Effective networking for transition feb11

Effective Networking for Transition: Meet, Create and Share Isabelle Jones, The Radclyffe School, Oldham [email_address] http://isabellejones.blogspot.com

Aims:
Get practical ideas to deepen your local networks
Develop practical strategies to ease KS2/KS3 transition
Find out more about classroom activities inspired by the renewed KS3 MFL framework

Where are you?
Consider the demographics/ geography of your Local Authority
Contact names?
Working together?
Opportunities for quality time?/ funding
Mutual understanding?
Myths and reality

Making Contact
Face-to-Face: meeting schedule
Bulletin by post or email
Email distribution list
Phone
How often

Aims of Oldham SLN Meetings
Develop mutual understanding
Bring and Brag Model
Topic-based: e.g. Cultural Understanding
Share ideas for activities/ resources
Using “Human” resources like FLAs
Mini-projects
Meetings as only one way to report back

Get connected...

Online Groups
NING groups :
Open or closed groups created on Ning, a fee-paying platform. Ning provides a lot of ways for members to connect with each other as well as the possibility to set up individual profiles and to upload files and multimedia resources.
Primary mfl http://primarymfl.ning.com/
Hors les murs http://horslesmurs.ning.com/

Online Groups Grou.ps : Free alternative to NING Oldham SLN http://grou.ps/oldhamlanguages/ Yahoo Groups MFL Resources yahoo group http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/mflresources/

Online Groups

Social Bookmarking: Diigo
Diigo: Social bookmarking http://www.diigo.com
Enables you to save your favourites on the Diigo site and makes the links available from any computer (or smartphone)
Diigo toolbar
The links are called bookmarks. They can be automatically organised by keywords or “tags”.
The links can be public or private as well as shared with groups and specific individuals.
http://groups.diigo.com/group/o_ldham-languages-sln

Social Bookmarking: Diigo

Micro-Blogging: Twitter
Short messages (140 characters)
Great to exchange ideas and resources
Ask questions/ give support
Can be used effectively on a smartphone
Supports other networking and broadens it
Very dynamic MFL community
Important to fill in bio and mention MFL
http://twitter.com/icpjones

Micro-Blogging: Twitter

KS2/KS3 transition: Practical strategies developed within Oldham SLN
Secondary school meetings (2 full days and 3 twilights) with PMFL consultant
Online group open to Primary and Secondary teachers
Diigo bookmarking group
Lobby Headteachers for more outreach work for secondaries
Sharing of FLAs/ Comenius assistants

KS2/KS3 transition: Practical strategies developed within Oldham SLN
Questionnaires for primary schools and students when they come to us
Shifting emphasis on developing language skills and cultural understanding in secondary SoWs
Joint twilight session with practical examples of KS3 framework activities
Using skills-based SoWs and resources like those developed by ilanguages
http://www.ilanguages.co.uk/

Sharing Ideas from the Renewed KS3 MFL Framework
See where the overlaps are with KS2
Understanding the introduction and consolidation phases
Developing pupils’ understanding of key concepts

Oracy Literacy Intercultural Understanding Knowledge about Language Language Learning Strategies Listening & Speaking Reading & Writing Intercultural Understanding Knowledge about Language Language Learning Strategies KS2 Framework KS3 revised Framework Thanks to K Scappaticci

Sharing Ideas from the Renewed KS3 MFL Framework
Exemplification is available-downloadable pdf
Not language-specific...
http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/node/189433?uc=force_uj

Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Key strategies for Listening and Speaking
*Teaching sound-written patterns (phonics)
*Systematically practising language-enhancing structures
*Providing opportunities for planned & unplanned talk
*Focusing on key structures and verbs in different tenses
*Catering for a wide range of preferred learning styles
*Using technology to motivate & record interactions or
Individual speaking work

Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages:
Rachel Hawkes, AST Comberton Village College (Cambridgeshire)
http://rachelhawkes.typepad.com/linguacom
Curriculum NOW!, published by ALL
Phonics examples in Spanish and French

a r a ñ a e l e fant e i dea o lvidar u niverso ce rdo ci clista ca sa co che cu caracha gi mn as ia h amburguesa Espa ñ a z umo gu itarra ll ave 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

le p oi sson le v in le j eu -vidéo le m i d i les d en ts le p on t la p ou le la l u ne les cise au x oi in eu au en on i ou u

Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Le Rap: Activity J’ai un chat, Hannibal. Tu as un animal? Elle a un chien. Nous avons un lapin. Vous avez des lions? Elles ont deux serpents longs Et des poissons.

Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Use Puppets for TALK Provide simple structures: Pick and Mix Improve outcome: NUDEPIGS

Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Toy Telephones

Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Motivate and Record Talk http://www.easi-speak.org.uk/ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ http://www.voki.com Ppt recording function

Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Key Strategies for Reading and Writing Understanding & Responding to the Written word
20 s presentation
in English about what
the main articles in the
magazine are about.
*in pairs
*dictionary/ no dictionary
*open-ended/ check list
provided
Who is magazine for?
What is likely to be discussed in that kind of magazines?
3. What key words can you see?
http://www.bayard-jeunesse.com/international/liste.jsp?langue=toutes

Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Key Strategies for Reading and Writing Reading/ Writing Stories & Story-Telling http://mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com/French+Storybirds http://www.screenpresso.com/

Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Key Strategies for Reading and Writing Adapting and Building Text Rouge comme ... une pomme Bleu comme... le ciel Jaune comme ... le soleil Vert comme... les arbres Now change the words for nouns describing how you feel when you look at these colours

Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Intercultural Understanding Identifying features

Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Intercultural Understanding Finding Resources http://www.flickr.com/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/imagestoteachlanguages/ http://www.youtube.com / http://www.kickyoutube.com http://www.google.fr http://www.google.es

KS2/ KS3 Framework Take their Language Skills OUT of the classroom Bring the Language & Culture INTO the classroom FLAs, In-house visits, TV, Radio through the Internet Music, food, fashion, design. New Technologies Celebrations Traditions and History Current Affairs E-Mails, Letters, Video-conferencing, closed NING (online groups), Exchanges, Trips abroad, Visits, KS2/KS3 Links...

Aims:
Get practical ideas to deepen your local networks
Develop practical strategies to ease KS2/KS3 transition
Find out more about classroom activities inspired by the renewed KS3 MFL framework

Effective Networking for Transition: Meet, Create and Share Isabelle Jones, The Radclyffe School, Oldham [email_address] http://isabellejones.blogspot.com

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