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issue 6 march 2010 welcome welcome to the sixth edition of the mfl sunderland primary newsletter the aim of the newsletter is to keep all primary school mfl teachers and their secondary colleagues informed of the latest developments in primary language teaching nationally regionally and within the local authority previous editions of the newsletter can be found on the mfl sunderland website just follow the link on the homepage if you have any news articles or resources that you would like to share via subsequent issues of the newsletter please email them to clare.seccombe@gmail.com spring into action with primary languages many thanks to everyone who joined us at the stadium of light on march 9th for our conference spring into primary languages it was lovely to see so many of you there and i hope you enjoyed the afternoon as promised i have set up a webpage for all the presentations and other resources that you saw then www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/resourcespmflconference.htm or follow the link on the homepage of mfl sunderland thank you also for your evaluations one popular request for training was upskilling french lessons for teachers watch this space what s good on the web easter special the euro club schools page has an excellent page on easter in france you ll find it at www.euroclubschools.org/page36.htm have a look at primaryresources.co.uk for a french easter powerpoint www.primaryresources.co.uk/topic/topic4.htm#easter on kaboose you ll find some easter wordsearches in french and in spanish http printables.kaboose.com/holidays/easter/word-searches/easter-word.html the aux petites mains website has a delightful easter card to make when the easter egg hatches there is a rabbit inside http auxpetitesmains.free.fr/bricocarteoeufanime.htm it also has many other craft activities puzzles colouring pages here http auxpetitesmains.free.fr/cadrevenement.htm mômes.net also has craft activities recipes stories colouring and information about french easter traditions www.momes.net/dictionnaire/p/paques.html the primary languages team in west sussex have two easter lessons in their scheme of work which is available online at http wsgfl.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/curriculum/mfl/ks2/schemesof-work/ks2-years-3-and-4-term-2.en

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sunderland la s primary languages audit each year the dcsf and cilt the national centre for languages requests information from the la about primary languages this same information is vital for the primary languages steering group if we are to support and help you efficiently in your work in october 2009 we sent a brief online audit to all primary junior and infant schools in the authority to find out this information i thought you would be interested to see the results · · out of our 84 primary junior and infant schools 78 responded 87 of these 78 schools are teaching a language of the 14 schools that are not teaching a language 6 are infant schools and therefore are not obliged to nationally 92 of schools are teaching a language we asked schools which language or languages they teach · german language spanish french 0 20 40 60 80 100 national figure sunderland la percentage · · 68 of schools in sunderland teach a language across ks2 nationally the figure is 69 much of the primary language teaching in sunderland la is done by class teachers who teaches the language sunderland prim ary schools novem ber 2009 number of schools 50 40 30 20 10 0 classroom teacher specialist on staff teacher from secondary school fla ta specialist from outside nationally the majority of the pmfl teaching is done by classroom teachers the time allocation for a discrete language lesson nationally varies between 30 and 60 minutes with 40 minutes the most common regional conference read all about it write now following the success of the two moving on up conferences this year s regional primary languages conference is read all about it write now it s aimed at anyone who teaches primary languages especially those who teach y5 and y6 and who would like to find out strategies for ensuring progression throughout ks2 the important information tuesday 25th may 9.30-4.00 middlesbrough tlc middlesbrough ts3 8pb cost £55 subsidised by links into languages more information here www.linksintolanguages.ac.uk/events/1122 to book contact jane eggleston 0191 222 5194 e-mail j.eggleston@ncl.ac.uk

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contacts the primary languages steering group has been compiling a list of mfl co-ordinators in sunderland primary schools whom we can phone or email direct if you have received a copy of this newsletter to your personal email address then we already have your details if you haven t please email clare.seccombe@gmail.com and we ll make sure you are added to the list that way you ll know that you are receiving all the latest news and information about primary languages in sunderland international school award isa if you have language teaching up and running in your school you are ideally placed to apply for the foundation tier of the international school award applying is very easy all you have to do is go to the global gateway www.globalgateway.org.uk/default.aspx?page=4174 and click on foundation on the right-hand side the application is online sign the statement of intent and tell them about three activities that your school has done in the last 12 months which have had an international theme you don t need a link school for the foundation isa but if you have one you can jump straight to the intermediate tier look here for more information www.sunderlandschools.org/international/for_schools_isa.htm good luck your free resource this issue s free resource is a mini-book to help you to celebrate easter in your french lessons and to practise and reinforce colours plurals and adjectival agreement this activity addresses the ks2 framework objectives l3.3 l4.1 l4.4 kal3/4 lls3/4 admittedly it doesn t look much like a book at the moment this website will tell you how to make the mini-book http library.thinkquest.org/j001156/makingbooks/minibook/index.htm suggested activities read the text what does it say then colour in the pictures the right number of the right colour look carefully at the colours and their agreement what do they tell you about each noun and its gender and number pupils make their own book adapting the original who s who the primary languages steering group school improvement officer with responsibility for mfl sunderland la support teacher for primary languages language college director at st aidan s primary languages co-ordinator at st aidan s language college sunderland south co-ordinator carole beeston ks2/ks3 mfl teacher at st aidan s primary languages trainer lynn langford ast at washington school washington co-ordinator janet holyoak coalfields co-ordinator mfl co-ordinator at newbottle primary school caoimhe nichomhrai sunderland north co-ordinator mfl co-ordinator at castletown primary sarah dutton st anthony s frances collins st anthony s please contact one of the steering group if you have any questions about primary languages in the city chris campbell clare seccombe janet mayes ruth moreland newsletter produced by clare seccombe ©mfl sunderland 2010 march 2010 http www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland

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