Language lessons: When a new language is child's play

Tamsin Kelly on a school where the pupils teach each other
This month pupils at Newbury Park Primary School in Redbridge, north-east London, are learning Dutch. Not so unusual, perhaps, but what makes these lessons unique is that the school's star "teacher" is a child herself - 11-year-old Mathumy.

The Telegraph
Sunday 6 July 2008