#LanguageWorld2011 – Progression in reading and writing – and still having fun!
Progression in reading and writing … and STILL having fun! Presented by Jan Lewandowski, Bedford Borough Council Ina whistle stop tour of reading and writing in KS2, Jan showed that teaching reading...
View ArticleNanas de la cebolla
Another of the poems suggested by Joaquín Moreno in his presentation about poetry in Spanish teaching and learning was Nanas de la cebolla by Miguel Hernández. He played us the poem sung by Joan Manuel...
View ArticleAlan Peat – Raising writing standards and motivating reluctant writers.
Great way to start the school year – an inspiring INSET day with not a dress code, health and safety lecture or mission statement in sight. Alan Peat, addressing the subject Raising writing standards...
View ArticleMi pequeño día
Not sure how I got to this today – I think the cold in Konstanz has wiped my brain! However, I just had to share this lovely magazine in Spanish for small people, downloadable free from elnuevodia.com...
View ArticleFeliz Día de San Valentín
A day early I know but I figured it would be more useful to tell you about it BEFORE the day so that you might be able to use it ON the day… Via Twitter, I discovered this lovely activity from...
View ArticleHow might I use Yo quiero ser – Nubeluz
Thanks to Pat Sweeney on the Yahoo MFL Resources group for pointing out this group. If you like Hi5, and you love a bit of 90s “cheese”, you’ll love Nubeluz. As Pat writes – “Many of Nubeluz’s songs...
View ArticleBuilding Spanish dictionary skills
“I am not a walking dictionary!” How many times have I replied with this phrase when asked ‘How do you say…. in Spanish/French/German/Polish? (yes, there were some who felt that the Language...
View ArticleSomething old, something new #ililc4
My second session at #ililc4 was entitled Something old, something new and concerned the new 2014 curriculum. My presentation is below, and I’ll explain briefly what I said as I couldn’t attach the...
View ArticleStafford Primary Languages Conference – Making Links
And here’s my session on Making links across the curriculum. I didn’t get to share my Pinterest pages as they were blocked by the firewall, but here’s the link to my Roman resources for Spanish. If...
View ArticleSolar system plate books
As it’s World Book Day or El Día del Libro in Spanish, I thought I’d share some ‘books’ written by year 5 at WCPS. After a session by Clare Seccombe on Minibooks at #ililc4 and a circular “All about...
View ArticleUnderstandingModernGov conference – June 16th 2015
A little bit delayed by end of term madness… On June 16th I travelled to London for a day long conference organised by UnderstandingModernGov on the subject of Primary Languages – “Successfully...
View ArticlePractical Pedagogies Conference 2015
I always get excited when people invite me to speak at conferences but I was very excited when Russel Tarr (created Classtools.net and was famously attacked by Gove for using Mr Men to help teach...
View ArticleLa Maravillosa Medicina de Jorge – #WBD2016
My school decided that this year we’d have a Roald Dahl theme for World Book Day on March 3rd. Children came to school dressed as characters from Roald Dahl books – so lots of Oompa Loompas, Matildas,...
View ArticleUn bicho extraño
One of the books I bought in Bilbao was Un bicho extraño by Mon Daporta, a book which first came to my attention at Language World last year during the Show and Tell when Jesús from the Consejería...
View ArticleVeo Veo (A. Rubio y O. Villán)
Another purchase on my travels to Bilbao was this book entitled Veo Veo. It’s a really simple board book about two ‘lunas’ or moons that go for a walk to the park and play I spy. I liked it for the...
View ArticleLee con Gloria Fuertes
Another post about books I bought in Bilbao. I’ve long been a fan of Gloria Fuertes, in particular her poem Doña Pito Piturra which I’ve written about before and so has Erzsi Culshaw. The National...
View Article‘Curiosidades del Cuerpo Humano’ y ‘Insólitos Animales’
Continuing on my posts about books I bought in Bilbao, we come to a couple of non-fiction texts that I bought at the Día del Libro market. I was drawn to them as they are colourful, very visual and...
View ArticleNon-fiction books – Science
Following on from my post on Arts themed non-fiction books, here are some books I have collected that have a scientific theme. 1001 bichitos para buscar con pegatinas I bought this book in Barcelona...
View ArticleMi dragón y yo (David Biedrzycki)
On my trip to London on Tuesday I paid a flying visit to the fourth floor of Foyles where all the language books are found. Although I was limited in the time I could spend there – 25 minutes! – and...
View ArticleKakė Makė – books in Lithuanian!
My husband often has to travel abroad with his work and, knowing my love of books, has been trained to look put for things I might like to use in the classroom. This last week, as usual, he texted me...
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