King's Bruton pupils had a fantastic time celebrating the European Day of Languages

September 26th 2025

We had a fantastic time celebrating the European Day of Languages on Friday 26^th September, at King’s.

At morning break, we sold cakes made by the international pupils and the money will go to the charity we are supporting this term, Child Autism. Throughout the day, we had a carousel of activities which included quizzes and games. We also had a few teachers teaching Mandarin and Welsh to the 3^rd Formers. We tried to understand that languages were a tool to help you have the best opportunities in the World of Work. We all agreed that it equally allowed you to become more open-minded because you understood different cultures. The Sixth Formers cooked some tapas and pancakes. Then, the caterers prepared a selection of delicious European specialities for lunch.

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After school, we finished off the day with a Poetry Reading Evening with our Sixth Form linguists. We are extremely lucky at King’s to be able to embrace different cultures, and we had a wide selection of poems in different languages: French, German, Greek, Italian, Mandarin, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Welsh. We even had one in Old English and another one in Latin. Sixth Form linguists were involved and many teachers volunteered to join us, including the Headmaster, who read a beautiful poem in Welsh. It was fun, and we had a very successful day.

Mme Agathe Webb - Head of MFL