Really looking forward to hosting Julien Violette and Mathilde Bouquin presenting 'Part 2' of a course they have prepared for teachers on preparing for the new GCSE in a webinar on Tuesday 17th March 18.30 - 20.30. Please register and spread the word! Thank you! www.tickettailor.com/events/assoc...
I am really looking forward to this evening's ALL London webinar when London-based Julien Violette and Mathilde Bouquin will be telling us how they are preparing their students for the new GCSE exam. www.tickettailor.com/events/assoc... #MFLBluesky
I’ll be co-hosting the Teachers’ Show and Tell with
@helenmyers.bsky.social at the Language Show 2025 this Saturday from 17.30 to 19.00. We’re looking for teachers who’d like to present. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Looking forward to the show and tell tomorrow! Please come along and share snippets of what works for you! Thank you. Please share #MFLBluesky docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
This evening, I attended a highly insightful and thoroughly practical webinar hosted by
@helenmyers.bsky.social on behalf of @all-london.org.uk. The session was delivered by @jenolanguages.bsky.social on "Building Language Communities Online Using Social Media with Purpose"
An excellent post Vincent about a depressing fact. Your analogy with selling petrol is very appropriate. Thanks for keeping this issue going and for explaining the reasons.
Hear here, a timely reminder. I can't abide the 4 - 'pass' and 5 'good pass' nonsense.
I know I say this every year, but with results day on the horizon, please remember that for some kids grade 1-3 is a huge achievement. It represents years of hard work and determination. It’s not a fail. It is a GCSE qualification that they can and should be celebrated for.
Why grade boundaries can be misleading
helenmyers.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...
Hope this helps to avoid wasting time comparing raw marks / percentages with other subjects/years/papers and drawing misleading conclusions. #MFLBlueSky
Good point. David has added a paragraph now. It's not straightforward - you need to see grades obtained in maths and English as well to guide you - but better than a random number I hope! helenmyers.blogspot.com/2025/06/prac...
Thanks to all who supported our ALL London June Event on Sat 21st June. See the report and photos here: all-london.org.uk/all-events/t... Excellent speakers and exhibition + lovely to have the chance to meet up face to face. Please save the date for the January Event: Sat 17th Jan 26 at the BFI.
I'm passing on thanks to David!
Teachers and HoDs are likely to be being asked to give grades for the Year 10 students taking the new GCSE in French, German and Spanish. This post aims to give some practical suggestions on how to do so. helenmyers.blogspot.com/2025/06/prac... #MFLBluesky
A Wren stands atop a flowering gorse bush, beak wide open mid-song, as if shouting into the week. Determined and loud against a clear blue sky, a tiny feathered alarm clock you didn’t set.
EVERYBODY WAKE UP IT'S MONDAY!
#MondayMotivation
Dear language teachers! Join us for ‘The ALL London June Event’ — Sat 21 June, 10am–2pm. Topics: pedagogy, the new GCSE, Cities of Languages, & Primary ideas sharing. Info & sign-up: tinyurl.com/alljuneevent25 Please share! 🙏 #MFLBlueSky @all-languages.org.uk @all-london.org.uk
So true! And there is an extra strong signal sent if the user is showing off the app to a doubting friend.
Great to see the first Fabian Review since I joined @thefabians.bsky.social on the way to our members!
Fantastic interview with @liambyrnemp.bsky.social, and fascinating articles from @judekd.bsky.social , @paulmason.bsky.social, @sasjkia.bsky.social and @alexgporter.bsky.social
Thank you so much for sharing these. It was lovely to see you!
Great! Thank you!
Yes.. but would love to hear you. Didn't know that about Zayna. What a star! I still have a slide somewhere when I show off about her brilliant writing in year 11 in response to a Second Life scenario in class!
Great to hear that. Sorry to have missed seeing you Kedi. Hopefully some other time.
What a lovely message to read! It was a fantastic conference! Looking forward to hearing you at our ALL London event in June!
Etymology of the day: ‘book’ comes from an ancient root shared by ‘beech’, a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. ‘Paper’ comes from ‘papyrus’, and ‘volume’ is from the Latin for a ‘roll’ of parchment.
Happy World Book Day.
Hi gang. My films ‘In The Loop’ and ‘The Death of Stalin’ are on #BBCFour this evening, at 9pm and 10.40pm. Do enjoy if you’re a fan of repeated threat.
Cartoon of a lorry reversing and beeping. Caption: To drive an HGV in France you need to pass your backalorryup
HGV
I draw all my cartoons to order (they're not prints). If you don't see what you're after on our website, you can email us. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
A very useful post to explain how to get flexible return tickets to St Pancras International when using Eurostar. www.seat61.com/european-tra...
Photographs of the four presenters, Robert Woore, Kedi Simpson, Cate Hamilton and Jérôme Nogues. An invitation to book a place at the event on Friday 28th Feb from 1-5pm at the University of Oxford Department of Education by clicking on https://bit.ly/ALLOxford2025
Delighted to announce Jérôme Nogues will be speaking in Oxford on Friday 28th Feb @oxforddeptofed.bsky.social. Come and join us either online or in-person to discuss great ideas for teaching listening skills using AI! bit.ly/ALLOxford2025 #MFLBluesky #LangSky @all4languages.bsky.social
A Hard Frost. -1°C just after sunrise. The sound of geese high above.
A Hard Frost. -1°C just after sunrise. The sound of geese high above
