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3 December 2025

Year 9 Discover Languages At Work 2025

Priory has hosted its ‘Make Languages Work’ event designed to show Year 9 pupils how learning a language can unlock career opportunities.

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24 October 2025

Year 9 Pupils Tune into GCHQ Careers in Languages Webinar

Year 9 pupils took part in a fascinating virtual seminar hosted by GCHQ

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16 October 2025

Year 9 Learns All About Chinese Language and Culture.

Pupils will explore one of the world’s most widely spoken languages as well as learning about Chinese traditions and culture.

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26 June 2025

Japanese Club Bids Sayonara for the Summer

This week marked the final session of the summer term, as Mrs Small prepares to travel back to Japan to visit her family.

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30 January 2025

Focus on French - Hansel et Gretel

In lessons this week.. Key Stage 3 has been studying the fable, Hansel and Gretel.

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5 December 2024

Year 9 discover languages at work

Year 9 pupils learned about careers where a foreign language is vital in our third successful ‘Make Languages Work’ event.

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1 October 2024

European Day of Languages 2024

Year 7 went off-timetable to celebrate the European Day of Languages, an important day where we highlight the importance of learning a language across Europe. 

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22 September 2024

Potter and Paris Trip 2024

On Friday, 20 September a group of 40 pupils set off on a residential trip to Harry Potter Studios, London, and Paris, incorporating Disneyland and many key tourist attractions in the cities.

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11 July 2024

When Italy came to Priory

A group of students from Florence visited Priory to sample English education, and in return, Year 8 received a lesson in Italian.

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3 July 2024

Our gardens receive a gift from Bulgaria

The Priory Rose Garden has got some new additions – blossoming Bulgarian roses.

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3 July 2024

Class of 2022: Hannah Yates

Class of 2022 pupil Hannah Yates has thanked Priory for helping her pursue her dream career in Japanese.

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23 April 2024

Pupils learn a language with 3 pillars and a pizza box

Priory’s Languages department encouraged pupils to use their imaginations to help them understand the new way of teaching French.

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30 November 2023

Year 9 Discover Languages At Work

Year 9 pupils learnt how a foreign language could be vital to their careers in a successful ‘Make Languages Work’ event held at Priory.

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28 September 2023

Priory celebrates European Day of Languages

Ooh La La! Priory teachers were kitted out in French, Greek and German (and more!) attire for our celebration of European Day of Languages.

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19 July 2023

Lunch time for Japanese Club

The session runs every Wednesday lunch time in MFL1 for regulars and drop-ins and intends to continue from September.

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15 December 2022

Year 9 pupils put languages to work

On Friday, 2 December we hosted a careers event for Year 9 pupils to 'Make Languages Work'.

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28 September 2022

European Day of Languages 2022

Year 7 went off-timetable to celebrate the important day in the MFL calendar and highlight the importance of learning a language across Europe. 

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20 September 2022

We're celebrating the European Day of Languages

The official date is 26 September however we'll be celebrating on Tuesday, 27 September with lots of fun and activities across the school.

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15 July 2022

From Priory to Primary with the Languages Department

Yesterday, six Priory pupils visited Lostock Hall Primary School to deliver a mini carousel of French language activities to Year 1 and Year 2 pupils. 

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16 May 2022

MFL German - Welcome back Mr Warham

Did you know that we also offer GCSE examinations in other foreign languages at Priory?

Image of Through the key hole... Year 10 Languages
12 May 2022

Through the key hole... Year 10 Languages

This week in French, it was round two of Galette cake making for Year 10.

Image of Through the key hole... Year 7 Languages
29 April 2022

Through the key hole... Year 7 Languages

This week in French, Year 7 have had an 'escape room' lesson.

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23 March 2022

Year 10 Languages class get a taste of royalty in Food Tech

Year 10 have been baking 'Galette des Rois' as they begin their next topic of Festivals and Celebrations as part of their GCSE French course. 

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1 March 2022

Through the key hole... Year 8 Languages

This week in French, Year 8 have been learning about directions.

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23 February 2022

Year 11 pupil talks Japanese at UCLan

Priory's Year 11 Japanese language learner attended the Japan Day at UCLan as part of the school's careers enrichment programme.

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10 February 2022

Through the key hole... Year 11 Languages

This week in French, in the spirit of Valentine’s Day, Year 11 have been speed dating in preparation for their mock speaking exams.

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3 February 2022

Through the key hole... Year 10 Languages

This week in French, Year 10 discussed the positive and negatives of the internet.

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31 January 2022

Languages department is buzzing about spelling

Year 7 pupils are extending their French vocabulary thanks to a Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) Spelling Bee national competition.

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15 October 2021

Year 11 pupil learns Japanese

The Languages department is currently supporting a Year 11 pupil through her personal study of GCSE Japanese.

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22 June 2021

Tense moments in French for Year 9

Priory’s Year 9 pupils have been revisiting their childhood and writing about it in French.

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30 May 2021

Tres Bien Mon Super College!

Year 8 students combined their French, architectural and creative knowledge to draw and explain ‘Mon Super College.’

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18 March 2021

Mon super college

Year 8 has begun an exciting project in their French lessons called Mon Super Collège.