Change of name...

Well, I thought I should change the name of my blog, so instead of MFL 4 Bradford South please refer to it as MFL Down South, makes sense really, having move 250 miles away! This is a temporary blog until I set up my new one in WordPress (I think) and I also want to create a school one for my pupils at BPS.

European Day of Languages - 26th September 2010

The European day of Languages falls on a Sunday this year so we will celebrate it on Friday 24th September instead.

I have just finished the materials for my EDL display so I will put them up tomorrow.

I want to try to raise the profile of MFL at school so planning to have a quiz for all tutor groups to complete during registration, together with prize giving in assembly for the the winning tutor groups. (and Routes for Languages certificates and badges)

I am also trying to encourage non-MFL specialists to start their lesson with a few words in a foreign language...should be fun!

KS4 students are also going to go around the school with a video camera, interviewing staff in French or Spanish!

For more ideas, have a look at these sites:

CILT

teachernet

http://edl.ecml.at/

TES

Talk about primary Languages

The brilliant EDL wiki from @dominic_mcg

Flag Memory Game

You will find some of the best language learning quotes here

No remembero how to say 11!

I'm going to teach Spanish in my new school and looking forward it, I'm a little rusty though! Clarre Seccombe reminded me of the brilliant video, 1st semester of Spanish Love song! Brilliant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngRq82c8Baw

Final SLN meeting - 14th July 2010 -

I'm starting to prepare the materials for my final SLN meeting. Feels a little weird really! I hope you can all make it, it will be nice to day goodbye to everybody and hopefully we'll keep in touch! No doubt I will create another blog down south!

We are going to look at some brilliant web tools I have been using in lessons, including Image Chef, Wordle, Tarsia and Jigsaw Planet.

World Cup Mania

Here's the Knaan and Fefe Official World Cup song in French. I've also created a gap-fill activity to go with it. Just email me if you want it. My year 7 are going to sing it in Assembly!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlE7m0ADsss

French speaking exam wallwisher

I created a Wallwisher to ask my Year 11 how they felt about their GCSE Speaking Exam (before and after) - Here are their replies! Really interesting!

http://www.languagescompany.com/

make sure you visit this site for an update on the National Language Strategy