Swanswell Language Network
@swanswell.bsky.social
part of the West Midlands Regional Language Network
https://sites.google.com/sidneystringeracademy.org.uk/swanswelllanguagenetwork/home
https://sites.google.com/sidneystringeracademy.org.uk/swanswelllanguagenetwork/home
EVENT FULL! We have now filled our spaces for the Languages Unlocked event. Schools who have signed up will receive more details shortly. @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 11:41 AM
EVENT FULL! We have now filled our spaces for the Languages Unlocked event. Schools who have signed up will receive more details shortly. @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Routes into Languages West Mids have two school spaces available for this event ⬇️ sign up: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/mod...
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Routes into Languages West Mids have two school spaces available for this event ⬇️ sign up: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/mod...
Languages Unlocked 🔓 We are celebrating #IMLD2026 in Coventry on 10th Feb. Open to primary and secondary schools. Sign up here forms.gle/uXE6DoD329WaqY… @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Languages Unlocked 🔓 We are celebrating #IMLD2026 in Coventry on 10th Feb. Open to primary and secondary schools. Sign up here forms.gle/uXE6DoD329WaqY… @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
Proud to be on the panel for this webinar next week. Sign up details are below. Got a question on this topic? Leave a comment below and it will be added to the conversation 🙋🏻♀️ 🌎 🗣️ @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
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January 14, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Proud to be on the panel for this webinar next week. Sign up details are below. Got a question on this topic? Leave a comment below and it will be added to the conversation 🙋🏻♀️ 🌎 🗣️ @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
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For #ShoutOutForGerman week (organised by @uk.diplo.de, @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social & @daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social), I will be delivering an online workshop on myths about German on 22 January, aimed primarily at Key Stage 4-5 language learners.
To sign up: bit.ly/3Nwif1i
#German #languages #MFL
To sign up: bit.ly/3Nwif1i
#German #languages #MFL
January 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
For #ShoutOutForGerman week (organised by @uk.diplo.de, @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social & @daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social), I will be delivering an online workshop on myths about German on 22 January, aimed primarily at Key Stage 4-5 language learners.
To sign up: bit.ly/3Nwif1i
#German #languages #MFL
To sign up: bit.ly/3Nwif1i
#German #languages #MFL
Webinar link for tomorrow's session on supporting HHCL learners to GCSE & beyond has been sent out. If you would still like to attend, or haven't received the link, please get in touch!
January 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Webinar link for tomorrow's session on supporting HHCL learners to GCSE & beyond has been sent out. If you would still like to attend, or haven't received the link, please get in touch!
Calling all Heads of #MFL #ExamsOfficers #EAL leaders! Free webinar from Ethnic Minority Achievement Services Coventry and @swanswell.bsky.social
on Supporting Home Heritage Community Language Qualifications at GCSE #HHCL Sign up here shorturl.at/aOVx0 14th Jan 15:30-17:00 @ioe.bsky.social
on Supporting Home Heritage Community Language Qualifications at GCSE #HHCL Sign up here shorturl.at/aOVx0 14th Jan 15:30-17:00 @ioe.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Calling all Heads of #MFL #ExamsOfficers #EAL leaders! Free webinar from Ethnic Minority Achievement Services Coventry and @swanswell.bsky.social
on Supporting Home Heritage Community Language Qualifications at GCSE #HHCL Sign up here shorturl.at/aOVx0 14th Jan 15:30-17:00 @ioe.bsky.social
on Supporting Home Heritage Community Language Qualifications at GCSE #HHCL Sign up here shorturl.at/aOVx0 14th Jan 15:30-17:00 @ioe.bsky.social
#ArabicLanguageDay is celebrated annually on December 18th. Check out some activities you can bring to your classrooms to celebrate on the Swanswell site sites.google.com/sidneystring... 🌎 @ioe.bsky.social @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#ArabicLanguageDay is celebrated annually on December 18th. Check out some activities you can bring to your classrooms to celebrate on the Swanswell site sites.google.com/sidneystring... 🌎 @ioe.bsky.social @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
Fantastic conversation and collaboration at our TeachMeet, focusing on spontaneous speech in preparation for the new GCSE. Great to see so many new faces engaging with the @ioe.bsky.social Language Networks. Resources from the day available to all here: sites.google.com/sidneystring...
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Fantastic conversation and collaboration at our TeachMeet, focusing on spontaneous speech in preparation for the new GCSE. Great to see so many new faces engaging with the @ioe.bsky.social Language Networks. Resources from the day available to all here: sites.google.com/sidneystring...
1st December is Great Union Day, the National Day of Romania. Find out more, including activities to try out in class, on our website sites.google.com/sidneystring... #ncle @grandunionln.bsky.social @trentandtame.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
1st December is Great Union Day, the National Day of Romania. Find out more, including activities to try out in class, on our website sites.google.com/sidneystring... #ncle @grandunionln.bsky.social @trentandtame.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Any fantastic sites or YouTube channels to support students in Home Heritage Community Languages at GCSE or A-Level? I have Arabalicious and TeachItalian - please share any recommendations! #HHCL
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Any fantastic sites or YouTube channels to support students in Home Heritage Community Languages at GCSE or A-Level? I have Arabalicious and TeachItalian - please share any recommendations! #HHCL
Join the round table discussion to know more about how the CAR affects you. Hear from DfE + sector experts. Submit your Qs in advance. 26 Nov, 4–5pm #NCLE
Register: bit.ly/3LLZ82z @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
Register: bit.ly/3LLZ82z @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Join the round table discussion to know more about how the CAR affects you. Hear from DfE + sector experts. Submit your Qs in advance. 26 Nov, 4–5pm #NCLE
Register: bit.ly/3LLZ82z @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
Register: bit.ly/3LLZ82z @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
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1 week left of our November competition!
1,773 schools and over 197,000 students are taking part in 66 countries 👏🎉🌟
It's double points day this Friday, the last chance for your students to earn double points!
#languagenut #languagenutcompetition
1,773 schools and over 197,000 students are taking part in 66 countries 👏🎉🌟
It's double points day this Friday, the last chance for your students to earn double points!
#languagenut #languagenutcompetition
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
1 week left of our November competition!
1,773 schools and over 197,000 students are taking part in 66 countries 👏🎉🌟
It's double points day this Friday, the last chance for your students to earn double points!
#languagenut #languagenutcompetition
1,773 schools and over 197,000 students are taking part in 66 countries 👏🎉🌟
It's double points day this Friday, the last chance for your students to earn double points!
#languagenut #languagenutcompetition
Fantastic to see so many beautiful entries for the #EuropeanDayofLanguages2025 poster competition. Well done to all who took part! 🎨🌎💟
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November 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Fantastic to see so many beautiful entries for the #EuropeanDayofLanguages2025 poster competition. Well done to all who took part! 🎨🌎💟
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This week we held our inaugural Roma Room lunchtime club, where we met with students from Roma backgrounds, who shared some of their traditions and values. We can't wait for the December meet up, to learn about Christmas traditions! 💚❤️💙
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This week we held our inaugural Roma Room lunchtime club, where we met with students from Roma backgrounds, who shared some of their traditions and values. We can't wait for the December meet up, to learn about Christmas traditions! 💚❤️💙
Supporting exchange between young people from the West Midlands and Germany @astonpress.bsky.social Nov 3rd at 5pm to discuss experiences, opportunities and hurdles to youth exchange between the UK and Germany with various experts shorturl.at/nvmZK @ioe.bsky.social @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Supporting exchange between young people from the West Midlands and Germany @astonpress.bsky.social Nov 3rd at 5pm to discuss experiences, opportunities and hurdles to youth exchange between the UK and Germany with various experts shorturl.at/nvmZK @ioe.bsky.social @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social
Don't forget to sign up for our TeachMeet focussing on the new speaking GCSE for French / Spanish / German. We will be looking at @aqaeducation.bsky.social and @pearsoneducation.bsky.social 🌎💬 forms.gle/Jv8xrfjWE4Ve... @ioe.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Don't forget to sign up for our TeachMeet focussing on the new speaking GCSE for French / Spanish / German. We will be looking at @aqaeducation.bsky.social and @pearsoneducation.bsky.social 🌎💬 forms.gle/Jv8xrfjWE4Ve... @ioe.bsky.social
Sidney Stringer Academy and Saint Augustine's students had a creative workshop in French with author and illustrator Magali Le Huche last week, as part of #FrancophonieontheRoad from @ifofficiel.bsky.social. They practised their listening skills to design creatures that were definitely #farfelue 📖🎨
October 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Sidney Stringer Academy and Saint Augustine's students had a creative workshop in French with author and illustrator Magali Le Huche last week, as part of #FrancophonieontheRoad from @ifofficiel.bsky.social. They practised their listening skills to design creatures that were definitely #farfelue 📖🎨
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Join experts and educators on Wednesday, 8 October, from 4-5 pm for a tour of NCLE's new professional learning platform, LEO, and discover how it enhances language provision, pedagogy, and practice.
Register here 👉 tinyurl.com/3p4pnyha
#languages #ncle
Register here 👉 tinyurl.com/3p4pnyha
#languages #ncle
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: LEO (Language Educators Online): NCLE's New CPD Platform! . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
We are delighted to introduce our new professional learning platform: LEO. Tour our interactive, flexible, and engaging professional learning platform in this webinar. Learn how experts, initial…
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October 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Join experts and educators on Wednesday, 8 October, from 4-5 pm for a tour of NCLE's new professional learning platform, LEO, and discover how it enhances language provision, pedagogy, and practice.
Register here 👉 tinyurl.com/3p4pnyha
#languages #ncle
Register here 👉 tinyurl.com/3p4pnyha
#languages #ncle
A brilliant morning spent with JLH Languages who came in to serve up an immersive Spanish breakfast to Year 11 students at Sidney Stringer Academy
October 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A brilliant morning spent with JLH Languages who came in to serve up an immersive Spanish breakfast to Year 11 students at Sidney Stringer Academy
What a fantastic afternoon with workshops from @warwick-smlc.bsky.social on German and Chinese calligraphy #CultureDay Well done to all pupils involved! @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
What a fantastic afternoon with workshops from @warwick-smlc.bsky.social on German and Chinese calligraphy #CultureDay Well done to all pupils involved! @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
We are SO excited to be welcoming students from local primary and secondary schools to our Celebration of Languages & Cultures today. Bulgarian Dance & Bhangra this morning… stay tuned for this afternoon! @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
We are SO excited to be welcoming students from local primary and secondary schools to our Celebration of Languages & Cultures today. Bulgarian Dance & Bhangra this morning… stay tuned for this afternoon! @trentandtame.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
Fantastic to see Sidney Stringer Primary School enjoying our game of Snap on #EuropeanDayofLanguages - thank you for sharing! 🃏🌎🏫
September 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Fantastic to see Sidney Stringer Primary School enjoying our game of Snap on #EuropeanDayofLanguages - thank you for sharing! 🃏🌎🏫
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It's #EuropeanDayofLanguages today! This year's theme is opening hearts and minds. We'd love to know what you do in your setting to make young people love languages. ❤️ Please get in touch to share your great ideas.
@swanswell.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
@swanswell.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It's #EuropeanDayofLanguages today! This year's theme is opening hearts and minds. We'd love to know what you do in your setting to make young people love languages. ❤️ Please get in touch to share your great ideas.
@swanswell.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social
@swanswell.bsky.social @grandunionln.bsky.social