UNICEF

Using UNICEF as the first topic in Year 7 Spanish

I decided 3 years ago that if I wanted to improve the uptake of GCSE in the school I would have to make it more interesting.  I began by asking the year 7 groups that year to tell me what they would like to learn about.  1st choice - food, 2nd choice - can we watch a film . 

I started tweaking the SoW to allow more flexibilty.  The groups were really engaged and I didn't hear any comments about "this is boring", "I hate Spanish".

I decided to begin the following year by skipping out the topic: Pencil case items and designed a short topic based on "The Rights of the Child"

I have attached a copy of the SoW & a couple of PPT.
We had 1 lesson per week in y7.

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How twitter has helped me

I joined Twitter earlier in the year to keep in touch with family as they travelled the globe.  Little did I realise that it would become an addiction!

There are so many opportunities I have been able to take advantage of since joining in May.

1) I have a huge group of people who are always ready to help.
2) I have attended and spoken at MFL SAT in Newcastle
3) I have attended a flash meeting (I didn't know what one was until last week)
4) I have booked my place at ililc in February 2012
5) I have downloaded and use dropbox.
6) We use dropbox in the MFL department at school
.... I am sure there are many more.

Just thought I would share a little