April 2011 Blog Posts (8)

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 Sylvia Duckworth joined the Talkabout Primary Languages group a few weeks back and if you haven't yet checked out her own blog, then I highly recommend that you do so http://mmeduckworth.blogspot.com/

There is LOADS on it - and Sylvia is a big fan of…

So, CILT has merged with CfBT!

In many ways this is not a huge surprise but in others it is a source of regret that one more institution, which I personally have relied on for years and years, is changing and maybe not for the better? Who knows just yet. Apparently all major programmes will continue to be supported; Primary languages? You have to hope!

According to their tweet the resources library will go and there will be no more enquiry service but, of course, both could be…

J ust became aware of this great website

Digital Dialects . It features 'free to use online games for learning languages. Resources include games for learning phrases, numbers, spelling verb conjugations and alphabets.'

Have a…

It's that time of year again so here is a quick round up of what's free and fun for children as we break up for Easter:

A very simple little powerpoint for the younger ones:…

Originally posted on my Souffler blog. What do you think about the songs that come with certain teaching packs? Where are the goodies? (In spite of my rant, there are some really good ones) What are the stinkers!

Right, that's it! I'm today announcing…

YES THIS WAS AN APRIL FOOL - WELL DONE THOSE WHO SPOTTED IT! 

Attached is the first QCA unit for KS2 Latin which is to be compulsory across years 3-6…