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issue 8 june 2010 welcome welcome to the eighth 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 at www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/primary-newsletters.htm i would love to hear your comments and feedback about the newsletters please email them to clare.seccombe@gmail.com the future of primary languages following uncertainty amongst language professionals over the future of languages in ks2 ruth churchill chief executive of cilt the national centre for languages issued the following statement a couple of weeks ago key stage 2 languages do not currently have the legal status to become statutory in september 2011 however the entitlement to learn a foreign language in key stage 2 still stands having come into effect this year as many of you are aware reforming the primary curriculum was one of the key provisions removed from the children schools and families bill during consideration of lords amendments in april 2010 the introduction of statutory languages in key stage 2 from september 2011 was part of the proposed new primary curriculum and therefore was also removed from the bill the future shape of the primary curriculum and the statutory status of languages will depend on the policies of the new government cilt is in close contact with baroness coussins and others in a position of influence through the all-party parliamentary group on modern languages and we are very grateful to her for raising this issue so prominently we will continue to work together to encourage this dialogue and to promote the further development of language teaching in the primary school while we await further news please take full advantage of the services and resources which we make available free to support you as you embed language learning in your curriculum you will find a free scheme of work for ks2 french on the website as well as a scheme for eyfs and ks1 see below for news of podcasts for helping your teachers to improve their french and news of free french language assistants will be coming soon www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/resources pr fr.htm french lessons for teachers the mfl sunderland primary french podcasts have over 500 subscribers are you one of them learn french by listening to short lessons on your mp3 player in the car in your classroom on the computer 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 you could also use them for training in a staff meeting learn french together www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/resources-pr-fr-podcasts.htm

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what s good on the web world cup 2010 a reminder that you can find lots of world cup resources and links here www.sunderlandschools.org/international/resources-worldcup2010.htm there are resources and ideas for all subjects including languages languagenut is a new website for primary languages which provides interactive games activities and songs for french spanish and other languages the resources complement the qcda scheme of work for ks2 why not visit www.languagenut.com and sign up for a two-week free trial chillola has some interactive activities with sound for french and spanish just go to the homepage www.chillola.com and then click on the language you want early start languages are bringing out a new resource called ici on parle français if you go to their website you can download a free sample a tip download the spanish and german sample as well because each language offers different pages www.earlystart.co.uk/mlg.htm hello bonjour hola is a site by p&o ferries it has resources and interactive activities in french and spanish which would be ideal for teaching some holiday language at this time of the year www.hellobonjourhola.com bastille day once the world cup is over there will still be a couple of weeks of term left why not celebrate bastille day or to give it its french name le 14 juillet here are some links to give you some information and ideas listen to our bastille day podcast to find out about the history of bastille day it s available as an ordinary podcast http tinyurl.com/36wllls or as an enhanced one with pictures http tinyurl.com/2u7bhej the transcript is on the website www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/resources-pr-fr-podcasts.htm you could try come craft activities make your own bastille the instructions are here http tinyurl.com/2w9c99r you could also make a blue white and red rosette http tinyurl.com/3xqkdv7 or a lantern http tinyurl.com/34byr5h the fêteenfants site has some colouring pages www.fete-enfants.com/14-juillet-enfants/14-juillet-coloriages.htm the hertfordshire grid for learning has some excellent ideas and resources for celebrating bastille day www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/mfl/general/resources scroll down the page a little 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 !

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cpd come along to st aidan s school on wednesday 23rd june 4.00-5.30 where we will be repeating some of the workshops from the spring into primary languages conference the workshops are all based on or inspired by the qca scheme of work for ks2 unit 17 les quatre saisons and will be especially useful to you if you are teaching or are about to start teaching children who are in their third year of learning a language if you would like to attend please email clare.seccombe@gmail.com giving your name school and the workshops that you would like to attend there is no charge for this event presenting new vocabulary lots of ideas to show you how you can introduce and practise new vocabulary in the classroom presenting longer phrases this workshop will explore a range of activities to enable pupils to build short sentences with previously acquired language resources used are readily available to the class teacher mime cards mini-whiteboards and templates will be available on the mfl sunderland website activities are linked to the objectives from the ks2 framework for languages they are particularly suitable for year 4 teachers working at phrase level and for teachers of years 5 and 6 who are working at sentence level joining in a poem find out how to teach your class to understand take part in and adapt the poem le retour du printemps the techniques used can of course be transferred to any piece of text with which you want the children to engage conscience alley this workshop practises all of the language from the unit through a range of matching and classification tasks this language is developed using mime gesture and body language resulting in the use of a drama technique where the language is used in a persuasive argument we look forward to seeing you there who s who the primary languages steering group chris campbell clare seccombe janet mayes ruth moreland 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 june 2010 http www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland

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