MFL Training Courses 2011-12 Northgate High School

MFL Training Days for NQTs

Day 1 Wednesday 19 Oct 2011Day 2 Friday 25 Nov 2011Day 3 Friday 27 Jan 2012

9.30am - 4.00pmVenue: Northgate High School

£90 per dayCourse leader: Gill Ramage

These three specialist MFL training days for newly qualified teachers will be practical, focused and unmissable for MFL teachers who want to get their career off to a great start.

Over the course of the three days, we will work on practical teaching and learning strategies designed to result in outstanding practice e.g.

Day 1: using assessment to improve learning, teaching MFL at GCSE, teaching writing;Day 2: teaching listening and speaking, practical approaches to differentiation; Day 3: getting pupils thinking, using ICT to enhance learning, sharing innovative practice.

Underpinning all three days will be behaviour for learning and concrete ideas and examples from excellent teachers.

MFL Subject Leaders’ Conference

Friday 9 December 20119.30am - 4.00pm

Venue: TBC£140

Course leader: Gill Ramage

As linguists, we know how much we value the opportunity to get together with other specialist subject leaders to share ideas, find out about good practice and investigate innovative approaches. This conference is designed to reinvigorate all those responsible for leading languages in middle, high and upper schools.

The focus will be on raising attainment and driving improvement, with vital updates on the national picture for MFL. This will include a session on effective lesson observation to improve learning. In the afternoon, there will be a choice of workshops to meet your needs.

As MFL takes its rightful place at the heart of the curriculum, effective leadership of the MFL team becomes increasingly crucial. We look forward to seeing you at the conference.

Courses

CoursesBuilding on prior attainment -

what and how to teach the ‘new’ Year 7

Wednesday 28 September 20112.00pm - 5.30pm

Venue: Northgate High School£70

Course leader: Gill Ramage

“Secondary schools should consider, as a matter of urgency, the implications of recent developments in primary languages for their curriculum in Year 7 and how they build on students’ prior attainment”.(OFSTED MFL Report, 2011)

Many secondary schools with pupils joining in Year 7 are grappling with how to build effectively on what the pupils have already learned in their Primary Languages lessons. The challenge increases with the number of primaries involved, the variety of languages learned and the variability of emphasis in past teaching.

We will be looking at what pupils learn in primary languages and how to work with your feeder primary schools. We will tackle how to work in the year 7 classroom so that all pupils are included, make good progress and attain their full potential.

‘Bacc’ to the future - Improving MFL uptake at

Key Stage 4Wednesday 2 November 2011

2.00pm - 5.30pmVenue: Northgate High School

£70Course leader: Gill Ramage

With the potentially increased status of MFL thanks to the proposed English Baccalaureate, MFL teams are once again focussing not just on increasing the number of pupils doing MFL in KS4, but also on ensuring that these pupils achieve an A*-C pass.

This afternoon course will look at two aspects: • Year 9 curriculum design focussed on success;• practical steps schools have taken to improve take up and outcomes in KS4.

Your school will be looking to you for leadership on MFL in the English Baccalaureate: this course will help you advocate some positive ways forward.

Courses

Competence, Confidence and Ambition - Improving

speaking outcomes in MFLFriday 27 January 2012

2.00pm - 5.30pmVenue: Northgate High School

£70Course leader: Gill Ramage

“Secondary schools should put much greater emphasis on regular use of the target language in all lessons...and broaden approaches to teaching and learning to enthuse students and increase their confidence, competence and ambition in modern languages.” (OFSTED MFL Report, 2011)

This afternoon, the focus will be on teaching speaking. How can we improve our pupils’ ability to speak spontaneously and to have meaningful exchanges? How can we get away from the pointless task of pupils learning screeds of notes for regurgitation in a controlled speaking assessment? We will investigate systems and techniques to build pupils’ confidence, competence and ambition in speaking through key stage 3 and beyond.

Keeping It Real: promoting engagement, motivation and intercultural understanding through authentic materials

Wednesday 21 March 20122.00pm - 5.30pm

Venue: Northgate High School£70

Course leader: Gill Ramage

“Secondary schools should make more use of authentic materials to help develop students’ language skills and their intercultural understanding.” (OFSTED MFL Report, 2011)

This afternoon does exactly what it says on the can. We will look at a range of authentic materials and work together on how these can be exploited to improve pupils’ speaking, listening, reading and writing skills as well as their intercultural understanding. The authentic materials will include texts, films and web-based materials.

CoursesMaking Fun Lessons =

Imaginative and Creative Teachers (or MFL=ICT)

Tuesday 7 February 20122.00pm - 5.30pm

Venue: Northgate High School£70

Course leader: Alex Blagona

The use of technology in MFL teaching has moved on considerably in the last few years, and it is not an easy task keeping on top of the latest developments.

This course will bring you up to speed with fantastic resources, cool websites, time and labour saving tools all to help add a bit of technology to your teaching. This hands-on workshop will take place in an ICT suite, so you will be able to have a go and trial loads of new tools to inspire your learners and to promote creativity and imagination.

Using Audio and Video to bring MFL to life!

Thursday 29 March 20122.00pm - 5.30pm

Venue: Northgate High School£70

Course leader: Alex Blagona

This course will give you the opportunity to learn how to make podcasts and videos, and how to use simple editing techniques to enhance the delivery and presentation of the spoken language. From creating a short radio show, to staging your own documentary, you will be given tips and hints, as well as practical experience in an ICT suite on how to make the simplest role play task a really creative, enjoyable and motivating experience.

Booking Terms and Conditions

Bookings can only be accepted by either using the form attached, or emailing the required details.

All cancellations must be made in writing or email to training@northgate.suffolk.sch.uk.

Cancellations made less than two weeks before the event date will incur the full fee.

We reserve the right to change the tutor or course programme due to circumstances beyond our control.

We reserve the right to cancel or postpone a course in any circumstance. In the event that cancellation or postponement is due to insufficient people booked on a course we will inform you two weeks prior to the course date. If we do cancel or postpone your booking your fee will be refunded.

Payment is due within 28 days of being presented with an invoice from us, or prior to attendance on the course, whichever is sooner. Payment for courses can also be arranged by Journal.

We reserve the right to cancel a delegateʼs place if payment is not received by the date of the event.

In the event of non-payment we reserve the right to decline any further bookings.

We will send final confirmation of the event details two weeks before the date of the course. We recommend that you do not book any travel or accommodation until the final confirmation has been received. In the event of us having to postpone or cancel the course we will not be held responsible for any costs you may have incurred before receipt of the final confirmation letter.

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About Northgate High SchoolDesignated as a Specialist Language College in 1999, and the first of its kind in Suffolk, Northgate has led the way in promoting languages across the community, at both a local and a national level. Praised by Ofsted for the quality of outreach provision, the Language College has sought to raise the profile of MFL through the management and development of numerous projects, ranging from enrichment programmes for gifted and talented linguists to the development of ICT as a way of enhancing language teaching.

Having built on a successful partnership with the local authority in developing a programme of professional development, Northgate continues to work towards sharing excellent practice in the teaching of modern languages. The programme this year reflects the priorities that were identified by Ofsted in this yearʼs subject review and which work on the key issues faced by MFL departments nationwide.

Course leaders

! ! Gill Ramage is a highly " " experienced teacher, " " trainer and MFL expert. " " Formerly Suffolkʼs " " Secondary Languages Adviser, Gill is OFSTED trained and passionate about effective MFL learning and teaching. Gill is the author of a range of best-selling French textbooks, including Metro 4 and Expo 1-3, and is currently writing “The MFL Teacherʼs Handbook” for Continuum Press.

! ! Alex Blagona is " " Language College " " Coordinator at " " Northgate High School, " " and teaches French and German. In addition to teaching, Alex has delivered training courses nationwide on the effective use of ICT and new technologies in MFL, and has just completed writing the Active Teach resources for Pearson Publishingʼs KS3 German course Echo and Echo Express