 Issue 6, Summer term 2009
Cross curricular
links
- News
- Spotlight on... cross
curricular
- CLIL
- Resources
Primary
languages news
New resource helps map pupils'
progress
Asset Languages have launched new materials
to help teachers map their pupils' progress in languages against
the Languages Ladder. A taster pack of materials has been sent to
every primary school in the country and can also be downloaded from
the Asset
Languages website.
Linking literacy and languages: new guidance
published
The DCSF have published comprehensive new guidance for advisers
on making links between primary languages and literacy.
Book now for primary CPD courses
CILT is
running nine one-day primary
languages courses in London and Manchester this year. These
lively, practical courses cover themes including getting started,
subject coordination and progression.
Talk to the hand - Using puppets in primary
languages
Due to the overwhelming popularity of the
recent event on using puppets in primary languages, CILT are happy
to announce a re-run on Wednesday 15 July at
4.30pm. How to
book
Support for subject coordinators arriving in school
soon
Keep an eye out for a CILT resources pack that
will be sent to all primary schools in England in early September.
The pack is aimed at subject coordinators and marks the beginning
of primary languages Entitlement 2009/10.
Date for your diary
The next CILT Primary Languages Show will
take place on 12-13 March 2010 at the ACC in Liverpool.
Plus...
New research shows that 92% of
schools are now offering a language. More
Scottish primary school wins European Award for
Languages More
 Spotlight on... cross curricular links
Making meaningful links with other subjects in the curriculum
provides opportunities to reinforce and extend learning, both in
the new language and in the other subject.
It is vital that children are given ample chance to use the new
language during the week if they are to make good progress.
Bringing the new language into elements of other lessons is an
effective way of making use of time available in the curriculum,
without compromising learning in any subject.
Getting
started
How might you link languages to work
in art, geography and music? What free resources are available
to support your planning?
Developing a mini beast
cross curricular theme
Capitalise on children's
enthusiasm for creepy crawlies and incorporate some work on
mini-beasts into your primary languages sessions!
Get
moving!
Simple ideas for keeping fit and
learning some new language at the same time.
Take languages into the
garden
How one school developed a
cross curricular project on growing sunflowers.
From the Blue Danube to the
Three Bears' Living Room
Ideas for synthesizing Key Stage 2 music and language
objectives.
 Content Language Integrated Learning
(CLIL)
If you are confident with making cross curricular links, how
about going one step further and looking at Content and Language Integrated Learning
(CLIL)?
CLIL is when another subject in the curriculum is taught through
the medium of the new language.
Introducing
CLIL
Dr Philip Hood from the University of
Nottingham explores what CLIL means and how you might start to
include it in your language work.
Video examples of CLIL in action
Watch some video clips of CLIL lessons including a
science experiment and a
project on Africa on the
Primary Languages website.
Tackling the Tudors in
French
A report on a CLIL project which looked at teaching a module of
history through French.
Resources for cross
curricular links
A round up of some of the latest
published resources containing ideas for making cross
curricular links between languages and other subjects. Find out more
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