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October 2011 Blog Posts (6)

Storybird

Hi - I've been trying out this great website lately.http://storybird.com/

I have made a few stories but they are not public at the moment. You have to wait for them to be moderated. It is great fun to play with the lovely artwork. And challenging making stories to go with the pictures available!

Try and see my examples under the following links…

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Added by jane solloway on October 31, 2011 at 10:30 — 7 Comments

Photos of Malaga

Here are lots of photos of Malaga- signs/ a school and the city itself. Also lots of Frigiliana which is a village of casas blancas- beautiful. May be useful to someone?
http://sandwellmfl.ning.com/photo/album/listForOwner?screenName=105hz4nkvcdlk
Helen

Added by Helen on October 29, 2011 at 12:43 — 1 Comment

Immersion course in Spain

Hi all

I have just spent a fantastic week in Malaga completing a Spanish immersion course which was fully funded by a Comenius in service training grant. The week involved lots of Spanish language classes and many trips to various places to be fully immersed in the language and culture. I only found out about the course by a friend mentioning them so I thought I would tell everybody on here.

A couple of links as given by my friend at Language networks 4 excellence- they are running a… Continue

Added by Helen on October 29, 2011 at 12:29 — No Comments

Ready for Hallowe'en in KS2?

Des araignées dans le grenier

View more presentations from Jo…

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Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on October 23, 2011 at 21:30 — 3 Comments

Primary Languages - the gift of time (TDA)

I gave a presentation to the Teaching Schools Alliance for the TDA on Tuesday, and have uploaded the powerpointat this link.. The idea is, I think, a new approach to primary languages, beginning with the first person pronoun, supported by a gesture, and working out from there to other people, then negative and positive forms of verbs,…

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Added by John Bald on October 13, 2011 at 9:41 — 1 Comment