Pupils navigate the globe

On a glorious summer’s morning worthy of any European city, we set off to Malvern St James to experience an array of world languages. We began with looking at how English has developed from other influences throughout history to create the ‘mongrel’ language that we know and use today. In their groups, the children then had the opportunity to sample Ancient Greek, Russian, Arabic, German, Chinese, Italian, Modern Greek and Spanish through a variety of activities such as ordering Spanish food, counting to ten in Chinese and deciphering the Ancient Greek alphabet to recognise the names of the Greek Gods. The highlight for many of the children was learning to write their names in either Arabic or Russian. We were made to feel very welcome at Malvern St James, and after our very hot journey home, our cultural experience continued with a Mexican lunch back at Berky!