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Just a short one to let you know that I have just uploaded a scheme of work for Reception and KS1 which was produced by a consortium of Sunderland schools

Here in Sunderland we're on a bit of a roll with football, being the only NE team in the Premiership and all. (No hard feelings, Newcastle and Middlesbrough fans!) Last week saw the conference for the NE branch of the Regional Network for International Learning a.k.a. Atlas, and I was asked to do a workshop on the forthcoming World Cup and suggest some activities for primary schools. So many of the ideas are easy to adapt for the languages classroom, I thought I would post the link.… Continue

Thought I would bring this to the attention of folks who do Spanish, especially as you seem to lose out to French in terms of resources and so on. A Cuerpo is a theatre company offering performances, workshops and resources for KS2 Spanish. They are based in the Leicester but could travel further afield.

A couple of weeks ago I discovered that we had in the LA a very talented French assistant who sang and played the guitar. Last week we set up an impromptu recording studio at the Sandhill Centre and recorded 25 French songs, some traditional, some not so traditional. I'm so glad I found out about her the week before their contract ended and not the week after ! You'll find all the songs in mp3 format here http… Continue