French, German and Spanish are among the foreign languages Liverpool four-year-olds will start to learn when a pilot scheme gets under way this September.
Primary school children from four upwards will find their registers, PE classes and even lining up at the start of their school day taken in a foreign language, as part of the city council's Education and Lifelong Learning Service's three-year initiative.
The #500,000 project is designed to help pupils get to grips with foreign languages at an early age, and will be taught as part of their everyday education, alongside English.
Every school in the project will have a partner school in Germany, France or Spain, and children will have e-pals to communicate with over the Internet. In addition, schools will be expected to reflect the choice of language they adopt through the names of school houses, school trips and school signs.
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