Wednesday 30 June 2010

International Partnerships and Community Cohesion

Dear Anglo-French colleagues,
We thought you might be interested in the two programmes which our Connecting Classrooms team have produced in collaboration with Teachers TV. Although focussing on partnerships with rather different parts of the globe to France - namely Sub-Saharan Africa and Central South Asia - the central theme is the way in which international school partnerships can contribute positively to community cohesion. The experiences of school clusters in an urban authority (Bradford) and a rural one (Hampshire) are used as case studies.
Both programmes are now available to stream and download from the Teachers TV website at
http://www.teachers.tv/connecting-classrooms and will be broadcast for the first time on 29 June, and then repeated on various dates in early July (see below).
Each programme is 15 minutes long and the broadcast dates are as follows:
Community Cohesion through School Partnerships: Rural Challenges
29 June - 08:00, 16:00, 20:00
2 July – 21:00
3 July – 11:00, 20:00
4 July - 08:00, 21:00
9 July – 09:00, 17:00
10 July – 15:00
Community Cohesion through School Partnerships: City Challenges
29 June - 08:20, 16:20, 20:20
2 July – 21:20
3 July – 11:20, 20:20
4 July - 08:20, 21:20
Should you have any queries, please contact Vicki Miles
Vicki.miles@britishcouncil.org
Best wishes,
The Anglo-French team

Tuesday 22 June 2010

Grow Story Grow

A number of teachers have approached Val Thornber about running workshops to help them make the most of the free resources available on GrowStoryGrow (the stories available are permanently available so the teachers do not need to pay a subscription fee in order to use them).

The main benefit of the workshops is that the teachers have the confidence and materials to go straight back into the classroom and try the stories out themselves.

If you are running a conference or an LSG and would like me to run a workshop, please get in touch (contact details below). June, July and September are best.

You may also be interested to hear that GrowStoryGrow is launching on the 8th of June. A yearly subscription before this date is £40, which is very good value indeed. (Over 100 stories, lesson plans, interactive games, downloadable big books, mini books, audio books, puppets, masks, scripts...)

Kind Regards
Val Thornber

val@growstorygrow.com

KS2 Training Abroad Opportunity

CILT is working with the British Council to develop and deliver the 2 week Primary Teachers’ Project.
This exciting project gives teachers working in KS2 the opportunity to spend two weeks in France, Germany or Spain. The first week of the project provides intensive language and methodology support in preparation for the job shadowing in a primary school in the second week.
The projects offer excellent opportunities for teachers to develop language skills, deepen their cultural understanding and gain practical ideas for teaching and learning languages at KS2. Applicants are eligible for EU Comenius funding of up to €2,500 to pay for travel and subsistence. There is also a supply cover contribution of £525 to support schools in the week of term when teachers will be abroad. The deadline for applications is 15 September 2010.

Project dates are as follows:
Germany and France: 21 February -4 March 2011
France and Spain: 17-29 April 2011

Secondary teachers involved in outreach work in primary schools are eligible to apply if they are working in KS2 so please share this information with colleagues. Applications from those teaching or hoping to introduce German in primary schools would be particularly welcome.

Further information, including support and guidance with the application process is available at:
http://www.primarylanguages.org.uk/professional_development/cilt_events/primary_teachers_project.aspx

For enquiries relating to the project please email:
ptp@cilt.org.uk

Best wishes,
Lucy Adamson
Language Teaching Adviser

CILT, The National Centre for Languages
3rd floor, 111 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7Hr

Thursday 10 June 2010

Teaching French to Young Learners

Smalltalk’s schedule of nationwide courses for session 2010 - 2011 is now available for booking at www.smalltalk-languages.co.uk.
Book now and receive 20% off!

Course Information
With language entitlement required to be implemented in schools by the end of 2010, more and more staff are beginning to recognise the importance of introducing a language at an early age. We can help you become the expert! This course is aimed at nursery/primary staff who are currently introducing French into their early years/primary curriculum or intend to do so. Suitable for both complete beginners and people with prior knowledge of the language, the main focus of the course will be on language learning and practical methodology. At the end of the course participants will be able to return to their learning environment confident, enthusiastic and ready to promote basic French.
Normally £110.00, only £88.00 per person with early booking discount (including refreshments, lunch and a comprehensive learning pack)

Other dates and venues available:
Autumn Term
Fri 1 Oct 2010 Southampton
Thu 25 Nov 2010 Cambridge

Spring Term
Thu 24 Mar 2011 Cambridge

Courses can be booked on-line or by telephone on 0141 642 9330.

In Service Courses
We can run tailor-made In Service courses at special discounted rates in your own centre. Please call 0141 642 9330 for more information.
Regards
William McEvoy
SmallTalk