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Course application form

Here is a course application form...if you can't find one on SIX, then this will always be here for you.

Accented letters

 2 ways to put accents on letters.  If you are using SMART notebook, there is no facility to do this, other then to use Word and then copy and paste that word into SMART.  (You CAN alter the language setting and have the whole thing in French - the tool bars and everything! This is also true for Word).

LCP & Early Start mapped

 Here are the LCP Pack 1  and pack 2 units mapped against Early Start Packs 1 and 2.

Subject Leader/Co-ordinator Job Description

Basic outline of elements of MFL subject leader job description.

French Alphabet

 Phonetic help to say the letters of the Alphabet - produced as a "frieze" ready to print off and stick up if you wish!

French Spiritual Songs

   Julie Larter from Lympsham has provided the following information about a resource for Assemblies and the spiritual dimension.

French Spiritual Songs (book plus CD)    www.teachmetapes.com

                        ISBN  0-934633-50-9

            By Judy and Anne Mahoney

LCP and Early Start CDs

Here are  the contents of the CDs at the back of the Early Start Packs - both Early Start 1 CD 1 and Early Start 2 CD .  I have identified the exact title of each track.  LCP 1 CD and LCP 2 CD are both here as well.  Hopefully this will make it much easier for you to find and use material on the CDs.

CPD abroad - studying "best practice".

I am on Alan Lambourne's list of people who would like to lead a CPD trip abroad.  This will hopefully take place in 2009/10.  It will be an opportunity for reflective study of the practice of foreign language teaching in another country and see what lessons can be learned. ..a study visit rather than a training opportunity.   The themes likely to be on offer are transition issues and just HOW children are taught and learn a foreign language.    I have absolutely NO details or information YET....but if you think you may be interested in such a visit, then please email me and let me know there are teachers out there who would be keen to do this with me!

Story, DVD and audio resources for KS1 and KS2.

This is a complete listing of French story books suitable for use with KS1 or KS2, together with authors and in some cases, ISBN numbers.  You will find suppliers names and contact details or web sites here too.  Please bear in mind that some of the story packs are available on loan from Resources for Learning in Bridgwater as Red star boxes.

Many of the books form part of the Somerset Primary MFL Resource collection and can be viewed at events.

Please bear  in mind that the items selected for use with KS1 are also suitable for use with KS2 - "familiar" stories, songs and rhymes are key in the KS2 Framework!  Indeed, many of the stories in this list are suitable across the Keystage even though they are categorised under Year Group headings.

For other languages - see further down this page!

Spanish Story books for KS1 & KS2.

Here is a selection of stories in Spanish suitable for young learners.  They can all be obtained from European Schoolbooks - find the link on "Links to useful sites"...or go to www.amazon.es and search for the title you are after.

Italian story books for KS1 & KS2.

Italian stories to use with both KS1 and KS2 here.  All to be obtained from Europeanschoolbooks....link on "Links to useful sites" page...or go the Italian amazon site and find the title of your choice there.

German stories for KS1 & KS2

Here are some German titles that work well with young learners.  Either find them on the Europeanschoolbooks site, Little lLnguist or go to ammazon.de.

How to order the Key Stage 2 Framework for Languages

Here is the telephone number and the reference numbers for the two parts of the Framework.  This document has NOT been sent out to all schools so you may not have a copy yet and would like to obtain one.

Book reviews - of storypack books

At the 2 Storytelling workshops during this academic year teacerhs reviewed the story books and made recommendations on how to use them.  Here are those reviews for your interest and use...with thanks to Wedny Kerr who brought them all together for us.

Travelling in Europe - Activity Sheet

This sheet goes with the resource entitled Travelling in Europe, available from the European Parliament website - see the link on  "Links to useful sites".

Resources order form - for additional resources from the European Parliament office.

This order form has resources listed that don't appear on the website that has a link under "Links to useful websites"...no idea why...??

MFL Phonics resources

Here are some phonic fans, using some of the common but trickier French phonemes/graphemes. 

There are also some additional activities I have found that work on the "ch" phoneme/grapheme in French.

I have also produced phonic fans for Spanish.

Alphabet - infinitely cloned

This notebook page has the alphabet - capital letters and lower case, together with accented letters for French that I have "infinitely cloned".  This means that the children can use the letters to spell out words from memory....but as if by magic, the letters still remain available for use a many times as they are needed!

There is also a Spanish version.

There is a Spanish version under construction and is coming soon!!  Watch this space...

Can do sheets

Here is an electronic version of the Can do sheets.  They are produced as Word docs - so cut and paste as you like.