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Start date: Sep 5, 2016, End date: Sep 4, 2018 PROJECT  FINISHED 

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a larger than average sized primary school in Winsford. French is delivered by each class teacher in Key Stage 2 for 30 minutes each week. In Key Stage 1, children have the opportunity to develop their language skills through rhymes and songs. Since the introduction of the new National Curriculum in September 2014, MFL is now a statutory subject which means that there is new challenge for teachers and through a scrutiny of the subject, SLT has revealed that it is a key area for development. Staff at St Joseph's are extremely under-confident about their French skills and this is impacting on provision for children and the progress being made in the subject. In order to address this issue, St Joseph's plans to use the Erasmus+ Key Action 1 programme to send 5 members of staff to France to participate in immersion courses where they will have the opportunity to take part in high quality language lessons which are delivered by native speakers. Through personalised and bespoke language classes, our teachers will be supported and encouraged to practice their French as much as possible. The immersion courses will provide cultural activities and visits whereby participants learn about the region and practice French with local people in real life situations. Each of our 5 participants will visit the same primary school during their courses, learning about the French education system, sharing teaching ideas and developing a link.During the project, participants will share their experiences and learning with staff back at school and parents will be kept informed through the school website. After the project has been completed, allocated staff meetings will enable participants to share engaging ideas which will help facilitate excellence in the primary language classroom. We expect this project will have a lasting impact on our staff and pupils; staff will have improved language skills and confidence and children will be enthusiastic language learners with new friends in France and a growing awareness of their own place in Europe.
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