Open Night Toolkit
Say 'Yes' to Languages Open Night Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to help encourage incoming post-primary students to Say ‘Yes’ to Languages when choosing their subjects for Junior Cycle. Included in this toolkit are a selection of ideas and resources, including the following;
-Tips for hosting open days/nights in your school for incoming first years and their parents.
-Ideas for engaging the students and their parents with games and online activities.
-Language passport designed to give students confidence in their capacity to learn foreign languages.
-Language-specific activities for the four main curricular languages taken in Junior Cycle.
Open Night Toolkit Communities of Practice
We are hosting our annual online Communities of Practice to support the uptake of Modern Foreign Languages in schools through the use of the Open Night Toolkit. Register for a suitable date below:
The toolkit also allows for bespoke activities and games which can be done in an online context as well as face to face. It also includes brochures for parents/guardians with information on the potential benefits of learning each language.
Hard copies of the toolkit have been sent to all post primary schools. If you haven’t seen it yet – check with your MFL colleagues or let us know.
Open Night Toolkit Additional Resource
This resource is designed to complement the Say Yes to Languages Open Night Toolkit by offering additional, practical suggestions to promote languages in engaging ways during your school’s open night.
'Language teacher introduction' poster
Share your language-learning journey as a teacher, demonstrating the many benefits and opportunities that languages can bring to your life and career.
'In our school community we speak' poster
Use this poster to highlight all the languages that are spoken by the school community during the day at school and at home with family.
'At the cinema abroad' activity poster
Instructions for teachers for this fun activity are included in the toolkit. Get students to recognise film titles in a foreign language and match them to the poster.
'Skills linked to learning a language' poster
Display this poster to showcase various skills and benefits that students can acquire from learning a language.