--- title: "Year 9 pupils put languages to work" url: "https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/2022-12-15-year-9-pupils-put-languages-to-work" school: "Penwortham Priory Academy" --- # Year 9 pupils put languages to work ![Image of Year 9 pupils put languages to work](https://files.schudio.com/penwortham-priory-academy/images/news/IMG_1431_This_one.JPG) 15 December 2022 On Friday, 2 December we hosted a careers event for Year 9 pupils to 'Make Languages Work'. Head of Languages, Mrs Scully, explained "The objective of the event was to expose pupils to the range of different careers for which a language would be useful." Pupils took part in three very diverse taster sessions using different languages: Chinese with the Confucius Institute at UCLan, a 'hands on' session with British Sign Language, and a presentation from Médecins Sans Frontières. In addition to the presentations, pupils took part in career speed-dating. The hall was filled with tables and the Year 9 pupils moved around to engage with each of the visiting organisations. We were also fortunate to have Daniela Flint, a senior lecturer in German from UCLan, launch the sessions with a talk about the different language pathways available at the university. There were many careers and languages represented at the well received event. - TESOL from UCLAN (teaching English as a second language) - Sarah Cutts, legal translator - Arabic with Nadja L'Bakkari - World Wise Languages, Sofia Anysiadou, UCLAN - NHS translator, Lucy Booth - Memoirs of a year Spain, Sarah Eastham - The food and wine from France - Mr and Mrs Taylor - Life as a lead languages teacher in a primary school - Rebecca Benson, Broad Oak Primary School - Video producer and director, Lee Deaville - Restaurateur, Irėne Monteleone, from Pane e Vino A huge thank you to all our guests who made this a very successful event for our pupils. Sarah from Sarah Cutts Translation, who specialises in Spanish and French to English translation of legal, academic and commercial documents, replied by saying: "It was a privilege to be invited to Penwortham Priory Academy to take part in a “Making Languages Work” day with the Year 9 students exploring the different careers available with languages. Hopefully they were inspired and thank you very much for having me!" The Worldwise Centre said: "We had an amazing day attending the 'Languages at Work' event. Our amazing UCLan TESOL and Modern Languages students shared their experience and career plans with 180 Year 9 students. What a day! Thank you for the invitation!" Photo credit: Thank you to keen photographer Ameer A-H , Year 11, who kindly stepped in to take these images. ### Slideshow, please click>> [MFL](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/tag/mfl) [Careers](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/tag/careers) [ Year 7 & 8 Indoor Athletics Competition](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/2022-12-14-year-7-8-indoor-athletics-competition) [Mary Poppins - And that's a wrap! ](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/2022-12-16-mary-poppins-and-that-s-a-wrap) ### Penwortham Priory Academy Crow Hills Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JE 01772 320250 ### Useful Links - [New Year 7 Transition](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/about-priory/transition) - [The School Day](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/the-school-day) - [Facility Hire](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/facility-hire-at-priory) - [Term Dates](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/termdates) - [Letters](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/letters) ### Useful Links - [Newsletters](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/newsletters) - [OFSTED](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/about-priory/ofsted-report) - [Online Payments](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/internet-payments) - [Staff Contact](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/staff/staff-contact-list) - [Vacancies](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/staff/vacancies) ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/priorystc) - [X](https://twitter.com/@priorystc) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/penworthampriory/) Penwortham Priory Academy Trust is operating as a single academy trust. It is an exempt charity and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England with Company Number 08133703 School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)