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At the Languages and Culture team's Term 4 statewide staff meeting, 'Ready, set, program!', the team took a deep dive into a learning sequence from one of their Stage 4 units of work for the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus. Here is the recording of the meeting. During the meeting, teachers had the opportunity to work together to unpack some sample teaching and learning activities from the units of work, in order to: discuss language and communication skills students are using discuss the macro skills, focus areas and outcomes addressed align activities to content dot points discuss ways the activities can be adjusted for students with disability. Attached to this post is a document which summarises the collaborative activity. If you were unable to attend, you still have access to everything you need. And if you did attend, you can review the answers.

The Armidale language teacher network is looking forward to seeing as many teachers as possible at their full-day collaboration on Thursday 16 November. This meeting will include collaboration time with network members to prepare for the implementation of the new Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus, and to develop teaching and learning activities, assessment tasks and marking guidelines. Please enrol on MyPL. Course code: NR25838 Event: Armidale Network Collaboration Day Date: Thursday 16 November Time: 9:00–3:30 pm Venue: Armidale Secondary College, 182 Butler St, Armidale For more information, please contact the network leader Victoria Perrin-Baker.

With implementation almost here, the Languages and Culture team is offering a deep dive into a learning sequence from their support for the new Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus. Statewide staff meetings are open to all teachers from all sectors. To enrol, please go to MyPL and search for course code NR29242, then select the session Term 4 statewide staff meeting - deep dive into a learning sequence from a unit of work for the new Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus. (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.) Date: Tuesday 31 October Time: 4-5 pm Venue: MS Teams - the link to the meeting will be emailed to you with your enrolment confirmation from MyPL

To summarise their support for the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus, and to assist you with planning, the Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education has created 2 'implementation journeys'. The first is for language teachers, and takes you through syllabus familiarisation, exploring how the syllabus is applied, planning for change, and reviewing and reflecting. The second is for head teachers supporting language teachers and leads you through preparing, exploring, planning and reviewing, with your faculty. Please download the journey which best suits your context. You can find them both at https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/curriculum/languages/planning-programming-and-assessing-languages-7-10#Modern1

To support you with your planning and programming for the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus, the NSW Department of Education has just published the following documents: Programming guidelines for the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus (these were published in Term 2 but have been updated to reflect additional support) Unit of work guidelines and sample template for the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus Assessment guidelines for the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus. The guidelines are available on the Planning, programming and assessing languages 7-10 web page. This suite of resources provides comprehensive, step-by-step advice to support language teachers from all contexts across NSW to plan and program with the new syllabus. We recommend reading them in conjunction with a sample unit of work, so you can see the advice ‘in action’, for example French or Japanese - even if you don’t teach these languages, you can still review the sample units for contextualisation of the guidelines.

As the HSC written exams approach, Stage 6 students will be busy doing final preparations. The Stage 6 Continuers – answering listening and reading questions resource can assist teachers and students during this final preparation period. Students often demonstrate strong ability in the target language that is not necessarily reflected in their ability to answer listening and reading questions in English. This resource provides strategies to enhance students' ability to understand exactly what the exam questions are asking and explicit strategies to answer them appropriately. It unpacks the key words from NESA's A Glossary of Key Words that appear in listening and reading questions, from those requiring a literal understanding of the text to ones which require a deeper understanding. Although it is targeted specifically for Continuers students, the resource also applies to skills required of Beginners students in exams.

The Goethe-Institut produces Lingo digital German magazines. They are accompanied by teacher notes and student worksheets, and no subscription is needed. Suitable for Stage 6 Continuers and Extension.

The CLTA NSW will hold a full day of professional development on 27 October 2023. Sessions include: planning for the implementation of the new Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus exploring sample units and resources collaborative programming. For more information please see the attached flyer, you can sign up here.

Co.As.It. is holding an Italian immersion camp for students who will be in Stage 6 Italian Beginners, Continuers and/or Extension in 2024. The details are: Date: Monday 11 December to Friday 15 December 2023 Venue: Vision Valley, Arcadia, Sydney Activities: Intensive Italian workshops everyday as well as recreational activities such as swimming, rock climbing, abseiling and Italian cooking For more details, please email Sorina Cepraga at scepraga@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au

Premio in Classe is a national Italian language competition that seeks to promote the Italian language and culture to secondary school students through creating a short film exploring the theme ‘Italian and sustainability’. Further information is available on the attached flyer.

Did you know we also have a YouTube channel? You can subscribe to see our range of videos and playlists, including: statewide staff meeting recordings - Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus implementation, AI tips, interacting in languages, Stage 6 speaking skills, differentiation, purposeful assessment, using short films in the language classroom, using texts in languages, HSC monitoring, cultures of thinking, HPGE in languages, making adjustments for students with disability, effective feedback, blended learning new syllabus 'how-to' videos literacy and numeracy in languages videos Tanken Centre clips language videos - quality online assessment, teaching and learning in the virtual space, strategies and tools for effective online assessment, digital dates with language teachers online games for language learning subject selection and promoting language study clips language ambassadors HSC orals support.

Sydney Institute of Community Languages Education (SICLE) is hosting a free Greek workshop online. The workshop will focus on using books in the classroom. Workshop title: Enchanting classroom experiences: Get ready to ‘play’ with a book like never before! Date: Saturday 16 September Time: 4:00–5:30 pm Further information and registration details.