Year 9 German Event - ‘Further with Languages: What is your Languages Story?’ - January 2026

We were delighted to welcome Dr Charlotte Ryland and her team at the Queen's College Translation Exchange, based at the University of Oxford, in partnership with the Stephen Spender Trust. The event explored how learning languages can provide unique opportunities for working across cultures and towards a range of rewarding careers.

In the afternoon, our Year 9 German students were joined by students from Chosen Hill School and Denmark Road High School for Girls to take part in workshops in creative translation from German. After school, we were joined by parents and carers for a presentation on the value of language learning today and a discussion centred around the question: ‘What is your languages story?’.

During this session, we heard from graduates and undergraduates from the University of Oxford who talked about how they had started their languages story, the skills they had developed along the way and how languages had shaped their study and future careers. It was really exciting to be part of such a buzz for languages and share this wealth of language knowledge and experiences.

Thank you to Dr Charlotte Ryland and her team for delivering such an inspiring and enjoyable event. 

It was a perfect way to celebrate "Shout out for German" week.

Illustration by Tom Maclean