Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 21 March 2025 > In the News
On 28 February, the average age in the House of Commons debating chamber was a lot younger than normal. Instead of the usual MPs, the chamber hosted the annual sitting of the UK Youth Parliament: more than 300 11-18-year-olds elected by their peers. The debaters are MYPs: Members of the U.K. Youth Parliament. Any 11-18-year-old … Continue reading “Kids Take Over Parliament”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 24 January 2025 > Pedagogy
New rules about travelling to the UK come into force on 2 April 2025. Visitors from the EU will need a type of simplified visa called an ETA. But the good news is that children in school groups are exempted from the new system. Since 28 December 2023, French school groups already benefitted from special … Continue reading “New Visa Details for School Trips to the UK”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 10 December 2024 > Celebrate
A new literary prize has been awarded for the first time. The Entente Littéraire prize celebrates books aimed at teenagers and young adults translated from English to be published in French or translated from French and published in English. The prize is championed by the UK’s Queen Camilla and France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron, to … Continue reading “Bilingual Book Prize”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 22 October 2024 > What's On
The winner of the U.K.’s most prestigious literary prize, the Booker, will be announced on 12 November. The six authors on shortlist in the running for the prize are from the U.K., Australia, Canada, the U.S.A. and, for the first time, the Netherlands. Also for the first time, five out of six are women. Get … Continue reading “Watch the Short List for the 2024 Booker Prize”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 20 March 2024 > What's On
A hundred years ago, a Scotsman became famous for NOT running a race at the Paris 1924 Olympic Games. Eric Liddell’s story was immortalised in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. And a play about his life is coming to Paris for two performances on 23 March. Liddell was an excellent sportsman who played rugby … Continue reading “Chariot of Fire: The Eric Liddell Story”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 20 December 2023 > Pedagogy
New rules about identity papers come into force on 28 December that will make taking school groups to the post-Brexit UK a bit easier. Many teachers had given up trying to take classes on trips to the U.K. since post-Brexit rules came in that required every pupil (like every French person travelling to the U.K.) … Continue reading “New Rules Make School Trips to the UK Easier”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 22 November 2023 > What's On
The Booker Prize shortlist 2023 contains books by two Irish, two American, a Canadian and a British author exploring identity, family dynamics and societal collapse. All of them have been shortlisted for the first time, and two of the books are debut novels. The winner of the U.K.’s most prestigious literary prize will be announced … Continue reading “Six Books for the Booker”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 01 September 2023 > Webpicks
It’s the beginning of the school year and working on school vocabulary can reassure pupils and help them realise they CAN actually remember some of what they learned in previous years. A video and a quiz from the BBC Newsround site are a great way to start the year. Not all of the videos on … Continue reading “Back to School”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 07 July 2023 > Ready to Use
This A1-level activity will help you introduce or revise some basic school vocabulary at the beginning of the school year. Pupils can type in the vocabulary directly onto the image on the interactive pdf, or you can print it out and ask them to write the words in. Vocabulary and structures school buildings and equipment … Continue reading “My New School”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 21 September 2022 > What's On
The winner of the U.K.’s most prestigious literary prize, the Booker, will be announced on 15 October. The six authors on shortlist in the running for the prize are from the U.K., Ireland, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and the U.S.A. Their books are overwhelmingly inspired by real historical events, from a terrible lynching in America to … Continue reading “Short List for the 2022 Booker Prize”
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