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Los egipcios

I've just written a very long post on my website about making links between Spanish learning and the Egyptians, a popular theme/topic in primary schools.

I won't copy it all here - click the image on the left to take you there and feel free to leave comments!

However, below is an extract!

Ideas from other…

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Added by Lisa Stevens on April 6, 2013 at 11:18 — 2 Comments

Passeport pour la Francophonie - Education Scotland

(Originally posted on ¡Vámonos!)

I was really interested to read the following press release this week -

Education Scotland publishes new online resource for modern languages called 'Passeport pour la Francophonie' at the Scottish Learning Festival on 19…

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Added by Lisa Stevens on September 22, 2012 at 19:30 — No Comments

Year 3 complete scheme of work & resources

Back to school? Finally got Year 3 scheme of work based on the QCA units onto a wikispace with links & resources shared by teachers including many of your wonderful selves & other generous colleagues via the internet. The link is…

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Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on January 4, 2011 at 7:00 — 1 Comment

Using song clips as a backing track for language work

Hi

I have put a post about this here

and there are links to enable you to download the files for free.

I used it today with a yr 6 class who picked it up very quickly.

I would just like to add my own congrats to all those on the CILT primary Mfl conference team. As someone working with SingUp and Mfl I was thrilled to see the emphasis on language… Continue

Added by Mark Purves on March 17, 2010 at 0:06 — No Comments

I love this song! It's very simples ...

Hi everyone

I put a post here about cross-curricular links with Music departments more related to Secondary but the song is great and wanted to share it with you. The link the Canadian Site mentioned might be new to you as well and contains a lot of great resources.

amusez-vous…

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Added by Mark Purves on March 2, 2010 at 7:51 — 1 Comment

Primera Escuela

My love of trees is becoming very well known now - I now get sent all sorts of tree related links.

Clare Seccombe aka @vallesco sent me one such message this afternoon -

I'm glad s

he did as it reminded me of this wonderful website - Prim era… Continue

Added by Lisa Stevens on February 18, 2010 at 15:00 — 2 Comments

New Scholastic cross-curricular French resources published today

Hi All

Happy New Year!

2010 is the year I become a published author; `time she put her money where her mouth is' you might say!

I have to say the books have been a long time in coming- nearly 2 years since the project was initiated. I did the outline planning for the whole series and masses of research, re-writes and editing along the way, including finding additional authors. Great to have my friends and colleagues Alison Clarke and Heather Crabtree from the… Continue

Added by Jan Lewandowski on January 4, 2010 at 10:00 — 5 Comments

Partner School in France

So - yes, it's probably not even called that . . . but I'm at home and the folder with information is at school.

The HT decided that - while most children are away on residential for the week - the remainder of Y5/Y6 could work with me and send something to our partner school. The small primary school in France has already sent photographs of children : we had to decide which child was which by reading info on an 'identity card' which described features such as hair, glasses,… Continue

Added by Francis Hannaway on November 14, 2009 at 16:21 — 3 Comments

Partner School in France

Added by Francis Hannaway on November 14, 2009 at 16:21 — 4 Comments

CILT Primary eZIne

Received an e-mail from CILT today with the latest copy of the Primary Languages e-Zine.

This online magazine contains news of… Continue

Added by Lisa Stevens on April 23, 2009 at 10:50 — No Comments

French resources

Hi everyone.
I work at St Margarets High school in Liverpool as a language teacher and community link coordinator. This year I am working with 5 primary schools which I really enjoy!!! I set up a blog to post my lessons weekly.
Hope you will find it useful.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all
Gaelle Leroux

French in Primary

Added by gaelle leroux on December 20, 2008 at 11:53 — 2 Comments

Ideas for Christmas

It's December, and Jo has decorated the page, so guess we'd better acknowledge that Christmas is coming! So, in case you don't find it all by yourself, I thought I'd point you towards a post on my blog entitled Resources for Christmas. I could just copy it all here but I don't like to do that too often as it seems like cheating to me. So if you're interested, all you have to do is… Continue

Added by Lisa Stevens on December 1, 2008 at 17:14 — No Comments

More Primary resources

There are a whole load of KS2 powerpoint and interactive whiteboard resources on this site.

Teachers Resource Exchange

Wendy Adeniji

is one teacher with a… Continue

Added by Mark Purves on June 25, 2008 at 10:00 — 1 Comment

Using Catherine Cheater Scheme of Work

The Catherine Cheater schemes are very popular - some LA's have even bought enough for all their schools. In Devon the scheme is even handed out free to schools who attend the Catherine Cheater training for each Year group. By sending in a receipt for the recommended book packs, Devon schools can also obtain the stories on PowerPoint read by native speakers - which is a… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on June 4, 2008 at 13:30 — No Comments

Take Ten en Espanol

Just had an email from Chris Wakely and Vera Anderson at Devon letting me know that Take Ten en Espanol will be out in November 2008.Those of you familiar with Take Ten en Francais will know the cd's and pocket-sized book make a very versatile little resource. Non-specialists like the fact you can just pick it up and go - all the linguistic support as well as demo DVD are provided. Each activity is… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on May 21, 2008 at 10:30 — 6 Comments

Aliens!

As soon as I read this BBC report about the MOD releasing secret UFO files I just had to do this post!

Extra-terrestials seem a favourite subject in language learning courses; There's Début French for KS2 where 'Students join a family of aliens as they set out… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on May 14, 2008 at 12:30 — 5 Comments

Mardi Gras

If you're looking for any last minute Mardi Gras related activities, here are a few links I've come across that you may find useful.

Let's start with information about how Pancake Day is celebrated around the world. Here's a site with free printable masks to download but there are loads of other…

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Added by Jayne Jackson on February 4, 2008 at 22:00 — 2 Comments

Christmas MFL Ideas, Sites and Resources

Here’s a list of easy activities as we prepare for Christmas in school.

Get crafty - use greetings in target language to make Christmas cards - but make it an activity to practise colours by making your own colour-by-numbers…

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Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on November 28, 2007 at 23:00 — 1 Comment

Dictionary Skills

Teaching children how to use a bilingual dictionary is the sort of skill that is not only useful in learning a language but also improves their knowledge of their own mother-tongue simultaneously.

Online Dictionaries:…

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Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on November 11, 2007 at 16:36 — No Comments

Flashcards - Getting Children to Remember Language

Flashcards are essential in MFL teaching to Introduce new vocabulary. Create an audio / visual link between object + sound + word. Reinforce and aid memory.

The perfect flashcard should be at least A4 size, with a clear image on one side and the target language written large and bold either on the reverse or underneath the image. If…

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Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on November 2, 2007 at 17:49 — No Comments