by cristahazell | Apr 7, 2021 | Language News, News, Secondary News
ALL encourages members to respond to the DfE Content Review which is now open until 19 May 2021. There is a parallel OFQUAL consultation on ensuing arrangements for the examinations themselves. The Teacher Briefing 29 gives some of the key points about these...
by cristahazell | Jan 28, 2021 | Language News, News, Secondary News, What's New
ALL is grateful to Sonja Fedrizzi from our sister organisation in Scotland (SALT) for sharing her thoughts on the New Normal. At the 2020 annual SALT conference, I was fortunate to share my experience of teaching ML in the ‘new normal’. My presentation,...
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, 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 | 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...
by cristahazell | Sep 23, 2020 | News, Other Event, Primary, Secondary News, World languages event
Our colleagues at SCILT have collated a wealth of ideas for Primary and Secondary schools as well as parents and families to join in the languages fun safely. For more details see here:https://scilt.org.uk/EuropeanDayofLanguages/tabid/5390/Default.aspx The rest of...
by cristahazell | Aug 20, 2020 | ALL News, French Discussions, German Discussions, News, Secondary, Secondary News, What's New
Dear Prof Koglbauer and Ms Harvey, Thank you for your email to Sally Collier and Roger Taylor, and my apologies for the delay in responding to you. I am responding on their behalf. Prior to the summer, we announced that we would make an adjustment to the...
by cristahazell | Aug 19, 2020 | ALL News, Consultations, Discussion Area, French Discussions, German Discussions, Language News, News, Secondary, Secondary News, What's New
As you are aware, ALL wrote to OFQUAL on Monday to ask how the 2% adjustment to French and German GCSE results would be applied to Centre Assessment grades. We have had a reply which you can read here. In the meantime, we wanted to share with you two documents...
by cristahazell | Aug 18, 2020 | ALL News, French Discussions, German Discussions, Language News, News, Secondary News, What's New
ALL have written to Sally Collier and Roger Taylor at Ofqual with regard to severe grading measures in GCSE French and German. Read the letter in full here: ALL_Ofqual_SevereGrading2020 We look forward to their statement in response and shall share this with you...
