We have some exciting news! We have booked Dr Gianfranco Conti to present at NSW School of Languages (NSL) on Tuesday 20 September. NSW public school teachers from any network are welcome to attend, but places are limited.

• On the day we will explore:

1. Developing fluency & spontaneity: cognitive and affective factors
2. Designing input-to-output sequences: a backward design approach
3. Modelling through listening & reading
4. Building towards output tasks
5. Output tasks implementation
6. Corrective Feedback & Assessment

Please enrol via MyPL:
Course code: NR25838
Session name: Gianfranco Conti - Sydney CBD/East network event
Date: Tuesday 20 September
Time: 9:00 am-3:00 pm
Venue: NSW School of Languages, 35 West St, Petersham NSW 2049. Please note that onsite parking is limited. NSL is closely located between Lewisham and Petersham train stations.

Cost: $100 - via interschool journal to NSL.

As places are limited, and for those who cannot attend in person, we have requested an online presentation as well - details coming soon.

For any enquiries or further details, please contact Evia Kyriacou.

The Sydney CBD/East network is inviting all language teachers to its Term 3 meeting on Thursday 8 September 2022. The focus of the meeting will be on Engagement motivation and retention, presented by Katherine Brownlee.

Please register on MyPL:
Course code: NR25533
Event: 2022 Term 3 Language Network Meeting Sydney CBD/East
Date: Thursday 8 September - Week 8
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Venue: NSW School of Languages, 35 West St, Petersham and Microsoft Teams.
The school is located between Lewisham and Petersham train stations. Parking is available on West St or the staff car park. Please enter via that gate. Then proceed to the A1 classroom by following the signs. 
MS Teams link: Microsoft Teams
Please specify your attendance by completing this one question survey as afternoon tea will be provided at the venue.
You are more than welcome to share this information with any other language teachers/educators who are interested. Bring along your laptop or other device.

If you have any further questions, please contact the network leader, Ke Fan.

The Sydney CBD/East Language Teachers Network is inviting everyone to the Term 2 network meeting, which will run face-to-face. However, you may still choose to join online as this session is hybrid, so we expect as many attendees as possible. By attending and participating in this meeting you will receive 1.5 Elective professional development hours towards your accreditation. 
Topic: Sustainable and engaging assessment of interacting and composing – task ‘design briefs’ and ‘checkpoint’ skits
Presenter: Benjamin Gibb

Enrol via MyPL:
Course code: NR25533
Name of session: 2022 Term 2 Language Network Meeting - Sydney CBD/East
Date: Thursday 16 June 2022
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm
Venue: NSW School of Languages (35 West St, Petersham NSW 2049). The venue is located between Lewisham and Petersham train stations. If you decide to come to the venue by car, you may park on West St or our staff car park, then proceed to the A1 classroom by following the sign. There is a staff car park entrance via West St NSW School of Languages - Google Maps
Online: Teams Join conversation (microsoft.com)

Notes:
- Bring along your laptop or other device.
- When enrolling, please specify your attendance type as afternoon tea and snacks will be provided at the venue.
- You are more than welcome to share this information with any other language teachers/educators who are interested.

If you have any further questions, please contact the network leader, Ke Fan, by phone 02 9381 4823 or email ke.fan4@det.nsw.edu.au
 
Looking forward to seeing you all then 🙂 

The Language Teacher Networks Sydney CBD/East and Sydney South will jointly offer the Languages and literacy 7-12 professional learning course in 2 sessions: 
- Thursday 11 November, 3:45-5:30 pm
- Thursday 25 November, 3:45-5:30 pm. 

You will need to enrol via MyPL and select Languages and literacy 7-12 Sydney CBD/East, South - session 1.
Course code: NR32663
Enrolments close: 8 November, 5 pm
Venue: Online via Microsoft Teams

You will receive the link to the session when you enrol on MyPL. 
For more information and details, contact the network leaders Ke Fan and Marina Azmy or Evia Kyriacou. 

The Sydney CBD/East and South Sydney networks will hold a combined meeting in Term 2, on Thursday 10 June. The meeting will focus on:
- Stage 6 assessment – exploring non-HSC style and incorporating multi macro skills
- Stages 4 and 5 task-based assessment using the K-10 Syllabus.

Enrol via MyPL:
Date: Thursday 10 June 2021
Time: 3:30-5:00 pm
Venue: Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting: 
https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/62631232008?pwd=cTVFaXZOVkRGd25GaUkzMk12ZkFtQT09
Meeting ID: 626 3123 2008
Passcode: 082966

For more information contact the network leaders Ke Fan or Marina Azmy.

This term, the Language Teacher Networks for Sydney CBD/East, Sydney South West and Sydney South are combining for the first meeting of 2021. The meeting will be on Thursday 18 March 4:00-5:30 pm, in Week 8. By attending and participating in this meeting you will get 1.5 Elective PD hours. 
 
Event: Term 1 2021 Language Teacher Network Meeting (Sydney CBD/East/South/South West) 
Topic: High Potential and Gifted (HPG) students – differentiating the languages curriculum 
Presenter: Rebecca Godfrey (Port Hacking High School)
Date and time: Week 8, Thursday 18 March 2021, 4:00 pm-5:30 pm
Duration: 1.5 hours
Venue/platform: Zoom (link will be provided on the day before the session starts) 
Course code on MyPL: NR25533
 
To enrol in this meeting, type in the course code on MyPL and then choose the session. 
​You are more than welcome to share this information with any other language teachers/educators who may also be interested.
 
It would be really appreciated if you could spend a few minutes completing the following survey to help us best prepare for the future network meetings.
 
Looking forward to seeing you all then! 
For further information, contact Ke Fan. 

The Sydney CBD/East Language Teachers' Network will hold its Term 4 meeting on Thursday 3 December.  By attending and participating in this meeting you will receive 1.5 NESA registered hours. 
 
Event: Term 4 2020 Language Teachers' Network Meeting (Sydney CBD/East)
Topic: Differentiating in Language Learning by Stella Papanakos​
Date and time: Week 8 Thursday 3 December 4:00pm-5:30 pm
Venue/ Platform:  Zoom
Course code on MyPL: RG14869
Enrolment link: https://myplsso.education.nsw.gov.au/mylearning/catalogue/details/53867ec4-981c-eb11-891d-0003ff1508dc
 
To self enrol in this meeting, click the enrolment link and then select the session. 
​You are more than welcome to share this information with any other language teachers/educators who might also be interested.

For further details, contact the network leader Ke Fan.

The Language Teacher Network – Sydney CBD/East will hold its Term 1 meeting on Thursday 19 March.

This session will focus on the implementation of effective teaching, learning and assessment strategies to incorporate skills-focused assessment in Languages. Marnie Foster, Head of Languages at Newington College will present her school's journey over the last few years of re-shaping assessment from knowledge and test-based to more skills-focused. Concepts such as goal setting, growth mindset, peer evaluation, teacher feedback, student work portfolios, and accumulation of work samples will be illustrated with examples.
 
Event: Term 1 2020 Languages Network meeting Sydney CBD/East
Topic:  Rethinking assessment in Languages
Date and time: Week 8 Thursday 19 March 4:00-5:30 pm
Venue: NSW School of Languages 35 West St, Petersham
 
Course code on MyPL: RG10334
Enrolment via MyPL: Search for course code RG10334​ and select session NSW School of Languages
 
This is open to all language teachers, free of charge, under the Languages and Culture team's networking project. Please share the information to other interested language teachers. All language teachers living or working in the area are welcome to attend.

For further information please contact Ke Fan or call 02 9381 4823.

The Language Teacher Network Sydney – CBD/East will be meeting on Thursday 12 September, 4-5:30pm.

Topic: Critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity in languages
Venue: NSW School of Languages (35 West St, Petersham)
 
Course code on MyPL: RG05426

All language teachers living or working in the area are invited to attend.

As part of the Language Teacher Network project, all language teachers are invited to attend the Project-based learning in languages workshop. The workshop will cover what project-based learning (PBL) is, how to design and implement PBL in classrooms and its assessment methodology. These questions will be explored through real examples of PBL experiences in the language classroom. 

Completion of the program will contribute to 1 hour of registered professional learning addressing standards 6.2.2 and 6.3.2.

Date: Thursday 21 March 2019
Time: 4:00-5:30pm
Place: NSW School of Languages, 35 West St Petersham 2049

Registration for the workshop is via MyPL (code: RG04457). If you would like more information please contact Christin Anggrahini at christin.anggrahini@det.nsw.edu.au or on 9381 4811.