Welcome to this month’s round up!
I hope you are all well.
I would love for one of you to win the competition Little Linguist and I are running this month… but you only have till this Monday (18th) to enter, so click here now!
Please keep reading! You will find below story ideas for Mothers’ Day and Easter; yes, they will be upon us before we know it… There is a lot going on in our languages world; please check out (below as well) the opportunities I have come across and thought you may be interested in. Have I missed something important? Please do let me know!
Have you listened to my latest podcast yet? Click here if not! This one is about my tips for using picture books… something I do quite a lot, as you know! There is, as always, a funny story at the beginning and a teaching track for you and your pupils at the end too; this month this is about the importance of gender in French.
Next time I get in touch, we will be enjoying our Easter break. Until then, look after yourself and get in touch if I can help lighten to load!
A bientôt!
Nathalie
RESOURCES & OPPORTUNITIES
- Language World is on next week and I am so looking forward to it! Will I see you there?
- The programme for UK Lingua, the cheap and friendly (also very informative!) languages conference in Durham in April, has been released. Click here to check it out and register.
- Very interesting reading if you care about the future of languages: White Paper on Primary Languages available from RIPL website:
http://www.ripl.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/RIPL-White-Paper-Primary-Languages-Policy-in-England.pdf
See related blog from Clare Seccombe:
http://changing-phase.blogspot.com/2019/03/primary-languages-white-paper.html
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND
- Spanish Day on 16th March 2019 (this Saturday!) at Durham University; free to all!
- Next primary supportive meet up (FREE) in Consett on 3rd April’s theme is “Sharing is caring”. Do let me know if you are planning to come so I can prepare refreshments… and cake!
- A special conference for all schools in the region to celebrate primary language learning will be held at Beamish hall Hotel on 9 July. Attendance is FREE. There will be a number of presentations by pupils whose teachers have taken part in intensive language learning courses in France and Spain with funding from the ERASMUS+ programme. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrating-primary-languages-tickets-57088297635
