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Jo Rhys-Jones's Blog – October 2010 Archive (4)

Hallowe'en

No language necessary to watch this spooky and fun clip - just click here and make sure you have the sound switched on - but of course you can make up your own commentary or dialogue in any language you wish - or use as a starter for a scary story / poem perhaps? Or maybe design some monsters…

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Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on October 29, 2010 at 13:51 — No Comments

Par une sombre nuit de tempete..something spooky for KS2

You have got to love this story - translated from Bill Martin & Barry Roots original version… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on October 15, 2010 at 8:00 — 1 Comment

CiLT Funded Training for Primary teachers to go to France Germany or Spain

Just received this message from Philip Harding at CiLT offering funded training places for primary colleagues to go to France, Spain or Germany for 2 weeks, but hurry - the deadline to apply is 5th November:

Dear all,

If you are aware of any teachers in your authority who would be interested in a funded trip abroad to improve their language and methodology, please do let them know about CILT’s…

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Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on October 8, 2010 at 10:39 — No Comments

Resources to teach the alphabet in French to KS1 & 2

Here are some PowerPoints and files to help teach the alphabet in French to KS1 & 2.

It is so important to teach the alphabet as an introduction to the sounds of a language - in French just the names of the letters give you the first 26 'sounds'.

I like to start by teaching the letters one-by-one and asking what the children notice. It seems obvious to us, but some…

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Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on October 2, 2010 at 20:30 — 4 Comments