From BT Family Learning comes a new resource
Spanish
Total beginner or just wanting to practice and refresh the alphabet, numbers, days of the week, months, seasons and time of day, this makes learning Spanish fun!?
French
This module covers basic French needed for ordering/buying and paying in hotels, restaurants, bars, supermarkets and a travel centre.?
All the episodes of Mi Vida Loca are now live on the BBC Langauges website, along with teacher notes and a syllabus guide.
International children’s charity Plan is rolling out an exciting new project on climate change aimed at secondary schools in the UK and around the world. Plan provides a comprehensive series of lesson plans and access to a dedicated multi-lingual web-site where students can communicate across the globe. Participation in the project is FREE.
It specifically has a strand for MFL French and MFL Spanish and includes link schools in Ecuador and Senegal.
Only 80 schools can participate so hurry and Email caroline.mccarthygarcia@plan-international.org for details and application form.
You can subscribe for Primary or Secondary updates from the GFT
GFT is an educational charity. GFT Learning is made possible through funding from Scottish Screen, Glasgow City Council Education Services and Europa Cinemas.
Michou d’Auber
Monday 10 November, 10am and Tuesday 11 November, 10.15am
Recommended age S1 – S6
Dir Thomas Gilou |France 2007 |2h 4m |French with English subtitles
Messaoud is a nine-year-old boy of Algerian descent living in Paris in the early Sixties. When his mother falls ill, his father is forced to place him with a host family. With anti-Algerian sentiment at its worst, his host mother Gisele hides his identity. All is well until Michou’s secret is revealed…
Joyeux Noel (12A)
Wednesday 26 &Thursday 27 November, 10am – 12.30pm
Dir Christian Carrion |2005 | 1hr 55 mins |In English, French and German with subtitles
Based on a true story, this gripping and uplifting film depicts a Christmas Truce in the winter of 1914 as experienced by French, German and Scottish soldiers who momentarily forget their circumstances for one shared night of peace.
The feature film is proceeded on both dates by a rare screening of a Scottish Screen Archive short from 1917 which shows everyday life at a soldiers’ hospital in France run by Scottish women.
National Schools Film Week
National Schools Film Week returns from 3 – 7 November with another packed programme full of FREE screenings and events for pupils of all ages.
At GFT, NSFW modern languages screenings will include Samira Makhmalbaf’s The Apple, The Red Balloon and The White Mane and The Counterfeiters.
For further details and to book, visit Film Education’s website
For very young pupils
Check out Film Education’s new Picturacy, a teaching resource to help deliver visual literacy.
The Wave (15)
Monday 1 & Tuesday 2 December, 10am
Recommended age Secondary 15+
Dir. Dennis Gansel |Germany |2008 |1h 32m
A hip young teacher hoping to enlighten his apathetic class about forms of autocracy beckons his pupils into their own, self-devised fascist regime with dangerous and finally tragic consequences.
Glasgow Youth Film Festival 8 – 17 February 2009
We’ve changed our name! We’ve had several years of success with the Glasgow Schools Film Festival but young people aren’t only inspired in school.
The Glasgow Youth Film Festival will broaden the range of creative opportunities available to children and young people, both in and out of school, and showcase some of the fantastic work made by young people in 2008.?
CILT’s courses abroad are a unique opportunity to improve your languages skills in the country with a lively mix of language classes, discussions and cultural visits.
You can apply for a grant for these courses, visit CILT website for more details. Deadline for applying for funding is 16 January 2009.
The Ruta Quetzal-BBVA is a major international adventure and cultural programme which takes teenagers from Spain, Europe, North and South America on a voyage of discovery to a Latin American country. The 2009 expedition will travel to Chile, following in the steps of 16th century Spanish explorer Juan Fernández.
Teachers of Spanish nominate one student (born 1992-1993 and in possession of a UK passport) to attend the fiesta /competition at the Instituto Cervantes in London on Friday 12 December.
A panel will select 30 candidates according to their competence in Spanish language and culture, physical fitness and commitment to their communities. The bank BBVA UK will cover the student’s travel expenses to and from London.
The UK representative will be chosen at the event on 12 December, with tapas and music, opportunities to meet other candidates and former winners, and the chance to win fantastic prizes.
For more details and an application form, visit Consejería de Educación website
Last year Scholastic launched La Petite Presse, a 12-page magazine for pupils of Primary French aged 7-11. The magazine is issued four times a year and each magazine comes with a CD-ROM containing interactive games and activities, suitable for either individual or whiteboard use, along with word-for-word audio of the entire magazine content. Each issue also comes with a separate set of comprehensive teacher’s notes.
They recently carried out an online survey with teachers from across the UK and found many teachers had not heard of the magazine, They are keen to raise awareness of La Petite Presse, and would be happy to send 5 free copies (with the CD-ROM and Teacher’s Notes) of this year’s issue 1 to any schools who email them at: hcunningham@marygalsgowmags.co.uk .
In return they would appreciate knowing what you, your colleagues (and their pupils) think of the magazine, and to find out which other resources they use.
One last thing: if any schools would be interested in having a talk from one of the editors of La Petite Presse on teaching French at Primary, this is something they could also look at arranging.
Read how Rashielea Primary School overcame obstacles to create strong cultural links with Tianjin Experimental Primary School in China, from the Confucius classrooms website.
China Now in Scotland is part of China Now – the UK’s largest ever festival of Chinese culture with over 800 events taking place nationwide. In Scotland the programme is supported by the Scottish Government and co-ordinated by the Confucius Institute for Scotland.
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