Languages NSW
  • Home
  • News
  • Community Languages
  • Chinese
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Spanish

Support for Stage 4 Latin

5/10/2021

0 Comments

 
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. 
0 Comments

Languages statewide staff meeting

5/3/2021

0 Comments

 
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. 

  • Enrolment details are on MyPL.
  • - Course name: Languages statewide staff meeting
  • - Session: Languages statewide staff meeting – Week 7, Term 1, 2021
  • - Time: 4-4:40 pm with QandA
  • - Enrol by: 10 March (4 pm)
  • - Platform: Microsoft Teams

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. 
Picture
0 Comments

IT'S PARTY TIME!

21/9/2020

0 Comments

 
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.
0 Comments

Do you know our website has support for teaching numeracy in languages?

3/9/2020

0 Comments

 
It's important the numeracy activities are both age- and Stage-appropriate. For example, students in Stage 4 could explore activities in which they:
  • - read a menu in the target language and calculate total costs, discounts and percentages, such as tipping
  • - extract, interprets and comprehend a range of mathematical information in the target language from texts, tables, diagrams and graphs in a range of contexts, such as weather charts and transport timetables
  • - create budgets and cost items in a foreign currency, such as shopping for souvenirs
  • - applies knowledge of scale, distances and time zones to plan and budget an overseas travel itinerary.

​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.
0 Comments

What's new on our website?

27/7/2020

0 Comments

 
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.
0 Comments

New support for Stages 4 and 5

30/4/2020

0 Comments

 
We have just published the following resources to support the K-10 syllabuses:
- Chinese sample Stage 4 assessment task (with marking criteria) and unit starter (sample unit of work)
- Italian sample Stage 4 assessment task (with marking criteria) and unit starter (sample unit of work)
- Spanish sample Stage 4 assessment task (with marking criteria) and unit starter (sample unit of work)
- a sample Stage 5 generic unit starter on food trucks, which can be adapted for any language.

We apologise that these resources having taken so long to get published – the curriculum website is now hosted on a new platform, and there were unavoidable delays in getting new materials published. 
Picture
0 Comments

Assessment and reporting 7-10 – new languages syllabuses (workshops for teachers)

4/3/2020

0 Comments

 
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.
0 Comments

Seeking participants in workshop trial for "Assessment and reporting in 7-10 – new language syllabuses”

14/2/2020

0 Comments

 
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.
0 Comments

Book now for your 2020 bilingual puppet show – Puss in boots

13/11/2019

0 Comments

 
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. 
Picture
0 Comments

Language Teacher Network – Illawarra – targeted languages professional learning

6/11/2019

0 Comments

 
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.
0 Comments
<<Previous

    RSS Feed

    Enter your email address:

    Delivered by FeedBurner

    Note: The non-DoE events and products mentioned on this site are included at the reader's discretion. The inclusion of this information is not an endorsement by the DoE.

    Categories

    All
    7 10
    7-10
    Aboriginal Languages
    Accreditation
    Adjustments
    Adobe Connect
    Advocacy
    AFMLTA
    ALC
    Arabic
    Armenian
    Armidale
    Asia Education Foundation
    Assessment
    Assyrian
    Australian Curriculum
    Beginners
    Beginning Teachers
    Bilingual
    Brekkie With A Tekkie
    BRIDGE Program
    CCAFL
    Central Coast
    Central West NSW
    Chinese
    Competition
    Conference
    Consultation
    Continuers
    Croatian
    Curriculum Review
    Differentiation
    Digital Tools
    Disability
    Elective PD
    ELTF
    EOI
    Event
    Exchange Programs
    Excursion
    Extension
    FAQs
    Far North Coast
    Far South Coast
    French
    German
    Grant
    Hindi
    HPGE Policy
    HSC
    Hunter/Newcastle
    Illawarra
    Incursion
    Indonesian
    Italian
    IWB
    Japanese
    K-10
    K 6
    K-6
    Korean
    LANG
    Language And Literature
    Languages And Literature
    Languages In Context
    Language Teacher Networks
    Latin
    Learning Across The Curriculum
    Learning From Home
    Life Skills
    Literacy
    Lower North Coast
    Macarthur
    Macedonian
    Mentees
    Mentors
    Mid North Coast
    MLTA
    Modern Greek
    Modern Hebrew
    NESA
    Network Meeting
    News
    NSL
    Numeracy
    Persian
    Portuguese
    Position Available
    Preservice Teachers
    Professional Learning
    Programming
    Punjabi
    Queanbeyan
    Recording
    Reporting
    Resources
    Riverina
    Rural And Remote
    Russian
    Saturday School Of Community Languages
    Scholarship
    Secondary College Of Languages
    Seeking Practicum Placement
    Selective Schools
    SICLE
    Sister Schools
    Spanish
    Staffing-update
    Stage 4
    Stage 5
    Stage 6
    Statewide Meeting
    Statewide Staff Meeting
    Statewide Staffroom
    Study-tours
    Support
    Sydney Cbdeast
    Sydney Greater West
    Sydney North
    Sydney South
    Sydney South West
    Sydney University
    Syllabus
    Syllabus Support
    Tamil
    Turkish
    University Of Sydney
    University-of-wollongong
    Vietnamese
    Virtual
    Virtual Languages Mentoring Network
    Virtual Network
    Virtual Staff Meeting
    VLMN
    Wellbeing
    Western-sydney-university
    Work-samples
    Workshop
    Yammer
    YouTube
    Zoom

    Archives

    December 2022
    November 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    August 2013

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
Photos used under Creative Commons from Double--M, Oloremo, El coleccionista de instantes, andertoons, Patrick Bombaert