A group of Year 9 students were thrown in at the deep end of teaching after being asked to teach French to two Year 3 classes at Victoria Dock Primary School before half term.
The six girls were asked to create lesson plans, activities and teaching aids to help them deliver a 45 minute lesson on either animals or family, in groups of three.
This task is to enable the students to achieve their 'Language Leaders’ award, which they will be given during a ceremony later this year.
Languages teacher Mr Thompson said, "The pupils acted like true professionals today and showed off their superb linguistic skills.
"They proudly represented their school and I can certainly see some trainee teachers in the making, especially from their excellent delivery and patience under pressure. It was great to see Malet Lambert and Victoria Dock School working together once again in Modern Foreign Languages.”
The pupils enthusiastically joined in with activities and listened attentively as our students taught them how to describe their pets and to say whether they like their little brother or not.
Olivia’s subject focus for her team was ‘family’ and she enjoyed the interaction with the groups they were teaching.
She said, “We had to do a lot of preparation for these lessons, like practising what we were going to say, creating activity sheets and making sure our presentation was correct.
“I think we were all nervous beforehand but it’s gone brilliantly. The children listened to what we said and responded really well. It was very enjoyable and I’d like to do it again."