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Sean Murphy (M.C., educator and one-time Tokyo resident (website link) has gotten together with Japanese stand-up Takashi Wakasugi to create an all-new Games Boy JP, a curriculum-aligned comedy show + workshop for secondary schools. It’s about delving into language and culture far beyond the cliches of sushi and samurai, offering students a taste of teenage life in the Land of the Rising Sun. For more, check out a quick video trailer here + digital brochure attached.

The NSW Department of Education has updated its Stage 6 Continuers text types support documents. By using these guides, you can support your students to develop and refine their writing skills across a range of tasks. The guides contain advice on sample purpose, structure and language features. Click on the links below to access the document for your language: Arabic Continuers - text types Chinese Continuers - text types French Continuers - text types German Continuers - text types Indonesian Continuers - text types Italian Continuers text types Japanese Continuers - text types Korean Continuers - text types Modern Greek Continuers - text types Spanish Continuers - text types

At their Term 2 statewide staff meeting on 22 May, the Languages and Culture team looked at 'Assessment ideas for various contexts'. Here is the recording of the meeting. During the meeting, the team shared 8 assessment task ideas, aligned with the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus, with variations to support different contexts and outcomes.

The NSW Department of Education has just published a full unit of work for Stage 4 Italian - 'Do you like school?'. The unit is aligned to new syllabus outcomes and content, and embeds examples of current language learning pedagogies. You can 'pick up and teach' the unit this term! 😊 It includes everything you need, including all resources - you'll just need to make refinements to meet student need in your context. Check it out now. To learn more about the unit, as well as the scope and sequence and embedded pedagogy and assessment, you can view the launch recording on our YouTube channel. (Edit 06.05.24: Post originally published with incorrect infographic. Correct version now displayed.)

The Languages and Culture team's Term 2 statewide staffroom is coming up soon, on Wednesday 22 May, 4-5 pm. The team will be sharing assessment ideas for various contexts, including ideas for how to use them with different languages, outcomes/content and to engage all learners. To enrol, please go to MyPL and search for course code NR29242, then select the session Languages statewide staff meeting, Term 2 2024. Remember, if you have attended a SWS meeting before, it will say 'Completed'. Ignore that and click on the course, then select the upcoming meeting by clicking the circle next to its name. Then click the red 'Re-enrol' button at the top of the screen. Course code: NR29242 Session name: Term 2 statewide staff meeting - Assessment ideas for various contexts Date: Wednesday 22 May Time: 4-5 pm Venue: MS Teams - the link to the meeting will be emailed to you with your enrolment confirmation from MyPL Teachers from all sectors are welcome. 😊

Did you know NESA has published language-specific examples (K-6 and 7-10) and grammar guides for 19 modern languages, to accompany the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus? You can access the support via the 'Teaching and learning support' tab in the digital syllabus .

Registration is now open for the NSW Indonesian teachers' workshop 2024. The theme of the workshop is Connection, collaboration and revitalisation. Date: Friday 17 May Time: 8:30-3:30 pm Venue: 105 Phillip Street, Parramatta Cost: Nil (DoE teachers), $50 (non-DoE teachers) Presentations include: Indonesian resource sets for the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus Assessment ideas for the new syllabus Listening tasks - Sudah tidak asing lagi di telinga murid kita! Sang Pemimpi - more than just a dream! Using success criteria in assessment tasks Years 7-12. This will be a wonderful opportunity to network. Please register using the registration form. For further information, please contact Coreena Allen, Languages Advisor on 0436 851 211 or at coreena.allen@det.nsw.edu.au. (NESA Accrediation for 5.5 hours pending.)

The Languages and Culture team is looking forward to hosting the 2024 NSW Japanese Teachers’ Conference and bringing together teaching colleagues from NSW and beyond, for a day of professional learning, collaboration and networking. A range of quality professional learning awaits with sessions suitable for teachers of all stages and contexts. This conference is suitable for beginning teachers through to experienced teachers – there is something for everyone. The conference theme is Empowering teachers, inspiring learners. Venue: Novotel Parramatta Sydney Date: Friday 3 May 2024 Time: 8:30 am-5:00 pm Attending the NSW Japanese Teachers' Conference 2024 will contribute 5 hours and 30 minutes of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD. To register or to find out more information, visit the conference website.

The NSW Department of Education has just published a full unit of work for Stage 4 German, aligned to new syllabus outcomes and content. The unit showcases explicit teaching, and embeds examples of current language learning pedagogies. You can effectively 'pick up and teach' the unit - it's like a textbook chapter with matching workbook activities, designed just for Term 2 German. You'll find 46 resources, fun activities and games, as well as formative and summative assessment opportunities - you'll just need to make refinements to meet student need in your context. Check it out now at the department's German 7-10 web page. If you'd like to learn more, why not attend the launch? All sectors welcome. Enrol via MyPL. Date: Wednesday 27 March 2024 Time: 4-5 pm Course code: NR29242 Session name: Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus - launch of German support (The meeting will have the title 'Languages statewide staff meeting'. Please click on this link, click 'sessions' and you will then see the German support session. Then click on 'Attend session' to enrol.)

Carrousel Theatre are touring NSW in May this year and still have availability for schools. These bilingual puppet shows are interactive, with language content adapted for each audience. They are aimed at students in primary or Years 7, 8 and 9. Puss in Boots is available in Chinese, French, German, Italian and Spanish. The Jungle Book is available in Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. Janguru bukku is available in Japanese. Contact info@carrousel.com.au for more information.

The Languages and Culture team runs 18 language teacher networks acoss NSW. Networks are cross-sectoral, so teachers from all sectors are very welcome. :-) Enrol via My PL. If you don't have an account, it only takes a moment to create one. Here's what's coming up in Term 1. All meetings are focusing on engaging activities in the languages classroom, unless otherwise indicated. Far North Coast - Wednesday 20 March, 3:30pm, course code NR38472, online Queanbeyan - Tuesday 26 March, 4pm, course code NR38472, online Macarthur - Wednesday 20 March, 4pm, course code NR38472, Campbelltown Office Sydney Northwest and West - Thursday 21 March, 4pm, Melonbah HS (contact the network leader Alicia North for details) Illawarra - Tuesday 19 March, 3:45pm, course code NR38472, The Bistro @ Figree HS Mid North Coast - Wednesday 20 March, 4pm, course code NR38472, online Sydney North - Friday 15 March, 2pm, course code NR25533, online (sharing materials for the new extension courses for French and Japanese) New England - Wednesday 27 March, 3:30pm, course code NR25533, online Sydney South - Tuesday 26 March, 4pm, course code NR38472, online (engaging activities + strategies to promote langauges + using AI to make our jobs easier) Virtual - Monday 25 March, 4pm, course code NR38472, online Lower North Coast - Tuesday 26 March, 3:30pm, course code NR38472, online South Coast - Wednesday 27 March, 4pm, course code NR38472, online If you need help, contact your local network leader.

The NSW Department of Education has just published downloadable posters to support language teachers and faculties to articulate what’s observable in classrooms and why these aspects are important, in relation to the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus. They can be used for teacher self-reflection, lesson observations and faculty discussions. The aspects include: using the target language to communicate, focusing on a spiral approach to language learning students interacting with spontaneity, exchanging and negotiating meaning content linking directly to students’ personal worlds all students being central to lesson design, with inclusive language, approaches and resources backward mapping of content to allow for strong foundations for future learning. Download the posters from the Planning, programming and assessing languages 7-10 page - scroll to the bottom of the page, where you see 'Staffroom posters'.