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East
Midlands Regional Consultative Group is a networking and discussion group hosted by East
Midlands Regional Support Groups.
Regional
Consultative Group meetings
RCG 1: Tuesday 19 September 2006
Venue: Comenius East Midlands, Quorn Hall
Time: 13.30-15.00 Lunch from 12.30
Items discussed:
- Update on phases 1 and 2 of “Training the Trainers” in the KS2 Framework
- QCA schemes of work for KS2
- DfES funding for extra regional support for KS2 – creation of Comenius East Midlands KS2 Languages consultant role to be shared by Gill West and Michaela Howard
- Collaboration between LA consultants in East Midlands
- Update on RSGs – now 8 in region
- Round-up of information from 8 LAs
- Grants for supply costs now available for CPD abroad
- SSAT – primary schools now affiliating
- French day at Wicksteed Park – Friday 13th July 2007
- Comenius East Midlands courses and conferences
RCG
2: Wednesday 7 February 2007
Venue: Comenius East
Midlands, Quorn Hall
Time: 13.30-15.00 Lunch from 12.30
Items discussed:
- European Award for Languages
- CILT seminars for FLAs on Teaching Languages in England
- KS3 Regional Programme of Dissemination and Development
- Dearing – interim report
- The role of CILT
- Comenius East Midlands
support for languages in the region
- Information collected
for DfES on Delivery of Primary Languages Entitlement in LAs in the
region
RCG
3: Tuesday 15 May 2007
Venue: Comenius East Midlands, Quorn Hall
Time: 13.30-15.00 Lunch from 12.30
Items discussed:
- DfES funding for Languages in KS2 2007/8
- The Training Zone www.primarylanguages.org.uk
- The Key Stage 2 Framework for Languages – Part 3
- E mail dfes@prolog.uk.com quote ref: 00171-2007DOM-EN
- Comenius East Midlands KS2 Consultant
- Progress in 2006/7
- Mixed-age class project
- Collaboration on materials to support common schemes of work – ensuring effectiveness and equality of effort
- 2007/8 – tracking use of Regional Trainers by LAs
- Training the trainers – what next?
- Day 3
- Repeat of Days 1 and 2
- Tracking of Trainers (see above)
- ELL RSG network 2007/8
- Request from CILT for information on Primary Schools teaching German
- Priorities for training in 2007/8
- Potential collaboration between Comenius EM /LAs/SLCs/HEIs
- The role of East Midlands Languages in Primary Schools Conferences / LA conferences
- Assessment in KS2 – a possible alternative to the Languages Ladder
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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