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issue 7 april 2010 welcome welcome to the seventh edition of the mfl sunderland primary newsletter the aim of the newsletter is to keep all primary school mfl teachers 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 www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/primary-newsletters.htm 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 learn french by podcast help with basic french has been identified by primary teachers in sunderland as an immediate training need the mfl sunderland primary french podcasts are a fast solution to this need each podcast is about 5 minutes long you can listen to it on your mp3 player in the car in your classroom the podcasts complement the sunderland scheme of work for primary french and will enable you to use french more confidently and correctly during your lessons in school to find out more go to www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland resources-pr-fr-podcasts.htm here you will find out how to subscribe to the podcasts and you will be able to download the transcript to each podcast if you feel that would help you in your learning we hope you find them useful feedback is most welcome cpd these five workshops from the spring into primary languages conference will be repeated at st aidan s school on wednesday 23rd june 3.45-5.30 · presenting new vocabulary · presenting longer phrases · joining in a poem · descriptions with links to literacy · performing in a foreign language more information will be circulated to schools soon 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 the booking form has been circulated to schools via email please ensure that you book by 30th april more information here www.linksintolanguages.ac.uk/events/1122

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what s good on the web world cup 2010 are you thinking of using this year s world cup to incorporate an international dimension into your lessons if so then have a look at the sunderland world cup resources www.sunderlandschools.org/international/resources-worldcup2010.htm there are resources and ideas for all subjects including languages french numbers if you d like some help with numbers in french have a look at www.frenchnumbers.org.uk all the numbers to 100 and beyond are listed and many of them have sound or video files to help you with the pronunciation wallwisher www.wallwisher.comis essentially an online wall onto which you can stick virtual post-its or stickies once you have set up your wall you give its web address to your pupils and they can fill in a sticky with text pictures sounds or movie files if you would like to see how wallwisher can work have a look at www.wallwisher.com/wall/spanish-nouns and follow this link to see lots of ways to use wallwisher http tinyurl.com/35bkb7 i ve just discovered a new game called slam it s basically a sheet with six handprints on it and on each of the handprints is a picture pupils use it in pairs to help each other to practise new vocabulary ks2 framework language learning strategies one says a word and the other slaps or slams the right handprint to show that they have understood use this website to make your own quickly and easily www.esl-kids.com/worksheets/worksheets.htm the french game would be called paf primary language teacher award now into its third year the primary language teacher award ­ launched by la jolie ronde languages for children and scholastic ­ aims to celebrate the very best in language teaching it recognises and rewards teachers whose creative and inspirational approach in language teaching makes a significant impact on children teachers schools and communities geoff swinn deputy ceo of cilt the national centre for languages has again agreed to chair the judging panel he says i am delighted to have been asked to be a part of this award for the third year running teachers do so many fantastic things for our kids but they rarely receive the praise they deserve the work they are doing to promote language learning at primary age is really important as young children have a keen ear and are very receptive this award has shown how many teachers are already doing great work to make language learning fun and memorable and are laying sound foundations for continuing progress and success what are the prizes · an all expenses paid school trip to northern france for up to 30 children 5 teachers · over £4000 of educational resources to nominate visit www.primarylanguageaward.com and complete the online nomination form the closing date for nominations is 4th june 2010 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.

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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 lily-pad writing frame to help pupils to put together sentences using simple opinions and joining words the frog has to cross the pond by hopping from one lily-pad to another but he must always hop from one column to another this is a fun way of showing pupils how to build up sentences once they are confident in using these lily-pads to build up sentences they could use a dictionary to find some words of their own to put in the second and fifth columns of lily-pads this resource includes vocabulary from the sunderland scheme of work for primary french and addresses the ks2 framework objectives kal4/5 lls4/5 o5.2 l5.2 and l5.3 vocabulary j adore j aime je n aime pas je déteste et mais pourtant cependant iiii love like don t like hate and but though however le rouge les monstres les peluches le jeudi le chocolat les souris le chat perché les voitures red monsters soft toys thursdays chocolate mice tag the game cars some examples of sentences that can be written using the lily-pads j aime les peluches mais je n aime pas les souris i like soft toys but i don t like mice je déteste le jeudi cependant j adore le chocolat i hate thursdays however i love chocolate 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 samantha ward st anthony s please contact one of the steering group if you have any questions about primary languages in the city newsletter produced by clare seccombe ©mfl sunderland 2010 april 2010 chris campbell clare seccombe janet mayes ruth moreland http www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland

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