Private School News

Arsène Wenger to open Haileybury’s new Modern Languages Centre

Arsenal Football Club manager Arsène Wenger OBE will open Haileybury’s new £2,2 million Modern Languages Centre on 4 March 2010 at 2.45pm.

Mr Wenger, who speaks six languages, will address VIPs and other guests on the importance of learning a foreign language. He will then officially open the two-storey, 1050 square metre facility which was completed at the end of last year.

The Centre boasts eight classrooms which will house 24 pupils each, a library/smaller classroom for 12 pupils, two English as a Foreign Language (EFL) rooms, three language assistant rooms and a staffroom. The building has been designed to offer a flexible learning environment with state-of-the-art facilities.

“The new building means we are now able to offer pupils and staff a wonderful environment in which to teach and learn languages,” says The Master of Haileybury, Joe Davies.

“Pupils now have access to smart and spacious classrooms with exciting technology in each one.”

Mr Wenger is the most successful manager in the history of Arsenal in terms of trophies and is also the club’s longest-serving manager. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering and a master’s degree in Economics from Strasbourg University. He is fluent in French, German, Spanish and English and also speaks some Italian and Japanese.