Jackie Berry's Page

Hi Jackie

Glad to link up with you and thanks for the kind comments re the powerpoint tennis resource. I tend to like ideas that I can wheel out again and again in different contexts. Keep in touch! I have started to be asked to do training for various primary MfL groups in the country on my work on singing and MFL so may meet you one day down in Hants. All best wishes

Hi Jackie

I remember we talked about the German story of the little Maulwurf. I knew there was a video of it, it is on the "Sendung mit der Maus" page under "Geschichten".
Here is the link: http://www.wdrmaus.de/lachgeschichten/geschichten/video.php5?id=64
I hope you enjoy it!!

Beate

Hi there Jackie. Someone gave me your name as I put a query out on advice for an interview observation. I am going to do the story re-telling of the Enormous Turnip and I was told you had done some work on it. Do you have any ideas on the delivery? I am using the little english version with five characters (includes the dog) as my basis. Do you think I need to give the children acting something to wear? I am going to show flashcards first of the characters and get them to repeat, then act the story out once, then get them to do the re-telling with me ...I will then do about 5 to ten minutes on culture - the french flag - so that i can get the cultural strand in and because i am not sure how long the lesson will last (it's a thirty minute observation).
I would be grateful for any advice! Thanks x

Hi Jackie - how is the first week back going?

sock puppets (video) - I gave the children (group of 3) the camera and sent them off into library corner for 5mins (exactly!) and told them they had to video their work and were not allowed to delete anything. (Luckily they don't actually know how to delete anyway!) This was what they came back with. Other groups I sent at different times came back with different things according to their ability - one group sang the alphabet, another attempted a mock interview.
I often have to work like this as my class are mixed age (yrs 3-6 all-in) as well as ability. It means I can sit with a group and focus with them while others do different tasks. I tried to explain it a bit in this post http://primarymfl.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=738935%3ABlogPost%3A506

it sounds much more hectic than it is - honest!

Hello Jackie

The sac magique sounds a fun idea - I'd like to have a go at that. Meanwhile here is how the ning network works;

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