SERC’s Tessa Barret presents Bangor Intergraded Primary School pupils with certificates of achievement for successfully completing a 10-week Spanish language course delivered in their school.

South Eastern Regional College (SERC) recently visited Bangor Intergraded Primary School to present certificates of achievement to a group of pupils who took part in a 10-week Spanish language course delivered in their school by College staff.

SERC’s Tessa Barret who presented the certificates said: “The best time to learn a foreign language is when you are young and by putting the children into everyday situations adds even more value to the learning experience. The course was delivered using short stories, songs, rhymes, games and making finger puppets – the children found this fun and stimulating.”

She continued: “Our informal and friendly classes provide the best environment for children to develop their self-confidence. And as the courses are fun, it gives them the idea that languages are not just another subject to learn at school, but can be fun, enjoyable and useful. The courses are very interactive and designed to appeal to young children through easy to use learning games."

To date, SERC has been offering the classes’ in-school to primary school children in the North Down area but due to their popularity the college has decided to offer the courses in-house starting in September. Children will learn through a combination of conversation, drama, rhymes, storytelling, songs, reading, writing and games such as finger puppets.

Participants can choose between ten weeks of French, Spanish or Italian at the Bangor campus or Spanish or French in Lisburn. Participants will get the opportunity to learn and participate in a fun learning environment as well as the ability to learn and memorize whole sentences by the use of the language in songs and games and by memorizing words, sentences and grammatical structures.

Tessa said “Amidst the fun of the hands-on approach to learning, participants will get the unique opportunity to learn new life skills. Most importantly our teachers speak the target language fluently. With languages becoming increasingly important this is an ideal opportunity to help your child to become more confident and improve their communication skills”

Courses are £48 each and aimed at aged 5-11 year olds. The classes run for forty five minutes for P1 to P3 pupils from 14:30-15:15 and one hour for P4 to P7 pupils from 15:30-16:30.

For more information or to book please contact Tessa Barrett via email at tbarrett@serc.ac.uk or call Tessa on 07825 140201. On successful completion of the course, participants will receive certificates to recognise their competency.

SERC provides a range of full and part time courses designed to give students ‘the edge’.  To find out how SERC can help you ‘get the edge’ call 0345 600 7555, visit www.serc.ac.uk or find us on Facebook, search: SERC.