalAcad

Mrs Pesci's 1A1 worked in groups today as they developed literacy and communication skills, while discussing the topics of slavery, racial prejudices and colonisation as part of black history month #bhm @IrvineRoyalAcad

Just some of the Royal Recognition rewards handed out to our pupils in the English and Modern Languages Faculty this term. Well done! @IrvineRoyalAcad

Well done to our S1- S4 Modern Languages' Pupils of the Month and pupils receiving Royal Recognition for their hard work this month! Mrs Pesci and Miss Hamilton are giving out 100 certificates this term! #celebratingsuccess @IrvineRoyalAcad

Yesterday Mrs Pesci's 2A2 actively participated in the first 2025-26 online workshop organised by @scottishcilt The class discussed the importance of languages in the world of work #DYW @IrvineRoyalAcad

Mrs Pesci's S1 classes have been busy making a revision tool. Travail excellent de tout le monde! @IrvineRoyalAcad

The menu was lifted from a key scene in chapter 1 of the novel. Pork pies, cheese, pickles, scones, coffee, tea and cake were all served. They also enjoyed some ginger beer and shloer. A feast fit for a Hobbit! #Tolkien

The menu was lifted from a key scene in chapter 1 of the novel. Pork pies, cheese, pickles, scones, coffee, tea and cake were all served. They also enjoyed some ginger beer and shloer. A feast fit for a Hobbit! @Tolkien

Our S4 linguists enjoyed a presentation from the Royal Navy. They discussed, careers’prospects focussing on languages, travelling, and cryptology. @IrvineRoyalAcad

1A2 took part in the 'Languages & your career' workshop organised by SCILT. They enjoyed listening to the many advantages of learning a modern foreign language. @IrvineRoyalAcad

8th May 1945- 8th May 2025. Mrs Pesci's classes are learning more about the VE Day in France and in the UK dueing their languages period. @IrvineRoyalAcad

S1 pupils enjoyed their games with directions and places in town using their French and numeracy skills. 🇨🇵 ✨️Travail excellent.✨️ @IrvineRoyalAcad

Thanks so much to Ailey & Abigail from the University of Strathclyde who spoke to our S3 pupils about their experience learning languages! #languageambassadors #scotlandloveslanguages @IrvineRoyalAcad @UniStrathclyde

@IrvineRoyalAcad teachers, our language leaders are on a mission to find out why you think languages are useful. Keep an eye out for the QR codes they will be asking you to scan.

Thank you to our Language Leaders for hosting a Christmas Quiz (featuring some tricky questions) for S1 pupils! Well done to our winners Elyssa & Sophia!🎄 @IrvineRoyalAcad

Miss H will be giving out certificates to French & Spanish stars of the month today! Well done to all the pupils for demonstrating Ambition, Respect & Responsibility. @IrvineRoyalAcad

Congratulations to our English Stars for December, who continue to work hard as we head towards the holidays! @IrvineRoyalAcad Senior Phase: Emma B Zoe R Marshall W Paige B Charley D BGE: Chloe S Mollie B Savannah W Alex C Lacie M Kayla R

Congratulations to our English Stars for November, who have went above and beyond in displaying the school values! @IrvineRoyalAcad Senior Phase: Gillian Alyssa Farzad Bayley Tomson Brooke BGE: Ellie Charlie Luciana Leon Omar Cody

Some of the pupils whose French Wanted Posters were picked by our Language Leaders for demonstrating a high quality of French and great presentation! Their work will now be displayed in Miss Hamilton's classroom. Keep up the great work! 🇨🇵

Thank you very much to Dr Fiona McKenzie OBE @CentrestageMT for speaking with our S3 and S4 prefects this afternoon. A thoroughly inspiring talk on leadership has us all going away thinking of how best to deliver for the school! @IrvineRoyalAcad @NeillRoddy @MissCTomelty