Jan Lewandowski's Blog (7)

Don’t forget the ALL Italian Day on Saturday June 20 from 09.30 – 13.30 (followed by lunch) at the Italian Cultural Institute in London. Come to a wonderful morning of workshops for primary and secondary teachers, linguistic refreshment, wine tasting and an Italian lunch. The Italian Bookshop will be there with a stand as well. Meet other teachers of Italian and enjoy a uniquely Italian experience. You can download a booking form on ALL’s new website for teachers of Italian at http://… Continue

Just logged on to www.primarylanguages.org.uk and clicked on `news'. (Apologies to anyone who has received this message via the mailtalk forum) Picked up this, that I knew nothing about; has this information gone out to all primaries now? Is the same material available for LAs, other than the pdf examples on the site? Can anyone here give us more information? During the first half of May, every primary school in the country will receive a ta… Continue

The Rose report on the Primary curriculum has been published today. You can find the link here. Pages 100 to 107 refer to languages. Jan Continue

Here's a copy of a post I sent to the NACELL forum, apologies if you've seen it already: We’re all looking for opportunities to incorporate a little language into everyday classroom routines; on Friday children are likely to bring their Red Noses to school, so we might as well use them for our purposes: The noses themselves make great finger puppets and this year’s seem pretty robust and malleable so could make useful additions as permanent props. The comptine `J’ai un gros nez rouge… Continue

Hi All For those of you who do not subscribe to the NACELL forum, here is an update posted there by Chris Maynard today: `QCA key stage 2 scheme of work for languages The complete scheme of work in French, German and Spanish is now available to order. Units 1-12 and the teacher's guide were published in 2007 both in print and on the schemes of work website: www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes3 . Draft units 13-24 were published electronically only. These units have now been trialled in s… Continue

I happened to be in London today and was rather keen on buying a Galette des Rois from Paul at St Pancras but at £15 a pop I thought it was a bit steep, even though it had all the add-ons (fancy box, crown and no doubt a feve, but I couldn't see that!) Anybody know anywhere else? And yes, I know I could make one! Jan, again. Continue

Happy New Year to everyone in all sorts of languages! Its never too soon to start planning! Currently Lidl stores have large laminated maps of Europe and of the World. All cities, seas etc are written in the language of the country, for example the English Channel is also labelled as La Manche. These maps have a write-on, wipe-off surface making them ideal for class use. There are illustrations of all the countries’ flags as well and even a set of drawing pins! At only £2.50 each I think these… Continue