The Voice of Primary Languages

John Rolfe MBE and Wendy de Corte

This is a great chat with John Rolfe MBE and Wendy de Corte, covering all things about how to get involved with the British Council, creating links with schools outside the UK, and of course, John receiving his MBE for his service!

for more info about linking your school go to www.britishcouncil.org

for enquiries about membership and resources go to our website www.primarylanguages.network

 

News Podcast- March 2019

This is the March edition of the podcast, all things to do with the conference, CPD, premium dashboard and local network meetings

for CPD enquiries contact susanne@primarylanguages.network

for LNM enquiries contact coordinator@primarylanguages.network

to ask about the new dashboard contact will@primarylanguages.network

to try out all our resources go to www.primarylanguages.network/tryitnow 

Any other enquiries go to www.primarylanguages.network

 

 

An interview with Suzanne O'Farrell -- Revitalising languages in schools

This podcast is a conversation with Suzanne O'Farrell, responsible for the revival of education in secondary schools in her role for ASCL and an experienced Head Teacher and MFL teacher, she offers great insights into her previous roles and future ambitions in regards to education

Overall Suzanne is a bubbly and enthusiastic leader in our sector and somebody (after listening to this podcast) in which we can put our trust in, to continue to maintain and improve standards in regards to modern foreign languages in primary and secondary schools

PLN Podcast -- Therese Comfort

Todays podcast is with Therese Comfort, a primary school teacher and former national lead for primary languages at CiLT.

Therese brings a wealth of experience, knowledge and practical approaches to in-class teaching of primary languages for both the specialist and the non-specialist teacher.

PLN News podcast- Feb 19 // Click2Teach // PLN Conference 2019 // CPD and associate updates

Welcome to the Primary Languages News podcast for February 2019

In this months discussion points, we introduce the new 'Click2Teach' curriculum, which runs alongside the ready-made, but is designed to get your schools non-specialists teaching languages, with its easier to use, game-based, less in-depth curriculum.

Also, we will update you on the PLN conference date and theme and upcoming LNM meetings dates. We also look into what Susanne has been doing with the ITT training, get an update from Emilie in regards to our languages associates and its prospective expansion, and finally receive admin updates from Catherine, in regards to new associates and the PLDA award

Click on the links below if you are interested in any of the topics

• Membership options for our resources and Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
  
  
• Pricing and details of our languages teachers/ associates
  
  
• Further details on NQT and ITT courses
  
  
• Upcoming events calendar

or.....

For a free trial for our resources contact coordinator@rpimarylanguages.network

For info about our languages associates contact emilie@primarylanguages.network

for info about our courses contact susanne@primarylanguages.network

any other enquiries contact will@primarylanguages.network 

PLN News update- January 2019- Mindfulness -- Premium Membership -- ITT Training -- PLDA

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2019

This is our monthly news update for all things occurring of the world of PLN. 

This month Will is discussing:

1. The effectiveness of using mindfulness in the classroom
2. The benefits fo the premium membership
3. The success and details of our ITT training
4. Last Year Primary Languages Development Award receivers
5. Updates about the growth of PLN and our associates
6. Resources to use in the new year

if you are interested in any of what is said here are links to:

• Mindfulness
• ITT
• Membership
• PLDA
• Resources blog

 

Primary Languages Podcast #2 --- Meet the team - Emilie Woodroffe

Welcome to episode 2 of the primary languages podcast, where I sit down and have a conversation with Emilie Woodroffe. Emilie is now the associate coordinator at PLN, and has worked for nearly 10 years with Janet Lloyd. Tune in to this conversation about how she moved to England from France, and how she has ended up in a role tailormade for her abilities and interests, from British council associate to associate languages coordinator

Primary Languages Podcast #1 'A child only gets one opportunity of being 8 years old' - Janet Lloyd

Janet has been involved in languages teaching for 30+ years, and throughout has occupied the role of teacher, consultant, university lecturer and now business owner, listen to her inspiring story about how she carved out a role tailor made for her ability, creativity and intuition. However, she will be the first to tell you that the plot of her lifelong passion was never planned as expected!

Listen to Janet speak about the journey she has undertook to reach the point of where she is at today, enjoy insights about what she thinks is important within the classroom, and learn more about what the business that is Primary Languages Network offers to the primary languages world through its associate teachers, teacher training and online resources!