We are innovating our Conference format this year, with the intention to:
- provide more opportunities for teachers to collaborate and share ideas
- lower the cost of the event to enable more member schools to attend and to allow individual schools to be able to support the attendance of more teachers
- alter timings to allow more delegates to travel to and from the venue on the Saturday
The event will be held on 25th January 2025 at North London Collegiate School
What you can expect
- A keynote address by Professor Tom Wynn, giving an optimistic and inspiring overview of the value of Modern Languages qualifications and degrees in the present and future
- A full Exhibition, provided by leading organisations and stakeholders within Modern Languages: publishers, examination boards, ICT and AI products, travel companies and more
- Morning coffee and a buffet lunch
- Themed, structured ‘teachmeet’ workshops (with short presentations and breakaway discussions) covering
- Trips and exchanges
- Teaching ML at KS4, including SEND
- Teaching ML at KS5 – both language and literature
- IT and AI in Modern Languages
- Projects, initiatives and co-curricular activities
During these workshops, which are fully chaired and facilitated, delegates are invited to share short (2 to 5 min) presentations highlighting particular elements of their own practice or ideas from their own schools and professional experience
- A panel discussion, to close the day, considering strategic issues within Modern Languages, including
- The DfE Curriculum and Assessment Review
- Recruitment of pupils into GCSE and A-level
- Severe Grading in Modern Languages
- Recruitment and staffing
The event will run from 1000 to 1515.
Tickets range from £10 to £30, and you can find the booking link on this page.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Conference Programme
| From 0930 | Tea and coffee
Exhibition |
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| 1030 | Welcome & Keynote
Overview of workshop format |
Prof Tom Wynn, University of Durham
Oliver Hopwood |
| 1120 | Coffee break | |
| 1150 | Workshops – round 1 | Trips and exchanges
Teaching ML at A-level: ideas and solutions (language and topics) Teaching ML and KS3 & 4, including SEND IT in the ML classroom Projects, initiatives and co-curriculum |
| 1235 | Lunch and exhibition | |
| 1335 | Workshops round 2 | Trips and exchanges
Teaching ML at A-level: ideas and solutions (literature and film) Teaching ML and KS3 & 4, including SEND IT in the ML classroom Projects, initiatives and co-curriculum |
| 1425 | Panel discussion | Covering strategic issues guided by questions from the floor, such as
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| 1510 | Close |