swimming

Making a splash!
19
Oct

Making a splash!

By admin commentsLink4life, KS2, swimming, safely, Swimphony, safety, Returning to the Pool, safe, translations, free, Key Stage 2, National Curriculum, swim, pool, information, wear, Covid, secure, help, for parents, for children, explanation, advice, best practice, practice, Rochdale, Borough, Council, Early Help & Schools, Arabic, Bengali, Sylheti, English, Kurdish, Sorani, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Urdu

The Early Help & Schools Team in Rochdale Borough Council collaborated with Link4Life in publishing multi-lingual letters about the benefits of swimming lessons. The letters are in Arabic, Bengali, Kurdish, Panjabi, Polish, Romanian, Spanish and Urdu. Continuing the spirit of co-operation they have kindly donated these letters to anyone who may have the same challenge.

You can download them free or charge, like all the other letters in the Multi-lingual Letters Library, now.
 

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"I was bowled over, completely!" How we use sayings from sport in our everyday conversation
16
Jul

"I was bowled over, completely!" How we use sayings from sport in our everyday conversation

By admin commentssport, sports, cricket, world_cup, cricket_world_cup, tennis, swimming, baseball, football, soccer, conversation, eal, games

We’ve seen a lot of sports coverage this summer – Wimbledon, the FIFA Women's World Cup, the Cricket World Cup (amazingly, England won that one…) It got us thinking about all those sporting terms and phrases that have made their way into our more-or-less everyday conversations.

Sticking with cricket, we know something is unacceptable if we hear “it’s just not cricket”, while if you’re on a “sticky wicket”, it’s not good news. Meanwhile, if you’re “bowled over” by something or someone, we can rest assured that you’re pretty impressed.

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