The Big Challenge

The Big Challenge is an English language contest for students between the ages of 11 and 16. It is held every year in May in schools across France, Germany, Austria, Spain and Sweden. Created in France in 1999 by a group of English teachers, its main purpose is to motivate students learning languages with an educational yet fun experience.

In 2016, for the first time, The Big Challenge became an ONLINE CONTEST in Sweden as well as in two new countries, Poland and the Netherlands. And over 600,000 middle school students took part in the contest across Europe! New countries joined the online contest in 2017: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy and Norway.

54 pupils from our school participated in The Big Challenge and did great. Our best students are Nikola Kristic (Level I), Philipp Pollanka (Level II), Angelika Sieder (Level III). All participants got a certificate, a poster and other prizes (e.g. English books, comics, diaries, flags, pencils …).

(V. Dhollander)