Holy Rood Languages

S1 pupils visit Edinburgh University Languages Department. Pupils had fun hearing about language options at University and taking part in taster classes in Mandarin, German and Scottish Gaelic. #Edinburghloveslanguages

A huge well done to all our pupils who have sat their N5,Higher and Advanced Higher French and Italian Performance Exams over the last 3 weeks. Such a lot of hard work, effort, determination and resilience. Your teachers are proud of you. Bravissimo! Fantastique!

During Languages Week Scotland, S2 and S4 have been considering languages in the world of work and course choice options. S1 and S3 pupils at have been celebrating our Heritage Languages and the fabulous, rich diversity we have at Holy Rood. More photos to follow! Bravo!

S2 French classes recently enjoyed learning about the importance of languages in the world of work from representatives from Business, Industry and Further Education. Represented were Coaching Edinburgh, Scottish Engineering, Heriot Watt University and an established Tour Guide!

S4 French classes participated in a speed networking event with employers and academics who use their language skills every day. Pupils were able to make connections between languages and future employment opportunities as well as to consider options to study MLs beyond school

S1 Italian pupils have just completed a block of French (L3) which culminated in the creation of fabulous mini-books all about a person they admire. We were blown away by their efforts both in terms of language used and creative talents - Bravissimi S1!

S1 impressed in the recent IDL European Day of Languages Poster Competition. Pupils created posters to promote language learning and the standard was incredible. Winners: Phoebe Fairnie, Krzysztof Finkowski and Maria Retecka and their posters! Bravo S1! #europeandayoflanguages

Modern Languages Prefects had fun organising a photo booth on European Day of Languages for some of our younger pupils (and not so young!) Bravo! #EuropeanDayOfLanguages

To celebrate European Day of Languages (26 Sept) S1 pupils had a year group Boccia (Italian bowls) tournament, with the quarter and semi-finals yesterday and the final today. Bravo! Thanks to Allan MacDougall Solicitors for prizes 😀#outdoorlearning

Great news 😀Late last term Holy Rood ML were awarded the SCILT Bronze Employability Award. We are delighted - next step? Silver...🤞 #DYW

New S2 pupils take their learning outdoors and develop their cultural knowledge of France. Pupils enjoyed class tournaments of Pétanque (French Boules) 🇫🇷 On travaille au soleil!😎😎😎Fantastique!

Over the last week ML Teachers and S4 pupils have visited some of P6 pupils in some of our Cluster Primary Schools. S4 pupils shared what it's like to learn languages at Secondary school and also supported class teachers with some games in French

Pupils in S2 enjoyed taking their learning outdoors last week. After completing a literacy task in class, pupils explored the beautiful school grounds in a Chasse au Trésor (a treasure hunt), their ML activity linked to the John Muir Award. #outdoorlearning

Miss McCardle's Spanish PC class enjoy interdisciplinary learning and making tortillas with Holy Rood FTT 🇪🇸

Mama Roma - Celebrating hard work, determination and fabulous progress in languages with senior pupils sitting Higher/ Advanced Higher Italian and Higher French this session. Bravo 🇮🇹 Gènial 🇫🇷

Languages across the World- Edinburgh University- a group of our S1s spent a fabulous morning taking part in taster language lessons in the many languages offered there. Our pupils got to try out Norwegian 🇳🇴and Catalan 🇪🇸 Bravo!! #edinburghloveslanguages

Over the last few weeks, National 5, Higher French and Italian, and Advanced Higher Italian classes have wowed in their SQA Performance Talk examinations. Pupils displayed tremendous effort and determination and we could not be more proud. Fantastique 🇫🇷 Bravissimo 🇮🇹

Higher French pupils spent 4 days in Paris, immersed in the language and enjoying the sites. They were fabulous ambassadors for our school and returned with new confidence to speak French in their upcoming Performance Exams. Bonne Chance 🇫🇷

S2 Italian pupils enjoyed taking part in a Fashion show at the end of their unit of work on La Moda, Fashion. Pupils took to the catwalk while their peers described their outfits in Italian. Bravissimo S2!

S3 pupils teach their peers some Arabic, Polish, Spanish and Rutoro as part of our celebrations for Languages Week Scotland #languagesweekscotland