One of the key aims of the Festival is to celebrate diverse languages and cultures and our connections to the world. International Mother Language Day…
By Natali Lekka, Festival Communications volunteer International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on 21 February and highlights the importance of linguistic and cultural…
The Festival offers a range of activities and events which can involve any languages that are spoken by children and young people. These enable all…
Multilingual Me: Exploring and celebrating the languages in pupil’s lives: Pre-prepared lesson and resources for use between 6th January and 31st March UK primary schools…
Together we fly! World Friendship art project: Create multilingual messages on paper butterflies celebrating global friendship and unity Children and young people from the North…
Children and young people across the North East are being encouraged to celebrate their mother tongue and dive into cultural diversity ahead of a global…
Read the Festival Report showing the impact and reach of this year’s FestivalRead MoreKarneval Mask Competition winners announced!Read MoreMultilingual recipe book shares children and young…
Benfield School in Newcastle has been exploring different themes for their poems, from Spring, to homeland, relationships and even an original piece about a paper…
We are already getting some beautiful submissions from across the North East for the Mother Tongue Other Tongue children’s writing project. Thank you to Rashda…