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Please help - a questionnaire about languages for KS2 teachers

Last week I attended a number of meetings organised by Links into Languages, with teachers and trainers who were talking about what inset/training to provide next (before the money runs out!) to get everyone up and r… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on January 25, 2010 at 1:00am — 2 Comments

QCA Unit 21 - Monter un cafe - resources and a flashmeeting

Woke up today to more snow and the prospect of a cancelled LSG (Local Support Group) meeting which I had planned to do at Hiltingbury Junior school on QCA Unit 21 - Monter un cafe. Was about to knock it all on the hea… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on January 14, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments

Snowbound? Some online lessons for KS2

Brrrr it's cold. If your school like many across the UK has been closed this week and may be in danger of being closed next week too in these adverse weather conditions, perhaps you might want to consider alternative ways of getting work to your children? There is an abundance of… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on January 8, 2010 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

British Council & French Embassy Competition

Celebrate the French language & raise the profile of language learning in your school by entering this annual schools competition: An exciting opportunity to provide your pupils with an original and stimulating approach to learning French and win a range of prizes; It is ope… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on January 6, 2010 at 7:36pm — 2 Comments

2010 Primary Languages - the future?

Amazing what can happen in a year isn't it? Were you a member of this 'ning' - a social network for teachers of languages to children a year ago? Have you been mugging up on the KS2 Framework for Language… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on January 2, 2010 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

Multilingual Online karaoke Christmas

Here is another quick and fun five-minute stocking filler of a site. Click on http://www.ylw.mmtr.or.jp/~johnkoji/hymn/xmas/ and you will get a long list of famous carols. Click on the title of a carol and it… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on December 10, 2009 at 7:00pm — 3 Comments

The Penguin Show - in any language!

Here's a quick free and fun game for a starter in the classroom. Go to http://www.star28.net/snow.html and type in a short message or item of vocabulary in French / German / Spanish / Italian / Polish (or whatever) and then… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on December 2, 2009 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments

Firework Phonics for French

OK so actually this has nothing to do with fireworks - but this is the Phonics PowerPoint I was working on after the Languages Show and which I mentioned in the… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on November 5, 2009 at 11:33am — 4 Comments

Mixed Age classes and a slideshare

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on October 12, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

An Olympic theme for European day of Languages

Year 7 and I saw a fantastic joint PE & Languages assembly today over at the Mountbatten School in Romsey. Jointly delivered by the Heads of each faculty, it was based around the values of… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on September 22, 2009 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

Good Primary Languages lesson what makes hrrrm?

The above question was posed earlier this afternoon by Joe Brown and Hugh Baldry from… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on September 10, 2009 at 11:00pm — 5 Comments

Holiday Homework - Do you have any?

So schools out at last and finally a little 'me time' to catch up on things. I've been inspired by two recent stories in the press - firstly that… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on August 4, 2009 at 3:13pm — 4 Comments

Make your own languages games with 2Simple DIY

Yesterday at the Hampshire ICT conference at Horndean Community College I was introduced to Katherine Smith, an educational consultant for 2Simple software. They were keen to show me their new… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on June 27, 2009 at 7:00pm — 4 Comments

Maths and Language Games

The attached PowerPoint slides are designed to practice numbers in French (though you could easily adapt them to Spanish or German). I made them in the hope of using them to reinforce the concept of number and be slightly more cognitively demanding in a mathematical manner while using t… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on June 21, 2009 at 1:00am — 4 Comments

10 Quick & easy things to do every day that will help ensure ALL your students are making progress

SEN children have an equal entitlement to the full curriculum and often respond particularly well to modern language teaching methods. They are also able to achieve excellent results. Children can work from the same objectives as the rest of the class once barriers to their learning ar… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on May 27, 2009 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

KS2 Assessment / Target stickers for Primary Languages

One of the most useful resources I have found for keeping tabs on my whole KS2 class, are the Targeteers stickers from Superstickers. For various curriculum subjects, but particularly in Numeracy, Literac… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on April 27, 2009 at 12:30am — 13 Comments

Structured Reading & Writing scheme through teaching phonics in French

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on April 12, 2009 at 12:59pm — 1 Comment

Writing without a pen - Primary Languages Show 2009

Reading and writing are integral skills that are sometimes shied away from when introducing languages to young learners. Thank you to everyone who came along today & sorry the session was rushed! As promised here are the resources & I hope to get the whole ppt onto slideshare in… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on March 7, 2009 at 12:30am — 6 Comments

World Book Day - Thursday 5th March 2009

Why not celebrate world book day by reading a story to your French/German/Spanish class this week?Over on our wikispace there are three links to suggested storybooks for French,… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on March 3, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Saint Valentine in the language classroom

Just found some Valentine links for anyone looking for a topical theme this week. I'll start with the animation here which I got from the French site jedessine.com - there… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on February 8, 2009 at 11:35pm — 1 Comment

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