We are circulating this information on behalf of our colleagues at NESA, who have received a number of inquiries this year regarding Languages Life Skills courses in Stage 6.
· Schools with eligible students can develop a School Developed Board Endorsed Course for a Stage 6 Life Skills course in any language.
· Applications for these courses are submitted to NESA via Schools Online. Applications should be submitted by the end of Term 1 in the year before the course is planned to commence.
· Objectives, outcomes and modules are pre-filled in the application form. Schools determine the topics they will deliver (in relation to the modules provided), and the content that will be taught in each topic (suggested content is provided in supporting documentation attached to the application form).
· The objectives and outcomes within the application are based on the Stage 6 Beginners Languages courses.
· Once endorsed, the course can be delivered by the school and count as 2 units towards a student’s pattern of study.
Further inquiries from schools can be directed to Marina Laing or Melissa Gould-Drakeley.

The University of Sydney is seeking placements for second year Master of Teaching preservice teachers in the following languages:
- Spanish
- French
- Chinese
- German
- Modern Greek 
- Korean.
The internship will run from 20 July to 18 September 2020.
Please contact the Office Secondary Professional Experience Coordinator at Sydney University if you are interested in taking preservice teachers.

The Language Teacher Network – Lower North Coast will hold its Term 3 meeting on Thursday 30 July 2020 at Camden Haven High School. 

Enrol via MyPL.

Course code: NR18042
Session: Lower North Coast language network meeting CHHS
Time: 4:00pm
Venue: Camden Haven High School, room A2 

For further information, please contact the network leader, James Rourke. 

Carrousel Theatre is touring NSW on Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2020. Suitable for primary and Stage 4 students, the Puss in Boots puppet show is available in French, Italian, German and Spanish languages.

For more information, please contact Carrousel Theatre on 0430 539 888.

The Language Teacher Network – Central Coast will hold its Term 2 meeting on Wednesday 24 June 2020. 

The focus of the meeting will be:

• 1. TeachMeet – Sustainable Skills Showcase
  • - Please come prepared to share ONE tool/strategy/technique/reflection on what worked well this year (during online teaching) that you will continue to use in your classroom. This doesn’t have to be a presentation, just a chat but you are welcome to put a few (5 max) slides together if you would like to.
  • - We will collate these to share within the network to support each other.


• 2. TPRS/CI – overview and brief update from those who have been experimenting in their classrooms.
  • - What is TPRS/CI?
  • - How have network members been experimenting with this approach in their classrooms?


• 3. 2020 Network Planning.

Enrol via MyPL.
Course code: NR25533
Session: Central Coast Language Network Meeting Term 2 2020
Date: Wednesday 24 June 2020
Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm
Venue: Zoom
Link: https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/68483095234?pwd=Z3grVnFESk9YcmJ4MERENjFpdGFuQT09
Meeting ID: 684 8309 5234
Password: 911866

For further information, please contact the network leader, Katherine Brownlee.

A free online course (MOOC) on teaching and learning languages in primary schools starts on Monday 6 July.
 
A team of researchers at the Universities of Southampton, Essex and Reading has developed the course to encourage research-informed practice in primary foreign language classrooms. 
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The course will focus on key themes such as motivation and engagement, language development and literacy.

Each week, participants will be guided through some of the answers research has provided to these issues and draw out the pedagogical implications of these findings. There are 3staged pathways (evaluator, reflector and innovator) which will encourage participants to explore and trial the pedagogical principles. Participants will have many opportunities to reflect on the practical implications of the research and to listen to 'stories' from other teachers about their own innovative primary foreign language practice. 
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To register, visit: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/teaching-languages-in-primary-schools-putting-research-into-practice/1

The Language Teacher Network – Sydney South will hold its Term 2 meeting on Thursday 25 June 2020. 
The focus of the meeting will be:
- Getting to know each other, current challenges and reporting given our current context. 
- Update on resources available from the Languages and Culture team and the department

Enrol via MyPL.
Course code: NR18042
Session: Sydney South – Languages Network Meeting
Date: Thursday 25 June 2020
Time: 3:30pm-4:00pm
Venue: Zoom
Link: https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/7292772703?pwd=dVkyVEJRclBUQ00rMU1tTmdwRXdLQT09
Meeting ID: 729 277 2703
Password: 2n0VGi

For further information, please contact the network leader, Marina Azmy. 

The Language Teacher Network – Sydney North will hold its Term 2 network meeting on 23 June 2020. 
The focus of the meeting will be sharing things that worked, remarkable finds, looking over the past as life is getting back to a new normal, and making a plan for the next meeting.

Date: Tuesday 23 June 2020
Time: 4:00pm
Venue: Zoom
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4145770390
Code: 4145770390

Enrol via MyPL.
Course code: NR18042
Session: Language Teachers Network Meeting Sydney North.

For further information, please contact the network leader, Margaret Wajs.  

With preparations for the HSC underway for Stage 6 students here is a reminder of the resources available in the Stage 6 languages section of the Department of Education's website to support our language students.

1. Listening and reading resources (adapted from the old HSC Online website) are available for most Beginners and Continuers courses. Navigate to your language and scroll down to sample listening and reading activities for the link. Questions, audio, sample responses and transcripts can be found here.
2. Sample speaking questions can be found under most Beginners and Continuers courses by scrolling to the practice speaking questions link.
​3. Advice for students in approaching the Beginners/Continuers/Extension HSC examinations – these can be found by navigating to your language, and the course from our Stage 6 curriculum page, under the heading Advice for students.

And don't forget to also check the Stage 6 teacher-contributed resources in our statewide staffroom in Yammer (staff only), including NSW School of Languages' guide to best practice for speaking lessons and the Languages and Culture teams' preparing students for the oral examinations in Beginners and Continuers advice.