Open Night Toolkit
Say 'Yes' to Languages Open Night Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to help encourage incoming 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 will be hosting Communities of Practice aimed at supporting use of the toolkit and the promotion of language uptake amongst prospective first-year students during your school’s upcoming open night.
The sessions are as follows:
- 10 September 2024: 7:30 – 8:30pm
- 11 September 2024: 7:30 – 8:30pm
- 12 September 2024: 7:30 – 8:30pm*
- 17 September 2024: 7:30 – 8:30pm
- 18 September 2024: 7:30 – 8:30pm
*Tabharfaidh COGG leagan den Phobal Cleachtais seo ar an 12/09/24.
To register click here.
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.
'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.
