MORE than 300 children have picked up certificates and awards in learning foreign languages in Southampton.

Organised by the Community Languages Service the event saw youngsters and their families from across the city celebrate their achievements in extra curricular studies in 14 languages including Urdu, Polish, Greek and Arabic.

Dr Sarwar Jamil, manager of the service said the day was a big success.

"It was a great day with more than 300 children and their families taking part," he said.

"Everyone was excited because the Mayor of Southampton was able to join us and so was Hampshire cricket player Dimitri Mascarenhas.

"What is special about these certificates is that they are extra from school studies and allow people to take a GCSE or merit in the language of the country they come from," he added.



THE AWARDS

2006 GCSE certificates
Hazig Hakim Arabic
Akbor Hussain Bengali
Adil Khan Urdu
Razu Miah Bengali
Latifur Rahman Bengali
Saarim Monim Bengali
Harinder Atwal Panjabi
Vicky Fang Chinese
Tommaso Bendoni Italian
Harkrishan Roath Panjabi
Jatinder Bhakar Panjabi
Gurpashad Bhakar Panjabi
Navdip Kaur Panjabi
Bobby landa Panjabi
Lakshmi Landa Panjabi
Parmjit Landa Panjabi
Gurdev Pottiwal Panjabi
Gurdip Roath Panjabi
Satveer Roath Panjabi
Gurpreet Samra Panjabi
Vijay Swaley Panjabi
Jharnel Landa Panjabi
Harnek Purewal Panjabi
Barbara Senderek Polish
Gulcan Calik Turkish
Sercan Calik Turkish
William Wu Chinese
Christina Varvouni Greek
George Sedikides Greek
Ageieszka Zasac Polish
Mateusz Zajac Polish
Anita Wiatrek Polish
Marta Szychta Polish
Malina Prokopiuk Polish
Malwina Nowaczyk Polish
Sukhdev Bakhar Panjabi
Banita Sharma Panjabi
Barbara Wieczorek Polish
Soubia Asmari Polish
Javeria Suleman Polish
Gurpreet Sahota Panjabi
Jaspreet Sahota Panjabi
Sharyn Rai Panjabi
Gurwinder Atwal Panjabi
Kirandeep Kaur Gill Panjabi
Sarvin Nouroozi Persian
Alison Liu Chinese
Particia Ciszek Polish
Malvina Szlek Polish
Shiqi Shan Chinese
Dominik Mors Polish
Lukasz Zalewski Polish
Tomasz Dyl Polish
Borys Marcin Polish
Norbert Korzeniows Polish
Jakub Surowiec Polish
Yifan Zheng Chinese
Nickilas Sahota Panjabi
Alessiosiamak Fann Persian
Prabsharan Gill Panjabi
Nikki Jassal Panjabi
Tong Wang Chinese
Marie Kanunski Polish
Jagdeep Khela Panjabi
Richard Nash Italian
Yuhaa Wu Chinese
Cathy Chen Chinese
Sachin Tanna Gujurati
Salima Hussain Bengali

2006 AS level
Kirandeep Gill Panjabi
Sunita Roath Panjabi
Jasjinder Mann Panjabi
Gurpinder Binning Panjabi
Gurmukh lakhpur Panjabi

GCSE certificates 2007
Mandeep Randhawa Panjabi
Pradeep Karir Panjabi
Yashpreet Bhangal Panjabi
Harinder Atwal Panjabi
Mohammed Choudhery Urdu
Nasir Ali Urdu
Abdullah Ravat Urdu
Hammad Naeem Urdu
Saboor Hamidi Urdu
Nazmeen Chowdhury Bengali
Nayeem Jamil Bengali
Nadeem Jamil Bengali
Edris Rezazadeh Persian
Jagjeet Mann Panjabi
Navdip Kaur Panjabi
Jaspal Landa Punjabi
Akber Cheychi Urdu
Jamil Deadar Urdu
Priyesh Patel Gujerati
Amina Shadab Persian
Sariah Raja Urdu
Nazia Ilyas Urdu
Shameen Iqbal Urdu
Ashi Adrees Urdu
Manpreet Roopra Panjabi
Shelly Man Yee Ling Chinese
Li Li-Newton Chinese
Alexandra Coronakos
Modern Greek
Maria Asmar Modern Greek
Nadbip Kaur Bains Panjabi
Jaskiran Gill Panjabi
Amandeep Sangha Panjabi
Sean Francis Polish
Jakub Piasecki Polish
Maurycy Fraczek Polish
Grzegorz Miedzwieck Polish
Mateusz Krywko Polish
Jakub Sopicki Polish
Jin Ju Chen Chinese
Mariano Da Luz Chinese
Weilong Su Chinese
Linghent Yang Chinese
Ashkhan Sabzevar Persian
Stanley To Chinese
Marton To Chinese
Guramit Randhawa Panjabi
Harkashan Roath Panjabi
Jasminder K Khaira Punjabi
Harsharan S Gill Punjabi
Jay Dave Gujarati
Devika Pandit Gujarati
Onkar S Sagoo Punjabi
Opdesh K Sagoo Punjabi
Alexander Nour Greek

AS Level 2007

Jaspal Landa Panjabi
Jaspal Landa Panjabi
Hardeep Sumra Panjabi
Jagjit Sandhu Panjabi
Harpreet Sandhu Panjabi
Shahin Cheichi Urdu
Numibur Rahman Urdu

A level 2007

Kirandeep Gill Punjabi
Naveed Khan Urdu
Aftab Deedar Urdu
Tamim Khadir Urdu
Mohammad Jan Urdu
Probhjot Hassanpuri Panjabi
Gurmukh Lakhpuri Panjabi

Certificate of Merit

Ali Reza Afghani
Agira Naim Afghani
Zobair Aslami Afghani
Najibullah Walizada Afghani
Adam Lee Johnston Arabic
Rahi Ahmed Bengali
Fahmid Choudhury Bengali
Afsana Rahman Bengali
Jackie Chan Chinese
Vicky Fang Chinese
Bijia Wu Chinese
Helen Hilton Chinese
Baiding Zhang Chinese
Henian Su Chinese
Fahad Siddiqui Chinese
Darren Zhang Chinese
Dorsa Anbarsouz Farsi
Reza Hosseini Farsi
Jessica Sohran Farsi
Michael Hannides Greek
Sofia Jabbar Greek
Aarti Kakar Hindi
Ahmad Nabil Bin Muhd Fuad
Malaysian
Muhammad Fahmi Hukim Bin Muhd Malaysian
Muhammad Ryan Samar
Samad Malaysian
Mazurek Kacper Polish
Nikola Neves Polish
Paulina Olzewska Polish
Tukaz Matuczyk Polish
Adriana Szolucha Polish
Aleksandra Michalczuk Polish
Alicja Margula Polish
Izabella Zienkiewicz Polish
Harjinder Singh Sahota Punjabi
Mansimran Dulay Punjabi
Onkar Sagoo Punjabi
Hasmandip Gill Punjabi
Kari Suma Bhakar Punjabi
Simreet Garewal Punjabi
Jaskiran Kaur Gill Punjabi
Jai Woolford Punjabi
Raveena Laly Punjabi
Gagandeep Kalirai Punjabi
Pavan Thiara Punjabi
Ravandeep khela Punjabi
Navjeet Soomal Punjabi
Karishma Bhakar Punjabi
Ranjit Mandair Punjabi
Palvinder Singh Shergill Punjabi
Pritpal Virdee Punjabi
Amrit Pal Virdee Punjabi
Simran Chahal Punjabi
Gurkiran Mandair Punjabi
Abdullahi Abdul Quani Ali Somali
Sabrina Fuad Hassan Somali
Faisal Akran Khan Urdu
Akbar Cheychi Urdu
Amna Adrees Urdu
Isha Khan Urdu
Saniya Parvez Urdu
Ayyaz Awan Urdu
Sannah Iqbal Urdu
Yasir Khan Urdu
Farva Kazmi Urdu