The Blue Room: Registration & tea/coffee and biscuits – the committee will be there to welcome you! Opportunity for Job offers + seekers to match up!
10.00 | NFT3: Introduction, welcome and essential up-dates from ALL and BFI (Helen Myers (ALL Chair), Nick Mair (ALL Vice Chair)+ Carol-Mei Barker (BFI education)) incl encouragement to match Job offers + seekers |
10.20-11.25 | NFT3: ‘Getting ready for new GCSE 2026’ Presentation of latest information and panel discussion about realistic, practical ways for preparing. Chair: David Blow (ALL Fellow) Presenters and discussants: Helen Myers (ALL), Adam Lamb (Head of Learning Area Languages). Supported by representatives of Awarding Organisations: AQA and Pearson (Eduqas tbc).
OR Studio Cinema: Primary + KS3 focus: Sharing good practice, Led by the ALL London Primary Hub Quartet: Cara Bleiman, Nadine Chadier, Jayne Gill & Miriam Paridjanian |
11.30- 12.00 | The Blue Room: Comfort break / top-up of coffee / chance to ‘network’ / view info from corporate members (incl AOs), speakers, and our sponsors and to soak up the feeling of being in a beautiful venue by the Thames! Job offers and seekers encouraged to meet up! Please bring own mug if possible to save the environment! |
The following sessions are all about how to motivate students beyond the classroom, whether far or near! We have invited practitioners to share their experiences and top tips! | |
1205 – 12.35 | NFT3: ‘Running residentials’ featuring Eva Lamb, Chair at ALL Yorkshire, HOD King Edward VII School, Sheffield; Sarah Hau, HOD Newstead Wood School and other experienced colleagues
OR Studio Cinema: ‘School-based extra curricular / linguistic experiences Cara Bleiman, Mary Heath, David Shanks and other colleagues |
12.40- 13.10 | NFT3: ‘Running exchanges’ contributions from experienced colleagues
OR Studio Cinema: Day trips, UK and abroad incl BFI film days Nadine Chadier, Mary Heath, Wanda Marshall, Judith Rifeser, David Shanks and other colleagues |
13:15 – 14.00 | The Blue Room:
‘Getting your Years 10 and 11 ready for current GCSE: An Update for Teachers’ /Examiner report feedback. Judith Rowland-Jones, Head of Curriculum: Languages, AQA; others tbc OR Job Application Clinic for Students. ‘What are schools looking for?’ [then join GCSE session] with Nick Mair, Director of Languages, Dulwich College, ISMLA, Vice Chair ALL London. A ‘Must’ for trainee teachers preparing CVs, applications and interviews from an experienced and inspiring teacher and manager! |
14.10 – 14.30 | AGM working lunch! Annual General Meeting – Chaired by Helen Myers 1. Election /confirmation of committee members; 2. Reports from the Chair, Secretary, Treasurer; 3. Response to issues raised by Management Board; 4. Issues to be raised with the Management Board (please give advance notice of issues you wish to raise in writing before the event if possible); 5. AOB |
& next? | Why not book to see one of the films being shown in the afternoon? |