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ALL London June Event 2023
10 June 2023 @ 09:30 - 13:00
Many thanks to the Institut français who have offered to host us for our annual ‘ALL London June Event ‘ on Saturday June 10th 10 – 1.
To read more details and to register, please follow this link to Eventbrite.
Here is a word document with the programme and more information about the sessions and speakers: ALL-June-2023-at-the-Institut-Français-programme v5
It is pasted below this collection of lovely faces which will be featuring at the event!
ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING: LONDON REGION BRANCH
The ALL London June Event 2023
on
Saturday June 10th 2023 9.30 –1.00
at the Institut français du Royaume-Uni
17 Queensberry Place, LONDON SW7 2DT, Tel: 020 7073 1350 www.institut-francais.org.uk/
Tube: South Kensington (District, Circle & Piccadilly Line) – approx 5 minute walk; Buses: 14, 414, 49, 70, 74, 345, 360, C1
Registration: http://tinyurl.com/alljuneevent23
Outline Programme [Fuller details on our website]
| 9.30 | LE FOYER: Registration & Exhibition. Tea/coffee and biscuits – the committee and exhibitors are here to welcome you! |
| 10.00- 11.00 | LE CINÉMA: Welcome from Helen Myers, Chair of ALL London and Romain Devaux (Institut français)
‘Demystifying Decolonisation’ Steven Fawkes.Trustee, Fellow, Volunteer in ALLNE at Association for Language Learning and former BBC Education, Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques and a Great Favourite of ours! Steven will introduce us to ideas and people, starting with his own ‘quick hits’ that don’t need loads of prep and links to authentic texts, songs, video, international contacts / communication and Interesting, age-appropriate Content. |
| 11.00– 11.30 | LE FOYER: EXHIBITION Comfort break / top-up of coffee / chance to ‘network’ / view info sent from corporate members, ALL, Language Institutes and our sponsors. |
| 11.30 – 1.00 | LES SALONS Secondary Focus.
(1) GCSE 2024 Up-date Helen Myers, will share the current state-of-play for the new GCSE and invite discussion and sharing of approaches with practitioners, including Adam Lamb (Head of Learning Area (HoLA) Languages) (and others to be confirmed) (2) Countries and Cultures in the Curriculum and the Classroom: Nathalie Blondeau Senior Languages Consultant at Harris Federation In the context of the ongoing discussion about decolonising the curriculum Nathalie will lead a Show and Tell, offering practical suggestions on incorporating a range of cultures and countries into your classroom, mindful of secondary constraints (esp. for current and future GCSE) OR L’ATELIER Primary Focus: Sharing good practice, Led by Miriam Paridjanian, and featuring Darnelle Constant-Shepherd, Amy Leon and Ellie Chettle-Cully who will demonstrate how to plan to introduce Countries and Cultures in the Curriculum and the Classroom in the context of decolonisation of MFL in a primary context. |
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Why not visit the Institut français Library and its great children books collection, take a stroll to the Science / Victoria and Albert museums, or engage in some retail therapy in Kensington? Then come back to the Institut for a great film in the evening! See website for details nearer the time: www.institut-francais.org.uk/ |
EARLY BIRD BEFORE TUESDAY 6th JUNE ‘23: (Thereafter, £5 extra)
£1.37 [Pay £11.37 and get a £10 refund if you attend]– Students, and ‘first-timer’ Primary teachers and Community languages teachers
£10 ALL individual members (incl retired) or people who join on the day. £20 – group members, £35 – non-members.
More information
Our Exhibitors
We are very grateful to our Corporate Members who provide a useful and informative exhibition at our events, and welcome the chance to speak with us. Thank you to Angela Murphy who organises this. Through visiting these stands, you will be able to learn more about the new GCSE specifications, how language institutes can support you, online language learning and organising travel abroad.
- AQA
- Consejería de Educación
- Eduqas
- Goethe Institute
- Institut français
- Pearson Edexcel
- Thisislanguage
- LanguageNut
- Voyager Travel
Plenary with Steven Fawkes.
Steven is a thoughtful and entertaining speaker. He never forgets that the core purpose of a teacher is to share a personal love of languages, and he is always able to demonstrate intelligent ways of enthusing learners, whatever the external constraints of curriculum and assessment. He leads initiatives in a wide range of areas on behalf of ALL, and this includes promoting ways to make language learning more inclusive. We can guarantee that you will feel inspired by a dose of Steven at the start of the day!
Primary session:
Our primary committee members have prepared a great session for you! Miriam will lead a warm-up activity, Darnelle will then introduce an activity to promote language awareness, sharing the message that all languages are valuable and that this is part of decolonising.
Amy Lennon and Ellie Chettle-Cully will then share their own practice and there will be a chance at the end for people to ask questions or share their own ideas.
Overall, the aim is to demonstrate activities which could be replicated in other settings. We will also advertise and promote the launch meeting of the Primary decolonising the curriculum Special Interest Group.
Secondary session
GCSE 2024 Up-date
Although not all of the new GCSE specifications will have been accredited by Ofqual by Saturday, Helen Myers has enough information to present a useful, up-dated and impartial comparison, based on documentation and additional insight from meetings with the exam board representatives.
We are delighted that Adam Lamb has accepted our invitation to follow up his January presentation by telling us more about how he is preparing for the new GCSE, with specific examples relating to phonics and CPD planning.
- Countries and Cultures in the Curriculum and the Classroom
Nathalie Blondeau always brims with ideas which she uses in her own work as a Harris Federation Languages consultant, but which she also so generously shares with others. She has prepared a presentation which covers both decolonisation and the EDI agenda, striving to make the curriculum more inclusive and to make resources as diverse as possible. She will share resources, lessons and schemes of work including story books for Y7,8,9 which follow diverse families. One of our most recent ALL London committee recruits, Ali Koubaa, will show us how he uses these resources in his school in Orpington. WE are really looking forward to this very practical session.