Two years ago you counted the languages in this room. You pointed, you guessed, you listed what people already knew a word of.
Next year the school starts teaching one language properly. One language, every week, with spelling and speaking and real sentences.
Here is the story of what this class has done. After each memory, show a thumbs-up if you remember it.
Next year is different. Stage 4 asks you to know one language: greet someone, ask for something, listen for real meaning, and write with care. Everything you have noticed still travels with you. It is the toolkit, not the whole journey.
Hold this: noticing many languages taught you how language works. Learning one language will teach you how to use it.
One last decoding for Stage 3. These are Leinster counties and places, names you have met on maps and road signs your whole life.
We will open each name on the board together. When it is your turn, say what chunks you can see before we reveal.
Open your copy. Write the one thing from these two years you would tell next year's 3rd Class not to miss.
One clear sentence is enough. Make it something only this class could say, not a slogan from a poster.
One last listen. Five short clips, drawn from both years of Stage 3. Name the language you hear, then say the one clue that made you sure.
These are the sounds you have been collecting since 3rd Class: a rolled r, a nasal vowel, a soft Irish consonant, an ending you have met before.
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