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December 2007 Blog Posts (5)

The Arrival of the Three Kings

Preparing to go back already? Looking for ideas? Well both QCA Unit 2 Je me présente and Unit 8 Qu'est-ce que tu veux suggest including 'Bonne Année' (Happy New Year) as part of the vocabulary lists…

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Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on December 30, 2007 at 19:33 — 3 Comments

Euro 08 International Footie Project - The Draw Results so far...

Chris Fuller and West Country TV's Seth Conway have drawn the first 8 UK schools and their European partners:

Whitehouse Common Primary School, Birmingham - Sweden
Hillside School, Fife - Croatia
Westcroft Primary, Bideford, North Devon - Italy
Kingswear Primary nr Dartmouth - Germany
Edgehill College, North Devon - Netherlands
Nodehill Middle School, Isle of Wight - Romania
Our Lady's Catholic School, Barnstable -…

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Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on December 20, 2007 at 18:07 — 1 Comment

Navidad, Navidad.

At this time of year, all is completely haywire at school and it's really hard to get anything completed when you're only in (officially) two days a week! So I am particularly proud of managing to submit the December task for Voices of the World

This may have something to do with the fact that the tasks are all intended to be fairly easy and stress free, and also to the enthusiasm of the kids. After having the majority of Key… Continue

Added by Lisa Stevens on December 13, 2007 at 21:25 — 1 Comment

Happy Yule with video from YouTube – even offline

Looking for some festive video clips for a last minute language class? YouTube has great clips. My favourites are the Pigloo series which comes in French – Moi J’aime skier…

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Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on December 10, 2007 at 16:49 — 1 Comment

Some ideas for using Voicethread in Primary MFL

Below is the voicethread I just started with a series of images and ideas for how this fantastic free (for schools) tool can be exploited in the primary classroom. I am a newcomer to voicethread myself but I know Lisa Stevens and other members use it a lot in really imaginative ways, so please add ideas that you know or pop into your head too - by just clicking on it. Comments can be made using a microphone or by typing (click the 'A'). This voicethread is public because I would like…

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Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on December 2, 2007 at 23:34 — 2 Comments