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iPads for MFL INSET 
£275 per school
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94 events currently available.

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

iPads in MFL INSET in your department

Location: Your school

Event type: 75 minute workshop

You will explore the use of mobile devices such as the iPad and the iPod Touch to enhance the teaching and learning of languages.  Using such devices can motivate reluctant language learners and enhance the language learning experience beyond the classroom walls.. 

Phonics INSET in your department

Location: Your school

Event type: One hour workshop

The new Ofsted evaluation schedule puts a firm focus on developing literacy skills across the curriculum.   Teachers of Modern Languages therefore need to have a better understanding of what is meant by phonics and the sound-spelling link.  This session will look at how languages teachers can build upon primary pedagogy to develop speaking skills at Key Stage 3 with a view to improving potential for success at GCSE. 

 
Various dates

Primary French & Spanish Upskilling

Location: Various Locations
Event type: 6 twilight sessions

Our Upskilling courses are a fun and interactive way of increasing your knowledge of French or Spanish vocabulary and confidence in pronouncing words correctly whilst at the same time learning practical games and activities that can be used in the classroom the very next day.

 
Various dates

Language Through Sport

Location: Various Locations
Event type: 3-hour workshop

The main aim of this workshop is to enable primary teachers to deliver active languages sessions in their schools by developing their confidence levels and giving them a springboard of ideas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Student Revision Event

Study Skills for GCSE French Students

Year 11

Location:       In your school
Event type:    Two hour student revision event

This event will help students to identify clear steps they can take in the run up to their French GCSE exam in order to maximise their chances of success.

      

10 May 2013

Student Gifted and Talented Event

Spanish Speaking Day

Years 8 and 9

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who enjoy their Spanish lessons to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much Spanish as possible during the day.

 

10 May 2013

Student Gifted and Talented Event

GermanSpeaking Day

Years 8 and 9

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who enjoy their German lessons to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much German as possible during the day.

 

10 May 2013

AS French Students' Revision Conference

Year 12

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day event student event

This conference is an opportunity for pupils who are studying for at French AS Level to focus on the key skills of writing, reading and listening and prepare for topics in the examination.

 

11 May 2013

Primary French Upskilling - Level 2

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day workshop

This Upskilling course follows on from Level 1.  It builds on your knowledge of French vocabulary, confidence in pronouncing words correctly and teaching practical games and activities learnt on the Level 1 course. 

    

23 May 2013

Student Gifted and Talented Event

French Speaking Day

Years 7 and 8

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who enjoy their French lessons to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much French as possible during the day.
 

 

24 May 2013

Student Gifted and Talented Event

Spanish Speaking Day

Years 7 and 8

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who enjoy their Spanish lessons to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available  to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much Spanish as possible during the day.

 

24 May 2013

Student Gifted and Talented Event

German Speaking Day

Years 7 and 8

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who enjoy their German lessons to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available  to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much German as possible during the day.

 

4 June 2013 

Multimedia language learning on the iPad

Location:      Bristol Grammar School
Event type:   One day workshop

Trainer:        Joe Dale

This course is designed to reveal the power of the iPad for producing professional looking multimedia content simply and easily using free or inexpensive apps. There will be plenty of hands-on opportunities to get to grips with digital storytelling, animation and filmmaking which promote creativity, foster collaboration and allow learners to access higher order thinking skills.

 

6 June 2013

Catherine Cheater Scheme of Work One Day Course

Location:       Bath Spa University
Event type:    One-day workshop
Trainer:         Catherine Cheater

This course focuses on age-appropriate teaching and learning, and is therefore suitable for all teachers including those who feel they have only a basic knowledge of French, as well as secondary French teachers and native speakers.

Delegates will be offered generous discounts on all resources published by Golden Daffodils Ltd, including the Catherine Cheater Schemes of Work.

 

6 June 2013

Grammar and communication within the literacy agenda

Location:     Colston's Girls' School, Bristol
Event type:  One-day workshop
Presenter:    Martine Pillette

The renewed Ofsted focus on literacy across the curriculum is generating fresh discussion about the interrelationship between grammar and communication in languages.

Martine Pillette will focus on 'effective grammar' and will help participants explore the concept of grammar for communication.  She will develop effective ways of introducing grammar, how to facilitate grammar retention, grammar practice and how to facilitate more spontaneous grammar use.

 

7 June 2013

Developing outstanding subject leaders in languages


Location:    Bryanston School, Dorset
Event type: One-day workshop


Are you head of an MFL department or an aspiring head? Are you a teacher who wishes to develop better leadership skills or find out more about subject leadership roles?  Then this course is for you.

  

8 June 2013

Primary Pupil Event

Discover Japan - art and symbolism

Years 3 and 4

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day pupil event

This is an opportunity for primary pupils to learn about many aspects of this exciting culture, try on traditional Japanese costume, investigate unusual objects and learn how to greet their friends. This workshop will also explore Japanese patterns and symbols and look at their meanings. Activities will include pupils constructing their own fan and decorating it with their own Japanese inspired design. 

 

 

10 June 2013

Get them talking; keep them talking - how to loosen tongues

Location:     Falmouth School, Cornwall
Event type:  One-day workshop
Trainer:       John Connor

In light of recent Ofsted observations that speaking remains a major concern at secondary level, this day seeks to encourage more spontaneous and meaningful use of the target language at both KS3 and 4. .

 

June 2013 - tbc

Primary French Upskilling - Level 1

Location:       Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Event type:    One day workshop

Our Upskilling course is a fun and interactive way of increasing your knowledge of French vocabulary and confidence in pronouncing words correctly whilst, at the same time, learning practical games and activities that can be used in the classroom the very next day

 

10 June 2013 

Looking to the future in Primary Languages

Primary Languages Conference

Location:    Tor Bridge High School, Plymouth
Event type:  One day conference

A day of varied professional development workshops for primary  language teachers in and around Devon.  We will be looking at the many changes which are coming for primary language education within a national context and how this theory translates into practice in the classroom. 

 

11 June 2013 

Leading Primary Languages

Location:      Bruton School for Girls, Bruton, Somerset
Event type:   One day workshop

Trainer:        Pippa Jacobs

In June 2012 and as part of its Curriculum Review, the government announced that languages will become a compulsory part of the primary curriculum at Key Stage 2, from Year 3 to Year 6. In order to plan for this and build on existing resources in place, it is essential to understand the wider context of Key Stage 2 languages. This course will consider ways in which school leaders and those responsible for languages in their schools can make good local responses to national requirements.

 

11 June 2013

Going for gold in Modern Languages : strategies for your more able, gifted and talented pupils

Location:    Preston School, Yeovil, Somerset (venue tbc)
Event type: One day workshop

This course looks at how to plan strategically to meet the needs of the more able and gifted and talented linguists and explores a wide variety of theories and strategies to enhance the learning and achievement of these students.

 

12 June 2013

Success at GCSE : the long view

Location:     Cleeve School, Bishop Cleeve, Gloucestershire
Event type:  One-day workshop
Presenter:    Martine Pillette

Many competences crucial to success at KS4 need developing proactively from an earlier stage. This is why this course will focus squarely on how to use KS3 - especially years 8-9 - as a genuine springboard for successful learning at KS4. So, come and discover how to start sowing the seeds of spontaneity in speaking, creativity in writing, confidence in handling authentic resources, and more, from KS3 so as to nurture confident and competent learners before and beyond year 9.

 

12  and 19 June; 3 July  2013

Secondary Spanish Upskilling - Level 1

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: Three day course

Our Upskilling course is for secondary language teachers who wish to acquire a third or fourth language. The couse takes into account the fact that delegates already have advanced language learning skills, understand grammatical structures and wish to fast track their learning.

 

13 June 2013

Success at GCSE : the long view

Location:     Devon
Event type:  One-day workshop
Presenter:    Martine Pillette

Many competences crucial to success at KS4 need developing proactively from an earlier stage. This is why this course will focus squarely on how to use KS3 - especially years 8-9 - as a genuine springboard for successful learning at KS4. So, come and discover how to start sowing the seeds of spontaneity in speaking, creativity in writing, confidence in handling authentic resources, and more, from KS3 so as to nurture confident and competent learners before and beyond year 9.

 

14 June 2013

Languages Conference :

Creative and Inspiring  MFL Lessons

Event type:   One day Conference
Presenters:   Elizabeth Fotheringham and Philip Campagna

This conference will look at what makes for a creative MFL lesson fit for 21st century pupils. 

 

17 June 2013

Primary Pupil Event

Un jour à Paris (French and Design & Technology)

Years 5 and 6

Location:    GLIC, Gloucester
Event type: One day pupil event

This is an opportunity for primary pupils who enjoy their French lessons to take part in fun classroom games and activities.  The day will be creative including introducing pupils to aspects of French culture such as food, music/dance and art..
 

 

19 June 2013

Differentiation revisited: how to facilitate personalised learning at Key Stage 3-4 (including challenging your most able students).

Location:      Bruton School for Girls, Somerset
Event type:   One-day workshop
Trainer:        Philip Campagna

Delegates will reflect on the concept of personalised learning and investigate a range of manageable classroom approaches to differentiation in MFL at Key Stage 3-4.   In the afternoon, delegates will focus on planning for and understanding the needs of gifted and talented pupils. 

 

20 June 2013

How to accelerate the progress of potentially underachieving pupils at KS3-4

Location:      Abbeyfield School, Chippenham
Event type:   One-day workshop
Presenter:    Martine Pillette

Where pupils across the ability range fail to achieve their MFL targets, the reasons can be manifold and the solutions likewise. This one-day course will start with a brief exposition of key research findings and with an analysis of the real features of progression in languages - with clear links to statutory requirements and Ofsted expectations.

Martine will then suggest a variety of practical steps for boosting achievement at KS3-4. Among other things, this will help participants to identify manageable approaches to valuable but sometimes potentially mystifying concepts such as active learning, accelerated learning for all, thinking skills, independent learning, assessment for learning and realistic approaches to CLIL.
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20 June 2013

Looking to the future in Languages :

Languages Conference for Secondary language teachers

Location:      York
Event type:    One day conference

Presenters:    Philip Campagna and tbc

Network for Languages present a selection of presentations, workshops and resources for secondary language teachers. We will take a look at the many changes which are coming for language education within a national context and how this theory translates into practice. 

 

21 June 2013

Success at GCSE : the long view

Location:      Preston School, Yeovil, Somerset
Event type:   One-day workshop
Presenter:    Martine Pillette

Many competences crucial to success at KS4 need developing proactively from an earlier stage. This is why this course will focus squarely on how to use KS3 - especially years 8-9 - as a genuine springboard for successful learning at KS4. So, come and discover how to start sowing the seeds of spontaneity in speaking, creativity in writing, confidence in handling authentic resources, and more, from KS3 so as to nurture confident and competent learners before and beyond year 9.

  

24 June 2013 

Student Revision Event

French GCSE Speaking Preparation

Year 9 and 10

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day event student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who are taking a French GCSE in the future to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much French as possible during the day.

 

24 June 2013

Student Gifted and Talented Event

French Speaking Day

Years 7 and 8

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who enjoy their French lessons to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much French as possible during the day.
 

 

25 June 2013

Student Revision Event

Spanish GCSE Speaking Preparation

Year 9 and 10

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day event student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who are taking a Spanish GCSE in the future to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much Spanish as possible during the day.

 

25 June 2013

Student Gifted and Talented Event

Spanish Speaking Day

Years 7 and 8

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who enjoy their Spanish lessons to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available  to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much Spanish as possible during the day.

 

25 June 2013

Student Revision Event

German GCSE Speaking Preparation

Year 9 and 10

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day event student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who are taking a German GCSE in the future to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much German as possible during the day.

 

25 June 2013

Student Gifted and Talented Event

German Speaking Day

Years 7 and 8

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who enjoy their German lessons to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available  to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much German as possible during the day.

 

26 June 2013 

Student Revision Event

French GCSE Speaking Preparation

Year 9 and 10

Location:    GLIC, Gloucester
Event type: One day student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who are taking a French GCSE in the future to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much French as possible during the day.

 

26 June 2013

Student Gifted and Talented Event

French Speaking Day

Years 7 and 8

Location:    GLIC, Gloucester
Event type: One day student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who enjoy their French lessons to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much French as possible during the day.
 

 

27 June 2013 

Looking to the future in Primary Languages

Primary Languages Conference

Location:      Bristol
Event type:   Afternoon conference

Half a day of varied professional development workshops for primary  language teachers in and around Bristol.  We will be looking at the many changes which are coming for primary language education within a national context and how this theory translates into practice in the classroom. 

 

27 June 2013

NQT Course : Outstanding History teaching for new and recently qualified (first, second or third year) teachers

Location:      Bath Spa University
Event type:   One day course

Trainer:        Kate Hawkey

This course is for new and recently qualified History teachers.  It looks at how to prepare and deliver consistently outstanding lessons, with the focus firmly on effective techniques and motivating ideas.  There are practical survival tips for those early years and an honest look at the problems faced by new teachers and their solutions.

 

28 June 2013

Looking to the future in Languages 

Languages Conference for Devon & Cornwall Secondary language teachers

Location:   Devonport High School for Girls, Plymouth
Event type: One day conference

Presenters: Fiona Cotton and Philip Campagna

Network for Languages present a selection of presentations, workshops and resources for language teachers in Devon and Plymouth.

 

28 June 2013

Differentiation and personalised learning in MFL

Location:       Bedfordshire
Event type:    One-day workshop
Presenter:      Martine Pillette

Whether classes are mixed-ability or not, the danger of 'teaching to the middle' always exists. At a time when the new Ofsted framework for school inspection is so strongly focussed on inclusion and challenge for all, this one-day course will provide highly practical advice on how to help all learners fulfil their potential.

 

1 July 2013

Primary Pupil Event

Bastille Day

Years 5 and 6

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day pupil event

Come and celebrate French Independence Day by taking part in fun classroom games and activities.  The day will be creative including introducing pupils to aspects of French history and culture.
 

 

2 July 2013 

Wiltshire Primary Languages Conference

Location:      Salisbury
Event type:   One day conference

A day of varied professional development workshops for primary language teachers in Wiltshire and beyond with a range of speakers including Catherine Cheater

 

2 July 2013

Accelerating language learning using Phonics

Location:   The Sir John Colfox School, Bridport, Dorset
Event type: Half day workshop

With pronunciation, intonation and speaking more fluently being an area of focus by Ofsted, this course enables delegates to better understand the sound-spelling link for teaching foreign language, discover a wealth of phonics resources and ideas for use in class and allow delegates to find out about how new technologies, mostly available free on the Internet, can encourage learners to take part in more speaking activity inside and outside of the classroom.

 

3 July 2013

Raising achievement for all in the MFL Classroom : enabling and encouraging pupils to make exceptional progress


Location:    Torquay Boys' Grammar School
Event type: One-day workshop

 

How can teachers ensure that all their pupils consistantly achieve their best?  This course offers a timely opportunity for teachers to explore some key issues around the raising of achievement for all and inclusion in the languages classroom. Delegates will reflect on their practice, exchange ideas and share experiences about girls’ and boys’ attainment; behaviour for achievement and inclusion of SEN learners.


 

3 July 2013 - to be confirmed

NQT Course : Outstanding teaching for new and recently qualified (first, second or third year) primary teachers

Location:      Bath Spa University
Event type:   One day course

Trainer:        TBC

This course is for new and recently qualified primary teachers.  It looks at how to prepare and deliver consistently outstanding lessons, with the focus firmly on effective techniques and motivating ideas.  There are practical survival tips for those early years and an honest look at the problems faced by new teachers and their solutions.

 

4 July 2013 

Looking to the future in Languages

Gloucesteshire Primary & Secondary Languages Conference

Location:    Global Language Immersion Centre, Gloucester
Event type:  One day conference

A day of varied professional development workshops for primary and secondary language teachers in and around Gloucestershire with a range of speakers.  We will be looking at the many changes which are coming for language education within a national context and how this theory translates into practice. 

 

4 July 2013

NQT Course : Outstanding English teaching for new and recently qualified (first, second or third year) teachers

Location:      Plymouth
Event type:   One day course

Trainer:        Lorna Smith

This course is for new and recently qualified English teachers.  It looks at how to prepare and deliver consistently outstanding lessons, with the focus firmly on effective techniques and motivating ideas.  There are practical survival tips for those early months and years and an honest look at the problems faced by new teachers and their solutions.

 

5 July 2013

Shropshire Languages Conference

Outstanding MFL Lessons : meet the highest standards for teaching

Event type: One day Conference
Presenters: John Connor and Philip Campagna

This conference will unpick the Ofsted criteria 2012 for outstanding and explain how to meet the creativity and intercultural requirements of the new curriculum.  Delegates will review the national initiatives: Assessment for Learning, raising standards, personalised learning and improving rates of progress. 

 

8 July 2013 

Primary Pupil Event

Un dia en Barcelona (Spanish and Design & Technology)

Years 5 and 6

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day pupil event

This is an opportunity for primary pupils who enjoy learning a language to take part in fun classroom games and activities.  The day will be creative including introducing pupils to Spanish phrases as well as aspects of Spanish culture such as food, music/dance and art.  No previous
Spanish is required.
 

 

8 July 2013

Student Gifted and Talented Event

French Speaking Day

Years 7 and 8

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who enjoy their French lessons to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much French as possible during the day.
 

 

8 July 2013

Student Gifted and Talented Event

Spanish Speaking Day

Years 7 and 8

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day student event

This is an opportunity for pupils who enjoy their Spanish lessons to practice their speaking skills using a range of fun and innovative activities.  There will be experienced teachers available to help with pronunciation and fluency and the low adult to student ratio ensures students speak as much Spanish as possible during the day.
 

 

8 July 2013

Secondary Pupil Event

Language and Sport Days (French)

Years 7 and 8

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: Half day pupil event

This workshop will comprise two and a half hours of activities looking at improving French language skills through sport.  This course is run in conjunction with Bath Rugby Club.

 

9 July 2013

Innovative teaching in Languages at Key Stage 3 

Location:      Cornwall
Event type:   One day workshop                                       

Presenter:     Fi Cotton

This course offers a practical structure using the Renewed Key Stage 3 Framework for Languages to help you secure and track pupils’ progress, as well as making learning a language a more meaningful and stimulating experience for pupils.   You will explore the potential impact of teaching to the strands of oracy, literacy, intercultural understanding, knowledge about language and language learning strategies. Classroom activities will illustrate how the Framework’s learning objectives can be met in a lively, interactive and practical way.

 

9 July 2013

NQT Course : Outstanding Maths teaching for new and recently qualified (first, second or third year) teachers

Location:      Bath Spa University
Event type:   One day course

Trainer:        Jayne Stansfield

This course is for new and recently qualified Maths teachers.  It looks at how to prepare and deliver consistently outstanding lessons, with the focus firmly on effective techniques and motivating ideas.  There are practical survival tips for those early years and an honest look at the problems faced by new teachers and their solutions.

 

10 July 2013 

Looking to the future in Languages : Dorset Languages Conference

Location:     Parkstone Grammar School, Poole
Event type:   One day Conference

Presenters: Martine Pillette and Philip Campagna

Catch up with all that's best in the world of language teaching with a selection of presentations and workshops in Dorset.

 

10 July 2013 

Demonstrating progress in language lessons

Location:     Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
Event type:  One day course

The prospect of having to ‘demonstrate progress’ to Ofsted has been a growing concern for many Languages teachers.  This course explores what evidence lesson observers might look for to evaluate rates of progress, and offers teachers practical ideas for demonstrating learning and progress, not only over time, but also during the course of a single lesson.

 

11 July 2013

Grammar and communication within the literacy agenda

Location:      Kingsdown School, Swindon
Event type:   One-day workshop
Presenter:    Martine Pillette

The renewed Ofsted focus on literacy across the curriculum is generating fresh discussion about the interrelationship between grammar and communication in languages.

Martine Pillette will focus on 'effective grammar' and will help participants explore the concept of grammar for communication.  She will develop effective ways of introducing grammar, how to facilitate grammar retention, grammar practice and how to facilitate more spontaneous grammar use.

 

11 July 2013

Primary Spanish Upskilling - Level 1

Location:    Somerset tbc
Event type: One day workshop

Our Upskilling course is a fun and interactive way of increasing your knowledge of Spanish vocabulary and confidence in pronouncing words correctly whilst, at the same time, learning practical games and activities that can be used in the classroom the very next day. 

 

12 July 2013

Outstanding MFL Lessons - meet the highest standards for teaching 

Location:      The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School

Event type:   One day workshop                                       

Presenter:     John Connor

This course will unpick the Ofsted criteria 2012 for outstanding and explain how to meet the creativity and intercultural requirements of the new curriculum.  Delegates will review the national initiatives: Assessment for Learning, raising standards, personalised learning and improving rates of progress. 

 

12 July 2013

Innovative teaching in Languages at Key Stage 3 

Location:      Bristol
Event type:   One day workshop                                       

Presenter:     Philip Campagna

This course offers a practical structure using the Renewed Key Stage 3 Framework for Languages to help you secure and track pupils’ progress, as well as making learning a language a more meaningful and stimulating experience for pupils.   You will explore the potential impact of teaching to the strands of oracy, literacy, intercultural understanding, knowledge about language and language learning strategies. Classroom activities will illustrate how the Framework’s learning objectives can be met in a lively, interactive and practical way.

 

16 July 2013

Progress through partnership : Languages, Enterprise and Employability 

Location:      Bath Spa University
Event type:   Half day workshop                                       

Presenter:     Philip Campagna

This course will enable you to develop a language partnership ‘offer’ which will be meaningful to the business community. It will develop skills in working with companies on joint language-related projects and help you to manage communications with local companies.

 

 

25 July 2013

Primary Pupil Event

French for fun! (French and Design & Technology)

Years 5 and 6

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day pupil event

This is an opportunity for primary pupils who enjoy their French lessons to take part in fun classroom games and activities.  The day will be creative including introducing pupils to aspects of French culture such as food, music/dance and art..
 

 

29 July 2013

Primary Pupil Event

Story Writing

Years 5 and 6

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day pupil event

Do you love words, the sound, the look or maybe even the taste of them?    Come and join in a day of activities that will introduce you to clever tricks and fun tips.  Create your own Word Magic to conjure up stories and poems!  You will gain new knowledge and thinking skills.  (This is not a language event).
 

 

5 August 2013 

Primary Pupil Event

Chinese Day

Years 3 and 4

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day pupil event

This course will comprise a day of activities looking at Chinese language and culture. 
 

 

6  August 2013 

Primary Pupil Event

Chinese Day

Years 5 and 6

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day pupil event

This course will comprise a day of activities looking at Chinese language and culture. 
 

 

7 September 2013 

Primary Pupil Event

Shakespeare around the World

Years 5 and 6

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One day pupil event

This course will comprise a day of activities looking at the different countries that Shakespeare set his plays in and examine the myths and legends of each country that inspired him. 
 

 

September 2013 (date to be confirmed)

Catherine Cheater Scheme of Work One Day Course

Location:       Teignmouth Community School, Devon
Event type:    One-day workshop
Trainer:         Catherine Cheater

This course focuses on age-appropriate teaching and learning, and is therefore suitable for all teachers including those who feel they have only a basic knowledge of French, as well as secondary French teachers and native speakers.

Delegates will be offered generous discounts on all resources published by Golden Daffodils Ltd, including the Catherine Cheater Schemes of Work.

 

1 October 2013 

Multimedia language learning on the iPad

Location:      Brannel School, St Austell, Cornwall
Event type:   One day workshop

Trainer:        Joe Dale

This course is designed to reveal the power of the iPad for producing professional looking multimedia content simply and easily using free or inexpensive apps. There will be plenty of hands-on opportunities to get to grips with digital storytelling, animation and filmmaking which promote creativity, foster collaboration and allow learners to access higher order thinking skills.

 

2 October 2013 

Multimedia language learning on the iPad

Location:      Bridgwater
Event type:   One day workshop

Trainer:        Joe Dale

This course is designed to reveal the power of the iPad for producing professional looking multimedia content simply and easily using free or inexpensive apps. There will be plenty of hands-on opportunities to get to grips with digital storytelling, animation and filmmaking which promote creativity, foster collaboration and allow learners to access higher order thinking skills.

 

October 2013 - date to be confirmed

Secondary Pupil Conference

International opportunities and global skills for pupils

Location: Bath Spa University
Event type: One-day Conference
Presenters:  TBC

This conference, for pupils in years 11, 12 and 13, looks at how you prepare for a future where globalization is a reality, competing in an international market place for jobs which are global.

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"Excellent day, very enthusiastic and enjoyable."

"You have given me some excellent ideas for activities in the classroom."

"Amazing course - I will definitely sign up if there is another one."

"The best CPD ever - thank you!"

"This was an extremely useful course and I found it inspiring hearing other teachers' ideas too."

"Truly inspirational!"

"Really enjoyable day - lots of idea which I will be applying in my future lessons."

"Fantastic work as always - helps me stay motivated!" Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"Really interesting, engaging and relevant to teachers' needs."

"Engaging and inspiring - I shall prep for my class tomorrow using some of these ideas and strategies."

"Fab!  Feel inspired to go back to school and pass on the knowledge."

 

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