Open Evening 2008

Wednesday was Nodehill's Open Evening and as in 2006 and 2007, the French department created a special café and invited visitors to drop in and have 'un café au lait' or 'pain au chocolat' while making their way around the school. The Year 8 pupils enjoyed the responsibilty of being waiters and waitresses for the evening and asked customers what they would like to eat or drink in French with a crib sheet if they got stuck.

Having individual general knowledge quizzes about France and the French language out on the tables was a new idea we tried this year and this seemed to work well which was nice to see.

I'm delighted to say that by the end, everything was gone apart from a couple of baguettes and everyone had enjoyed themselves greatly.

Thanks to all those who made the café run smoothly, in particular Miss Peoples, Mrs Jennings, Mrs Pearson and Mrs Smith as well as Mrs Elmore who helped us set everything up in the afternoon.

Thanks also to members of my form class who volunteered to show parents and their children some of the French ICT activities we have on the network and how we use them to consolidate work covered in class. It was lovely to see some of the adults have a go themselves and to hear how many children are already learning French or Spanish at primary school before coming to us.

All in all, a very successful and positive evening. Well done to everyone involved.