Wednesday 25 June 2008

SLN meetings


I've attended two very enjoyable SLN (Strategic Learning Network) meetings for MFL teachers in Wiltshire this week. The first was a lunchtime meeting of the West Wiltshire SLN run by Jenny Coldwell at Clarendon College. Jenny has put together an exciting Action Plan for the second year so I urge colleagues in the West Wiltshire area to get involved. Today I attended a meeting of the South Wiltshire SLN run by Sue Drake at Marlborough School. Alternative accreditation was the main agenda item today and information was shared about the CBLC, British Airways languages certification, FCSE and NVQ. There was also an interesting talk about early entry GCSE in one of the schools represented at the meeting. Sue has also put together an exciting Action Plan for 2008-9, so please get involved! The North Wiltshire SLN is run by David Wicks at John Bentley School in Calne. Coaching and developing the new MFL curriculum feature on the Action Plan for this area. If you work in a North Wiltshire school, be sure to send someone along to the next meeting!