Five short films have been produced to showcase 2026 Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages. As well as one ‘Festival Highlights’ film, the Festival,…
Article and photos by Suki Zhang (Festival Intern – Digital Content Creator) Around 100 pupils from Richard Avenue Primary School (Sunderland) and Pelton Community Primary…
Schools and groups can register to access Festival resources for use in the classroom beyond March – but you need to be quick! There are…
Article written by Rebeca Villarroel Altamirano, with photos from Rebeca and Amar Sasidharan Pillai (Festival interns – Digital Content Creators) Over 200 pupils from Years…
Article written and photography by Denise Kua Sze Min (Festival Intern – Digital Content Creator) Children from Our Lady and St. Anne’s Catholic Primary School…
Written by Katarina Trajković – Festival Intern (Digital Content Creator) The eagerly awaited Welcome to Japan workshops were an absolute blast! These were organised and…
South Street Primary School (Gateshead) and St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School (Jarrow) were treated to a special session exploring Afro-Ecuadorian Fairytales at the Multilingual Library…
Written by Siyu Zhang, Festival Intern (Digital content creator) Pupils from St Cuthbert’s School, Kenton, Newcastle learned about traditional Indian culture by making traditional Kathputli…
The biggest event of its type in the UK, the Festival encourages children and young people from 3-18 years-old in schools, community schools and groups…
Today is officially the first day of Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages 2026. Registration is open for schools, community schools and groups to…