by cristahazell | Jan 21, 2021 | News
SchoolsWeek have reported that Ofsted received fifty times more reports from parents praising schools’ remote education offer than those complaining about it after Gavin Williamson urged parents to flag concerns to the watchdog. This is great news…for school and...
by cristahazell | Jan 21, 2021 | French Network, French Resources, German Network, German resources, Language News, News, Other Event, Primary, Primary events, Primary News, Primary Resources, Secondary, Secondary events, Secondary News, Secondary Resources, Spanish Network, Spanish resources
NALA colleagues have created a FREE resource for primary and secondary colleagues which we hope that you and any of the schools you work with might be interested in. The resources link the grammar taught in primary English with the grammar of French, German and...
by charlottelr | Jan 20, 2021 | ALL Event, ALL News, Celebration, Competitions, Corporate Member News, French Zone, German Zone, Language News, News, Primary, Primary News, Secondary, Secondary News, Spanish Zone, What's New
We all know that Speaking a language confidently and coherently is an important thing, and forms a critical part of linguistic and cultural development for all learners of languages. One of the impacts of COVID-19 has meant that many pupils have had fewer...
by cristahazell | Jan 18, 2021 | ALL News, News, Secondary, Secondary News, Teacher Briefings
Theme: OFQUAL / DfE Consultation on how GCSE, AS and A-level grades should be awarded in Summer 2021 Background: The remit for this consultation emerged from letters on 13th January between the Secretary of State and OFQUAL. Consultation is open until Friday 29...
by cristahazell | Jan 13, 2021 | News
The Welsh Government digital learning team have released a document listing instructions of how families can use games consoles, X-box and Playstation to complete online remote learning. This pdf is freely available to download here and helps Welsh learners to...
by cristahazell | Jan 13, 2021 | News
Remote education guidance for school and college leaders. The Department for Education have brought together their guidance and support to a more user friendly webpage: Get Help with Remote Education. On this page you will find: Guidance and support Expectations for...
by cristahazell | Jan 13, 2021 | News, Primary, Primary News, Secondary, Secondary News, What's New
With remote education becoming the norm for many learners across most phases, Ofsted released guidance on ‘What’s working well in remote education’ on January 11th. The guidance which defines ‘remote education’, seeks to end some...
by cristahazell | Jan 7, 2021 | Corporate Member News, News, Secondary News
Ofqual have now published the following in response to the Secretary of State’s address to the House of Commons yesterday: We are working with the Department and will begin to consult widely next week on possible arrangements for GCSEs, A levels and vocational and...
by cristahazell | Jan 6, 2021 | News
Over the festive season you might have missed this Press Release from the UK Government, published on December 26th. The Press Release contains details of a new £100 million scheme for students to study and work abroad will replace the UK’s participation in...
by cristahazell | Jan 6, 2021 | Corporate Member News, News
Over the festive season you might have missed this article in The Guardian, published on December 26th. Despite the UK’s exit from Europe only days away (at the time of publication), according to The Guardian, the number of people learning a language in Britain...
by cristahazell | Dec 3, 2020 | News
The British Academy has published The Importance of Languages in Global Context: An International Call to Action. This unprecedented joint statement (together with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Australian Academy of the Humanities, Academy of the Social...
by cristahazell | Oct 14, 2020 | ALL News, Corporate Member News, Discussion Area, Language News, News, Secondary News, Teacher Briefings
Theme: GCSE Languages 2021 Background: OFQUAL was tasked by the Secretary of State in Autumn 2020 with mitigating the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on schooling in the academic years 2019-20 and 2020-21. For Languages the major recommendation was to make...
