The DfES has recently awarded The Norton Knatchbull School the status of Language College making the future both exciting and challenging for pupils, parents and staff.
As a specialist Language College the school will strive to:
A) Improve whole school performance by developing all students' linguistic skills. B) Extend and vary the language provision for all students at KS3, KS4 and KS5. C) Provide the Ashford Community and our family of schools with a centre of excellence in the teaching of MFL with the aim of raising standards of learning and teaching in the wider community. D) Develop and nurture the students' natural linguistic, social and creative skills to enable them to integrate effectively in a growing and dynamic economy. E) Ensure that staffing and continuous professional development reflects the school's growing international ethos and needs. F) Provide students with opportunities to acquire valuable international experience.
It is our aim to have closer working links with the local community. There will be a number of language classes held at the school available to the public free of charge. Furthermore, the school is keen to work with local business in order to address any training needs they may have in the area of modern foreign languages. If you are interested in any aspect of the above initiatives then we would like to hear from you.
Please contact Mr Roger Baker on 01233 620 045
All pupils follow a GCSE course (AQA/NEAB syllabus) in a foreign language and have the opportunity to study a second one. They begin the first in Year 7 and the second in Year 8. Both languages remain complusory until the end of Year 9.
All pupils follow a GCSE course (AQA/NEAB syllabus) in a foreign language and have the opportunity to study a second one. They begin the first in Year 7 and the second in Year 8. Both languages remain complusory until the end of Year 9.
We Aim to make the learning of languages an enjoyable experience, and emphasis communicative competence, active learning and language awareness. The languages suite include recording rooms and a language laboratory. Classes have the opportunity of using ICT and a language club has been set up. Visits to France, Germany and Spain are organised from time to time in order to give the pupils pratical experience there. We lay particular emphasis on exchanges (in conjunction with Highworth) with our partner schools in lens, Arras, Bad Münstereifel and the Asturias.
There are also other trips arranged to various places,
including Cologne, Le Touquet and Hardelot. |