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 Coordinator: Judith O'Hare, Inclusion and Achievement, Dorset House, 20 – 22 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth BH1 3NL
Tel: 01202 456 117
Email: judith.ohare@bournemouth.gov.uk
Regular sessions are held at Bournemouth Learning Centre.
Bournemouth
Regional Consultative Group is a networking and discussion group hosted
by Bournemouth Regional Support Group.
Regional
Support Group sessions
Session
1: Thursday 14 September 2006
Title: Using ICT and IWB technology to support PMFL teaching
Speaker(s): Judith O’Hare, AST
Venue: Bournemouth Learning Centre
Judith
O’Hare, MFL Adviser for Bournemouth LA, led a lively session on
how to use the internet, ICT and IWB technology to support the teaching
of French and Spanish in Primary schools. Teachers at the session were
able to gain some hands on experience and also to prepare materials for
their own use. Part of the session included an opportunity to look at,
practise using and evaluate a number of recently published commercial
packages including Tout le Monde (Heinemann) Sonica Spanish (RM) and Rigolo
(Nelson Thornes). Chris Reed the Primary support teacher from Bournemouth
School Language College also presented examples of the work she has done
in local Primary schools.
Session
2: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Title: French without fear
Speaker(s): Jenny Carpenter PMFL consultant Barking and Dagenham
LA
Venue: Bournemouth Learning Centre
18
primary school teachers attended the second of our RSG meetings. The speaker
was Jenny Carpenter, a primary teaching consultant from Barking and Dagenham
LA. She led a lively and interesting session on getting the most out of
the use of classroom language to support the teaching of both French and
Spanish. All participants commented favourably on both the content and
delivery of this session and felt it had been both a worthwhile and interesting
evening. All participants received a free CD of all the resources used
as well as the session notes.
Session
3: Thursday 8th February 2007
Title: Bonjour Monsieur X
Speaker : David Hicks AST, Cambridge
Venue: Bournemouth Learning Centre (BLC)
Time: 16:00 – 18:00
A record 30 teachers stepped out into the cold to attend this our third
RSG session. Our brave presenter was the one and only Monsieur X David
Hicks who, ignoring the snow and icy conditions in Cambridge, came down
to Bournemouth and presented what was for us all, a totally inspirational
session on how to teach languages through rhythm and rhyme. So inspired
were our local teachers that they refused to leave at the end of the session
and following tumultuous applause and cries of “Bravo”, David
kindly played on. We are very much hoping that Monsieur X having been
“lured” by our MFL advisor Judith O’Hare to a view of
our lovely town and lack of snow in extreme conditions (!!), will agree
to return to once again next year to delight us with his magic. Bournemouth
teachers have been truly inspired.
Session
4: Thursday 26th April
Title: Crossing the divide
Speaker(s): Chris Behagg MFL adviser West Sussex LA
Venue: Bournemouth Learning Centre
Time: 16:00 – 18:00
Once again this session was very well attended and it was pleasing to note that increasingly both Primary and Secondary teachers are using this opportunity to meet together to share their ideas and experiences of teaching MFL.
Chris Behagg delighted our audience not just with the content of her inspired presentation but also with her sound and practical ideas for the teaching of languages in an imaginative and achievable way. Feedback on the evening was very, very positive.
Bournemouth teachers have now not just some wonderful, new and really interesting ideas to follow through as well as some excellent resources they can use immediately, but also some down to earth and practical solutions to many of the questions and concerns they have raised. Chris’ common sense approach to the teaching of languages was pitched exactly right and inspired even the most wary classroom teachers to have a go. We are eternally grateful!
Teachers in Bournemouth LA hope that the partnership now established with West Sussex and can be developed and sustained into the future. We have all gained considerably from the evening’s event.
Many, many thanks to Chris and her team for the wonderful work they are doing.
Session
5: Thursday 24 May 2007
Title: The Training Zone
Speaker(s): Kati Szeless - CILT Language Teaching Adviser
Venue: Bournemouth Learning Centre
Time: 16:00 – 18:00
A relatively small but very enthusiastic group of colleagues attended the Bournemouth RSG at Bournemouth Learning Centre Ensbury Park, Bournemouth on 24th May.
Kati Szeless led a lively and informative session with plenty of practical activities to enable participants to become familiar with the new KS2 on-line Training Zone.
There was a wide range of experience represented at the meeting, across all Key Stages, including secondary partners. Kati catered for everybody’s needs by introducing activities and clips in multi languages and in a fun & stimulating way. Everyone went away with some new ideas to use in their primary MFL teaching as well a clear understanding of how the Training Zone will support teaching and learning in the classroom.
Session
6: Thursday 21 June 2007 *CANCELLED*
Title: Magical Stories and funky rhymes
Speaker(s): Marina Dixon KS2 Consultant Suffolk County Council LA
Venue: Bournemouth Learning Centre
Time: 16:00 – 18:00
NACELL
Regional Support Groups are funded by the DfES and co-ordinated by CILT,
the National Centre for Languages in support of the National Languages
Strategy.
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