8 March 2010 0 Comments

Animating with my boys

I’ve spent today working with my 8 year-old’s class as part of my Radio Lingua Schools work. I was leading an animation workshop and was very proud of the work of my son’s group. Their animation is part of a project in which the school is developing an ‘animated encyclopaedia’, with the children showing other [...]

2 February 2010 0 Comments

Language lessons for the Winter Olympics

Language lessons for the Winter Olympics

I’ve just finished working on a series of podcasts for Gavinburn Primary in West Dunbartonshire. They’re doing some fantastic work with Games Based Learning and the p3 and p4 pupils are currently doing a major project on the Winter Olympics. The project is a brilliant example of interdisciplinary learning with the pupils looking at the [...]