We will be celebrating the European Day of Languages at Smestow next week. Did you know that at our school, our students speak an impressive 34 different languages including German, Persian, Spanish, Arabic, Romanian, Farsi and Italian? Many of our students sit external languages in their home languages with many achieving grades 7-9. We were delighted with our results in languages this year and we celebrate languages each day here at Smestow!
The theme for the 2025 European Day of Languages is ‘Languages open hearts and minds’. One of the key things that makes Smestow Academy a ‘welcome and caring environment’ is our appreciation of other languages and cultures. Languages open doors and can help pupils move forwards in their future careers. Knowing different languages also helps pupils to communicate meaningfully.
The European Day of Languages was established in 2001. It is held on September 26th each year and from September 22nd pupils will watch an assembly to inform them of the importance of this event. The aim is to promote linguistic diversity and encourage language learning across Europe. All students will have the opportunity to submit a poster promoting the theme of ‘languages open hearts and minds’ with the chance of winning a prize from the European Centre for Modern Languages. The top 25 entries will also have their artwork displayed there and on the official website! The competition is to raise awareness of how languages united us. More information will be given on this in the assembly. If your child can speak an additional language, please make sure that we know so we can help them to achieve success at GCSE and A level!
