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New York prize beckons for Isambard Primary pupils talking
students stock market hopefuls in different tongues

Being able to communicate in other Chinese, Welsh and Russian.
languages wins respect and Isambard Learning resources manager Stella
Community School gave 140 Year 5 Rogers said: “We strongly believe
primary pupils from Bridlewood, Red young people should have an
Oaks and St Francis the chance to understanding of different cultures.
learn a more on World Languages Each session gave the children
Day on 10 February. the opportunity to learn other
The school offers French, languages through interactive, fun
German and Spanish as part of activities.
the curriculum, but the youngsters “They really enjoyed the chance to
also had the chance to learn try different ways of speaking and
some essential words, phrases several went away with Linguists of
Four of the 8 Isambard stock pickers aiming to profit with a USA trip and numbers in Arabic, Mandarin the Day awards.”

Despite turbulent times in the accurately predicting the weekly
world’s stock markets, two teams closing price of certain assets.
of four students from Isambard Teams with the highest points
Community School outperformed total will make it through to the
the markets and secured places national final in April where an
in the semi-finals of a national all-expenses paid educational trip
investment competition run by the to New York and £2,000 awaits the
Institute for Fiscal Studies. eventual winners.
Competing against 10,000 other Isambard GCSE Business Studies
teams from across the UK, the teacher Kathy Balebela said: “This
two groups of stock pickers made is our first year taking part in the
a virtual £11,000 and £9,000 challenge. It’s great to see students
respectively in a three month period demonstrating what they are
of online trading, starting with an capable of. It’s a great example for
investment portfolio of £100,000. all our students working hard to
The top 500 performing teams understand a whole new area of
in the semi-final phase of the finance which is paying dividends Pupils from Redhouse Primary and St Francis Church of England
challenge, which runs to 18 March, in learning and the satisfaction of Primary School in Taw Hill picking up the basics of Welsh with Laura
Boyles
will be tested by gaining points for gaining virtual profits.”

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