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The Languages and Culture team is very pleased to announce that we have just published a sample scope and sequence and a sample unit of work with matching assessment task for Stage 4 Latin.
Thank you to our Latin writers, who were busy working on this support in Semester 1, in addition to their normal teaching loads.
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Have you enrolled yet? Our next statewide staff meeting is fast approaching! Please join us at our statewide staff meeting, which will take place on Wednesday 10 March. It will focus on creating assessment schedules in 7-10.
The link to the meeting will be sent to you with your enrolment confirmation from MyPL. Please enrol prior to the event to ensure you receive the link in time. Everyone is welcome! Can’t make the live session? The link to the recording will be posted on the Languages NSW blog and our statewide staffroom. For further information, contact Evia Kyriacou.  Just in time for Term 4, we have developed a generic 10-week Stage 4 party unit.
The unit has been developed to support you in differentiating and adjusting teaching, learning and assessment activities to support a range of students. Our aim was to provide you with key information, in a practical and user-friendly way. Differentiation and adjustments depend on the individual students in your class, so we have included a comprehensive range of examples – you will need to modify these, or include your own, to support individual student needs. You can find the unit on the Stages 4 and 5 section of our website, under the heading Programming in Stages 4 and 5. Alternatively, it's on each of the language-specific Stages 4 and 5 pages. It's important the numeracy activities are both age- and Stage-appropriate. For example, students in Stage 4 could explore activities in which they:
You can find sample numeracy activities for Stage 4 Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish (NEW!) on the Stages 4 and 5 section of our site. Scroll down the page to the 'Numeracy' heading. We are continually updating our website, and we hope you have bookmarked it and check in regularly.
We have recently added: - a student self-reflection tool, which explores the purpose of self-reflection in student learning and includes examples of self-reflection questions based on language learning. Visit our Stages 4 and 5 landing page, and scroll down to student self-reflection - a new way to present assessment tasks to your students. Regardless of what language you teach, take a look at the sample on our Stage 4 Italian page, under sample assessment tasks. You'll see this online format includes the task, outcomes, directions and useful links for the student to follow. You'll also find advice for the students on creating and collaborating together from different locations and videos to spark inspiration - our virtual excursion to the Eiffel Tower! Visit our Stage 4 French page to access our interactive website which explores the geography, history and culture of this iconic landmark, supporting students to learn and practise French virtually. Why not create your own? - support for Stage 4 Arabic, German and Korean.
The Languages and Culture team is ready to deliver a new workshop to support teachers of Stages 4 and 5:
Assessment and reporting in 7-10 – new languages syllabuses. The workshop will be rolled out statewide and is NESA-registered for 5 hours. This course has been developed as a 1-day face-to-face workshop and leads language teachers through the changes they will need to make to assessment and reporting in order to align with the new syllabuses. The learning intentions of the course are: - understand the difference between assessment as, for and of learning, and a task-based approach to assessment of learning - understand Common Grade Scale and the newly released Course Performance Descriptors for languages and understand their application in determining student achievement of course outcomes - understand how to report on student achievement in line with the new syllabus and tailored for the school context - write better quality assessment tasks and design marking criteria that clearly describe student achievement - explore sample marking guidelines and draft marking guidelines differentiated across 5 grades (A-E) for one task. The course is for languages teachers 7-10 from NSW public schools. Enrol via MyPL, course code RG09900. Upcoming event dates and venues are: Monday 16 March – Parramatta Wednesday 18 March – Wollongong Monday 23 March – Sydney CBD Tuesday 24 March – Sydney CBD Wednesday 25 March – Queanbeyan Wednesday 25 March – Terrigal Friday 27 March – Newcastle Tuesday 31 March – Coffs Harbour Wednesday 1 April – Ballina Friday 1 May – Parramatta Thursday 7 May – Armidale Tuesday 12 May – Port Macquarie Thursday 14 May – Wagga Thursday 21 May – Dubbo Friday 22 May – Bathurst Separate sessions will be held for teachers from Saturday School of Community Languages and NSW School of Languages. Teachers from these two schools are to await advice for dates and venues from their schools. If you have further questions, contact Evia Kyriacou or call 7814 2820. The Languages and Culture team is currently finalising our new workshop, “Assessment and reporting in 7-10 – new language syllabuses”, which will be rolled out statewide in Terms 1 and 2.
As with all our professional learning events, we will be running a trial event with teachers, to ensure the content and delivery are of the highest quality. We’re looking for 8-10 teachers to participate in the trial event, from a range of school contexts. The workshops, including the trial event, are for teachers 7-10 from NSW public schools only. Event date: Wednesday 4 March 2020 Venue: Level 1, 105 Philip Street Parramatta Times: 8:30am-5pm (note that participants must commit to this timeframe, to allow time for feedback to the presenters) Relief costs will be met for all participants. Travel and accommodation costs will also be met for rural and remote teachers. If interested, please email marcela.ayas@det.nsw.edu.au by 5pm on Friday 21 February 2020. The workshop will be NESA-registered for 5 hours. Puss in boots, a bilingual interactive puppet show by Carrousel Theatre, will be touring in NSW from Monday 15 to Friday 26 June 2020. Book now for your 2020 bilingual show available in French, Italian, German or Spanish. It is suitable for primary and secondary schools, up to Year 8. We adapt the language of the show to suit the age group attending. \ Price: $6.90 (+ GST) per student. Contact 03 93765527, email or view the website for more information.  The Language Teacher Network – Illawarra will hold a professional learning day for languages on Wednesday 4 December.
The professional learning will take the form of a programming day targeting the languages taught in the schools of our area. Teachers will revisit sample templates of units of work, scope and sequences and assessment tasks available on the department's website. They will work in language-specific groups – Chinese, French, German, Italian and Japanese – and will program for Stages 4 and 5 for 2020, according to the new K-10 language syllabuses. Participants will have the opportunity to peer-review the resources created and provide feedback. The plan is that each language group will create the following resources: - scope and sequence - assessment schedule - units of work - assessment task. Please bring along your syllabuses, assessment schedules for 2020, devices and any resources you are planning to use on the day. Date: Wednesday 4 December 2019 Time: 8:30am-3:30pm Venue: Smiths High School Enrol: MyPL – course code NR25838 Please enrol via MyPL course code NR25838 and select session Term 4 targeted languages professional learning. All teachers living or working in the area are welcome to attend. For further information please contact Kristen Smith or Evia Kyriacou or call 78142820. |
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