ExpressYourselfNE

Thank you 🙏to the whole teaching community who motivate, support, encourage and develop our future generations of young people. You are patient, inspiring, caring but strict. In our humble opinion, you are all heroes 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️.

We are delighted to share Festival 2025's evaluation summary, which shows its incredible reach and impact and also has links to 5 short Festival films and creative outputs from children and young people in the region. Thanks to everyone who was involved! expressyourselfne.com/2025/06/20/fes…

We are delighted to share 5 short films from this year's Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages, highlighting different aspects of the Festival and the impact on schools and children and young people. Click on the link to access the films: internationalnewcastle.org.uk/festival25-fil…

Watch the compilation video of children and young people from across the North East singing the Festival Song in many languages - What a Wonderful World. Thanks to all 7,464 children who took part from 61 schools and all those who supported the project. expressyourselfne.com/2025/06/19/wat…

Children and young people's creativity, thoughts and feelings are showcased in this year's Mother Tongue Other Tongue digital anthology, with poems in 35 languages spoken or being learned in the North East. Thanks to all who took part and enjoy the ebook! expressyourselfne.com/2025/05/23/202…

Explore 2 ebooks of children's creative drawings in many languages, part of the Festival's multilingual Calligrams Celebration. 1,620 children (aged 7-11) from 30 schools took part in the project. Follow the link to find out more and access the ebooks: expressyourselfne.com/2025/04/11/cel…

Thank you to everyone who got involved in this year's Festival of Languages. A staggering 93,798 children and young people took part in free activities, projects, competitions and events from January to March. Find out more: expressyourselfne.com/2025/04/08/fes…

Weavings with multilingual messages of friendship created by children from the North East and Europe are on display at Newcastle Civic Centre as Friendship Trees. 6,669 children from 60 schools took part in the Festival's Weaving Friendship project: expressyourselfne.com/2025/04/07/chi…

Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre welcomed 60 children from local primary schools to celebrate Bangla Day (Bangla Dibosh) on 25 March. Children learned about Bangladesh, its language, colourful festivals, delicious food, music amazing traditions. expressyourselfne.com/2025/04/01/chi…

148 young people from 8 North East schools enjoyed motivational football themed language and careers workshops with Futbol Lingo this week at Sport Central @NorthumbriaUni - inspiring them to see how languages open a world of opportunities: expressyourselfne.com/2025/03/28/fab… @FutbolLingoApp

Do you have what it takes to complete the Escape Room Challenge....? KS3 students of French, Spanish and German are invited to participate as part of a cross-curricular language challenge! This can be done at any time, with teacher supervision. More info: expressyourselfne.com/escape-room/

Enjoy 5 short multilingual digital stories created by 9-17 year olds across the globe in a range of languages. For primary, secondary schools and groups. Register to access the films from Feb to 31st March, with teacher guide for discussion and activities. expressyourselfne.com/multilingual-s…

Join Nathalie Paris online in March for 3 pre-recorded puppet shows for Early Years/ Primary pupils and teachers (NE). Children will learn French words while enjoying a story told with puppets. Register and watch online and do activities up to 31st March. expressyourselfne.com/puppets/

Calling young people 11-16! Your mission – should you choose to accept it – is to work your way through 51 language challenges and become fully trained as a secret agent. Download the app for free and see how far you can get! Available anytime. expressyourselfne.com/secret-agent/

Join Victoria Eniola for three fun pre-recorded workshops until the 31st March (ages 7-11): Language, Culture, Expression. Celebrate Nigerian and Yorùbá language and culture and children’s emotional expression with storytelling, dance and songs. expressyourselfne.com/kayine-yoruba/

For children (KS1-3): A simple and fun introduction to Japanese for all pupils and community groups or families with children aged 5-11. A series of short videos online plus a calligraphy workshop. Available until 31st March: expressyourselfne.com/japanese-taste…

Register for our FREE Indigenous African Languages workshop activity for schools and youth groups. Introduce young people to 4 African languages: Yoruba, Swahili, Tamazight and Xhosa. Register for the activity pack (guidebook, Slides, video and a quiz). expressyourselfne.com/african-langua…

Access a fantastic FREE educational package from ENACT. Schools (NE) can set up their own Around the World Clubs. Children of all ages can learn about languages and cultures while doing hands-on activities with the help of an online resource. expressyourselfne.com/enact-around-t…

Primary schools in the North East can visit the Multilingual Library in Gateshead anytime and during the Festival this month, book 2-hour sessions to enjoy games and stories and books in many languages from their wide selection. expressyourselfne.com/multilingual-l…

90 children enjoyed workshops with The Japan Society in Newcastle, as part of Festival of Languages in March. They had fun learning about Japan, some Japanese language and calligraphy and made origami kabuto (samurai helmets). expressyourselfne.com/2025/03/20/chi…