PUPILS at Lady Lumley's School have been speaking with many tongues.
In preparation for a national day celebrating the variety of European languages, each tutor group in years 7, 8 and 9 chose one of 17 European languages to research.
The pupils then made a display highlighting the characteristics of their chosen language. Visitors to the school's open night on July 17 then voted for the best display. The winning entries were the Italian display and the Danish display from two year eight tutor groups (ages 12-13).
A display of all the pupils' work will be open to the public in the memorial hall, Pickering, from 10.30am-3pm on Wednesday, September 26.
There will be a lot of opportunities to try out a new language with interactive displays and pupils will be on hand to help visitors.
Deputy head Trevor Boag said: "The results were greeted with enthusiasm and all the pupils who took part learned the importance of language. Every tutor group which took part enjoyed the experience and learned from it."
Updated: 10:00 Thursday, September 13, 2001
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