The news section is interactive and designed for sharing information about developments and opportunities. 

If you would like to submit some information to our news section, please e-mail catherine@goldendaffodils.co.uk.

Spanish online courses for teachers

Dates: January / May 2010

Spanish Ab Initio
This course runs for 60 hours over a 20 week period and will give you the skills you need to be able to speak and understand simple Spanish in everyday situations.

The course is designed to give maximum flexibility. Teachers will have unlimited 24/7 access to the on-line material for the duration of the course to do their weekly work and to assess their progress by checking the answers and by doing the self-evaluation tests.

Aimed at primary school teachers with no knowledge of Spanish that intend to teach Spanish next school year.

Places available: 100

Elementary Spanish
This course runs for 60 hours over a 20 week period and will help you improve your command of the Spanish language.

Teachers will have unlimited access to the on-line material for the duration of the course to do their weekly work and to assess their progress. It includes 9 online tutorials.

Designed for primary and secondary school teachers with little knowledge of Spanish that are already teaching Spanish or intend to do so the next school year.

Your level of Spanish will be determined by Instituto Cervantes.
Tutors: From Instituto Cervantes in London and Manchester

Places available: 120

Fees
Ab Initio £10 / Elementary £20
Application forms can be downloaded from the Consejería's website www.educacion.es/exterior/uk
Deadline: Thursday 11 December 2009

Links into Languages

Links into Languages are offering a training course in 9 centres across the country: The innovative classroom: embedding the framework. This course is important for Newly Qualified Teachers, beginners, classroom teachers and Higher Level Teaching Assistants. This course will explore innovative classroom strategies to embed the KS2 Framework for Languages. See the Links into Languages website at www.linksintolanguages.org.uk, and for further details of this course at a centre near you see our training pages.

Promenons-nous dans les bois

You’ve read the book, sung the song, played the game – now watch the film!

Taught by Judith Lewis, Year 3 at Keyham Barton RC Primary School in Plymouth made a fantastic film which has become the winner of the Best Educational Film Young Motion Plymouth 2008.

It can be viewed at http://www.keyhambarton.plymouth.sch.uk/ or at www.plymouthcurriculum.swgfl.org.uk/youngmotionplymouth/winners2008.htm

Many congratulations to Judith and to all the children in Year 3 at Keyham Barton RC Primary School.

Winners of the Primary Languages
Classroom Awards

Finalist: French
Hawley Place School, Fernhill Road, Blackwater, Camberley, Surrey GU17 9HU

Finalist: German
Kings Pre Prep School, Chadlington House, Lockington Grove, Rochester, Kent ME1 1RH

Finalist: Spanish
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, St Mary’s Avenue, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 5DT

Finalist: ‘other language’
Abingdon Primary School, Abingdon Road, Middlesbrough TS1 3JR