Presentation delivered by Lisa Stevens at Entrust Primary Language conference 26th June 2015 about the activities and outcomes of Comenius Regio project between Birmingham and Barcelona 2009-11

1. Make it real -
Barça, Barça, Baaaarça!
Lisa Stevens
Entrust Language Conference 26.06.15

2. Comenius
Regio!
...bilateral partnerships
.... to foster cooperation
... topics of mutual
interest
... to enrich the
educational offering to
young people at school
age
... to offer European
learning experiences Image cc from Flickr @Katerha

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ICU

8. May 2010
Barcelona!

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12. July 2010
Conference

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15. February 2011
CLIL

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18. May 2011
Revelation

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23. July 2011
Celebration

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25. So what?

26. ‘First hand accounts have
led to increased enthusiasm,
excitement and
engagement.’

27. ‘Teacher visits to
Barcelona have allowed
us to ‘magpie’ ideas...’

28. ‘Staff have found it
illuminating... their own
awareness of pedagogy
has increased ...’

29. ‘Pupils have gained a better
understanding of the world... from
the youngest age (they see) the role
they and others play in the wider
world.’

30. ‘Pupils have gone home excited about
their learning and shared it,
continuing the conversation and
widening empathy and
understanding.’

31. ‘I like the fact we are
communicated (sic)’

32. ‘ A personal face to
Spain.’

33. ‘ Difference is to be
celebrated not mocked’

34. Language in isolation
More than words.

35. Awareness of own culture

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Integration

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Getting active

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Literacy

39. Through visiting Els Pins
and sharing what we
saw with our children,
Whitehouse Common
have been inspired!
!
We are now planning to
create an International
Library of our own, with
books from across the
globe, to inspire our
children and raise
awareness of the wider
world.

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Maths and Science

42. Skype
Els Pins and WCPS

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Purpose

44. Context = ideas!
FC Barcelona Barcelona Zoo La Boqueria
El Bosc de Fades L’aquarium
photographs stories books resources

45. then WHCPS would own a part of FCB"
We could buy a
season ticket...

46. “We could make Spanish recipes”
“We could taste and evaluate the different foods”
“We could do something creative linked
to the zoo. Go on a trip to a zoo in
England and find similarities and
differences”.
“The infants could name the animals in
Spanish”
“We could learn
the Barcelona
anthem in
Spanish and
English”
“We could do a
project on
Barcelona FC”
We can compare
football in
England and
Spain”

47. “We can write
setting
descriptions”
!
“We can make
our own Gaudi
style models”
“We can use the photos to
create a story”
“We can play Spanish
sports in PE”
“We could look at where
the different football
players come from using
atlases and maps”
“We could debate about
how close people should
be able to get to animals
in the zoo!”

48. The children’s perception of CLIL:
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“We could use the different books to learn
more Spanish and find out about our topics”
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“I think we could use the pop up books to
explore pop ups and levers in DT and learn
Spanish too”
!
“We can give each year group books that link
to their topics in History, Geography, Science
and Art”

49. SCIENCE / HABITATS

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53. BARCELONA ZOO
AUTHENTIC LLS/KAL SCIENCE PSHE SODA ICU LITERACY

54. Taking
ownership
“Sí
podemos”

55. “ … coming over to Spain… …totally immersing yourself
in Spanish life, makes the idea of teaching through
another language much less daunting.
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I have begun to approach everything we see and do
from a different perspective… …
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I am beginning to see it through the eyes of a language
teacher and can see and understand the benefits of
language and learning complimenting each other
rather than the teaching of language being purely
words.
!
The learning will be relevant and exciting for the
children and the language will become embedded as
part of the learning journey.”

56. Facing a world of
opportunity
!
“I have found the whole experience of Barcelona
inspiring, thrilling and overwhelming.
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There are exciting times ahead and, with
everyone on board, there is the potential for
innovative and forward thinking teaching to find
a significant and relevant place in Whitehouse
Common Primary School.”

57. Entitlement

58. In the
end...
it’s all
about the
kids.

59. lisibo@me.
com
http://lisibo.com

60. Links
!
Official project wikispace - open access
BhamBarcaComenius wikispace - private as
contains pupil images
Project report