School

General Information

About our school

Parkfield High School is a split site, 11-18 mixed inner-city comprehensive in the city of Wolverhampton serving an ethnically diverse community of 850 students. Having become a Specialist Language College in September 2008 the school offers a wide range of languages including Panjabi, Hindi, French, German and Spanish and is a leading school for the development of Panjabi resources, which are being used nationally to deliver Panjabi in mainstream schools. They have well established links with the local community including links with primary, secondary and supplementary schools, as well as with the police, parents and local denominational organisations. The school considers that the teaching of languages plays a vital part in improving communication and in developing a vigorous environment for learning to ensure that all students are engaged and enjoying their studies on the way to achieving their full potential.

About our partnership

In Our Languages Project Parkfield High School have chosen to work with Guru Nanak Khalsa College in Wolverhampton where one of their staff, Mrs Paramjeet Grewal, is actively involved in the teaching of Panjabi. They are developing a Scheme of Work using a thematic approach to ensure continuity and progression through interactive teaching and learning activities based on the topic of ‘celebrations’. Students will be provided with interactive activities and given opportunities to develop both their linguistic and thinking skills along with cultural understanding. As part of the project the school is promoting accreditation through Asset Languages and aims to ensure that every child’s learning is accredited at the appropriate level.

Staff and students both appreciated their efforts and enjoyed using the teaching and learning materials as it provided them with opportunities to become actively involved and move away from some of the more traditional teaching approaches. The school held a network meeting in February 2009 to share these resources with a wider range of teachers through.