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On Enrichment Day, our Spanish class went on a trip to a Spanish school, Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch, on Portobello Road. We had to be at Bushey Station by 9am, ready...
On Thursday 26th September, students across the school celebrated the rich linguistic diversity of Europe, which comprises 200 European languages, 24 Official EU languages, 60...
On Thursday 18th July, Bushey Meads School hosted the Modern Foreign Languages Mini Olympics Day. Led by Miss Moses (Little Redding’s School) and supported by Miss Paddick,...
Monday 8th July On the 8th of July, 42 of us in Year 8 flew all the way to Valencia, Spain with our teachers. We all had to get up very early at 4:30 in the morning, in order to...
We reached the center at around 9 o’clock after a lengthy yet fun coach journey. When we arrived, we were taken to a classroom where we were split into four groups of seven....
When we went to the Europa Centre, I found it very useful for my Spanish speaking skills and they really challenged our ability to speak in Spanish for a whole morning! I really...
On Wednesday 3rd April, Year 12 MFL students accompanied by Miss Lago, took part in an inspiring visit to the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies at...
On Wednesday 13th March, Language Ambassadors from SOAS University of London visited our MFL classrooms to promote the benefits of studying a language. Ekram Karim and Alfie...
MFL Faculty have recently set an exciting homework for Years 7-10. All students have been busy writing a story of up to 100 words in French or Spanish on a topic of their choice....
We are extremely grateful for the wonderful Sixth Form support that we receive in our KS3 and 4 MFL lessons. Our Sixth Formers use their MFL skills and talents to help younger...
On Enrichment Day, our Spanish class went on a trip to a Spanish school, Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch, on Portobello Road. We had to be at Bushey Station by 9am, ready to take the 9:20am overground train to Kensal Green Station. When we got there, we walked around the area, passing lots of little stalls on the road, and also popping into a few Spanish shops. In the Spanish supermarket, there were so many Spanish foods that we had never seen before in Tesco or Sainsbury!
Upon arriving at the school, we were greeted by such friendly students and teachers. The first thing we did was to listen to a presentation by the students about their school. They explained how the Spanish school system works, and it is quite different to ours! We were then taken on a tour of the school by two students, who explained the school’s history to us as it used to be a monastery!
One of the biggest differences was that Spanish students call their teachers by their first names (even the classrooms had their first name on…not their surname!) and the teachers were allowed to wear jeans! Whilst on the tour, we saw the school’s vegetable patch, where all kinds of vegetables were being grown, from courgettes to tomatoes, from peppers to potatoes! When the tour ended, we went to two lessons, the first being technology where the focus was structures.
We worked together with the Spanish students in small groups, and tested the structure of model bridges by loading them with heavy objects. One bridge was so strong it even managed to survive someone sitting on it!
The next lesson was a combination of Geography and History. After introducing ourselves individually in Spanish, we learnt about the colonization of Latin America in the History part of the lesson and then in the Geography part the teacher asked us to label the South American countries on an old map.
The school lunch was delicious and consisted of a Spanish soup, fish and a dessert. Lunch lasted for about half an hour and once everyone had finished, we exchanged contact details with some students then headed back to Bushey. We look forward to welcoming Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch’s students back to Bushey Meads.
Thank you Señora Charles and Señora Palenzuela for organizing such a wonderful trip!
By Isaac Nesbeth and Simran Sharma Year 10