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King Edward VI Grammar School Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3SX Tel: (01245) 353510 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.kegs.org.uk Headteacher: Mr T P Carter MA MBA NPQH PRESS RELEASE Monday, 29 June 2015 PR013 2014/15 ESSEX POETRY BY HEART FESTIVAL Pupils from ten secondary schools in Essex are coming together on Friday 3 July for the first ever Essex MFL [Modern Foreign Language] Poetry by Heart Festival, which is being held at KEGS. It will be a celebration of work done in modern language classrooms across the county. It builds on the research into modern language teaching over a number of years at KEGS and the findings that show that poetry with beginner learners increases motivation and accelerates progress. Poetry by Heart also supports the new Programme of Study at KS3 and pre-shadows the new GCSE reforms in modern languages. All schools taking part in the festival are key members of the Essex MFL Seminar Group where teachers are committed to exploring and sharing best practice in language teaching. However, this is the first time that students have come together to jointly celebrate and enjoy their learning. Each school held its own Poetry by Heart competition in languages to select final performers for the festival celebration. Students have been hugely excited by the prospect of taking part and have worked very hard to learn and perfect their performances. Languages in the Festival: French, German, Mandarin, Spanish, Japanese. Schools taking part: 1. Beckett Keys 2. Chelmer Valley High School 3. Clacton County High School 4. Great Baddow High School 5. Hylands School 6. KEGS 7. Mayflower 8. St. John Payne 9. Sandon 10. Shenfield High School - ends – Established 1551 King Edward VI Grammar School demonstrates a commitment to safeguarding children. King Edward VI Grammar School is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (Company number 07563345). Registered Office: King Edward VI Grammar School, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3SX. .