MFL

Effective Phonics Teaching (Covering All Three Languages)

This session will also count as your choice for session 2.

Session Presenter: Edexcel

• The training covers a range of teaching and learning strategies that can be used for both introducing and recycling phonics knowledge in the Modern Languages classroom from KS3.
• We will explore common challenges of the new Read Aloud and Dictation tasks and help you develop students’ phonic abilities in these areas.
• We will use examples from French, but all the strategies that we share will be applicable across the three languages.

Making Languages Stick: Integrating Spaced Retrieval Into MFL Pedagogy

This session will also count as your choice for session 2.

Session Presenter: Emanuel Gomes

Job Title: Curriculum Area Leader for Spanish – Wilsthorpe School

• This session explores how spaced retrieval practice can be embedded within MFL pedagogy to support long-term retention.
• Colleagues will engage with key research principles and take part in practical activities to design retrieval routines that strengthen vocabulary, grammar and skill development.

Building Confidence In The GCSE Writing Mark Scheme

Session Presenter: Lucie Street

Job Title: Trust Leader for MFL & Curriculum Area Leader for French –  Wilsthorpe School

• An opportunity for staff who need more confidence with the new GCSE writing mark scheme, or for staff who have not as much experience teaching the new GCSE specification.
• The session will include explanation of mark schemes with joint moderation and creation of feedback tasks.

How To Effectively Engage Support Staff In The Languages Lesson

Session Presenters: Natalya Murden & Emily Orosová

Job Titles: LPA colleagues – Ashfield School

• This session explores practical strategies for effectively engaging and deploying teaching assistants in languages lessons, ensuring support is purposeful, inclusive, and impactful.

Simply Systematise Exam Success For Writing And Speaking

Job Title: Ben Powell

Session Presenter: Head of MFL – Manor Academy

• Equip teachers with an easy-to-implement system to ensure success in producing effective responses for speaking and writing.
• Effective strategies to ensure students hit exam criteria and develop their answers.

KS5 Raising Attainment In Paper 1 (German Focus)

Session Presenter: Geoff Deane

Job Title: Head of German – Ashfield School

• This session focuses on strategies to raise attainment in KS5 languages Paper 1, exploring skills, exam technique, and targeted feedback.
• Colleagues will analyse assessment demands, share effective practice, and plan interventions to support higher-level responses and sustained student progress.

Building Confidence In The GCSE Writing Mark Scheme

Session Presenter: Lucie Street

Job Title: Trust Leader for MFL & Curriculum Area Leader for French – Wilsthorpe School

• An opportunity for staff who need more confidence with the new GCSE writing mark scheme, or for staff who have not as much experience teaching the new GCSE specification.
• The session will include explanation of mark schemes with joint moderation and creation of feedback tasks.

How To Effectively Engage Support Staff In The Languages Lesson

Session Presenters: Natalya Murden & Emily Orosová

Job Titles: LPA colleagues – Ashfield School

• This session explores practical strategies for effectively engaging and deploying teaching assistants in languages lessons, ensuring support is purposeful, inclusive, and impactful.

Simply Systematise Exam Success For Writing And Speaking

Job Title: Ben Powell

Session Presenter: Head of MFL – Manor Academy

• Equip teachers with an easy-to-implement system to ensure success in producing effective responses for speaking and writing.
• Effective strategies to ensure students hit exam criteria and develop their answers.

KS5 Raising Attainment In Paper 1 (German Focus)

Session Presenter: Geoff Deane

Job Title: Head of German – Ashfield School

• This session focuses on strategies to raise attainment in KS5 languages Paper 1, exploring skills, exam technique, and targeted feedback.
• Colleagues will analyse assessment demands, share effective practice, and plan interventions to support higher-level responses and sustained student progress.

Conducting The Speaking Exam

Session Presenter: Edexcel

• Specific training on the new requirements of the Speaking exam from Edexcel.
• Review the speaking requirements in the specification.
• Explore the role of the teacher-examiner in conducting the speaking assessment.
• Explore the full range of Pearson Edexcel support available.

AQA GCSE Writing And Speaking Papers

Session Presenter: Natalie Campbell

Job Title: Director of Languages – Allestree Woodlands School

• Requirements of the speaking exam.
• Stretch and challenge activities and preparation for the writing and speaking exam.