Languages Teacher @ Bishopbriggs Academy. Speak 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸. Originally from NI. Now living in 🏴. Love to travel. 😊
Scotland
Joined May 2009
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David Summerville retweeted
Welcome to all our new S1 pupils who will be visiting this week for their introduction to the library!
@BishopbriggsAC
#libraryinduction #buildingareadingculture #buildingrelationships #ReadingSchools #schoollibrariesmatter
ALT “The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.” ― Albert Einstein
David Summerville retweeted
As part of our 'Entscheiderreise' to Berlin this week, we took a group of UK education leaders to the 'Berliner Institut für Qualifizierung und Qualitätsentwicklung an Schulen' - sharing insights into the German education system & promoting German in UK schools. 🇩🇪
#MFL #Gimagine
ALT a group photo showing 12 people in front of a large building with a glass facade, a tree in front.
David Summerville retweeted
When a language course disappears, so do the chances for students to see the world differently, connect more deeply and understand life beyond our borders. It's not just a loss to academia - it's lesser experiences, quieter voices, narrower minds. Languages make lives richer.
What a lovely day to be at the Goethe Institut in London, and to be Making The Case For German. @BishopbriggsAC @BishopbriggsMFL
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David Summerville retweeted
Only 7,105 Germans studied at 🇬🇧 unis in 2023/24. That's down 15% on 2022 & 45% on 2019. Similarly worrying are EU numbers (-21% & -49% respectively).
Erasmus & greater 🇪🇺🇬🇧 youth mobility are vital! Spending time abroad as a young person fosters invaluable ties & understanding.
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Turn up your volume for this one… Our S1 German pupils had lots of fun- even if it’s not quite 19 degrees yet! #ShoutOutForGerman
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David Summerville retweeted
Thanks to the wonderful @MrGilmour for the 5 Fakten Freitag German special in honour of #ShoutOutForGerman this week!
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David Summerville retweeted
Lots going on today for both pupils and staff. Congratulations to Muir house on winning the hilarious German words competition on Wednesday as part of our German week activities. #shoutoutforgerman @BishopbriggsAC @GI_Glasgow
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@GermanCGEdin
David Summerville retweeted
📢 Deadline approaching!
Submit entries for our German Poster Competition by ‼️Friday‼️.
Primary and secondary learners, create a poster to share what German means to you! Include as much German as you can. loom.ly/KkCu9z4
#German #GermanTeaching #ShoutOutForGerman
David Summerville retweeted
Join the #ShoutOutForGerman week-long campaign from 17-21 March to celebrate 🇩🇪 language in the UK. The campaign highlights the importance of 🇩🇪 in education, careers & cultural exchange & I hope many of you will join! Looking forward to the contributions! t1p.de/9ysuj
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Final transition visit, this time @Balmuildyschool - what a lovely chatty bunch!! Look forward to welcoming you all in August @BishopbriggsAC #ShoutOutForGerman @GI_Glasgow @GI_London1
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Another fabulous transition visit this time @ThomasMuirPS . We were very impressed with how much you already know about the languages we offer and we look forward to seeing all the P7 pupils in August @BishopbriggsAC #ShoutOutForGerman @GI_Glasgow @GI_London1
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In preparation for German Week from 17 March, we delivered some German resources to @Wester_Cleddens during our transition visit. We look forward to seeing the P7 pupils in August @BishopbriggsAC #ShoutOutForGerman @GI_Glasgow @GI_London1
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Some of our lovely Languages Ambassadors helping out at our annual European Day of Languages staff continental breakfast! Watch out for them at other school events/language initiatives. #EDL #youngleaders
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📢Attention language teachers in Scotland!
🌟The first ever Language Trends Scotland survey is live and we want to hear your thoughts and opinions on the situation for language learning.
🗓️You can now contribute until 30 September🌍 #MFLTwitterati
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David Summerville retweeted
✨ #Gimagine behind the scenes… the Goethe-Institut’s GEM💎 network is growing! GEMs (German Expert Mentors) coach language teachers, provide materials & re-energise learning. Training for 27 new GEMs from the UK, Sweden & the Netherlands is in full swing in Berlin. #MFL
ALT The new German Expert Mentors on their training course in a classroom with large windows in Berlin. The sun is shining.
ALT A group of new German Expert Mentors in the courtyard outside the Goethe-Institut in Berlin
David Summerville retweeted
#WhyLearnGerman? We've said it before - but a new analysis by @citylit shows that German 🇩🇪 remains the 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣-𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙 second language in UK job ads 🇬🇧, particularly in management, sales & technology. Learn it & jump on that career ladder! 🪜 hrnews.co.uk/research-reveal…
