Primary Language Teachers Network    

Regional Primary Language Network groups were set up last year in Education Centres all over Ireland. Primary language teachers now meet on a regular basis to share ideas and resources and groups also host guest speakers. Below you will find information about each specific group's meeting dates and venues and their plans for the upcoming year. Please contact your Regional Project leader if you wish to join the Network group or if you have any suggestions or ideas.

Details of the meetings to be held next term will be posted here in December. If you would like to assist in the organisation of your local network group, please contact your Regional Project Leader.

Details of the last round of meetings held around the country -

 Wexford Education Centre,  Teacher Professional Community (TPC).

Galway

Kildare

The Kildare Primary Languages Network group will meet again on Monday evening, January 18th, 2010 at 7pm. All teachers are welcome to attend. This group has already met in October and in November. Teachers have shared the many modern language resources which were purchased by the group last year. At the last meeting teachers worked together to produce some excellent photostories about Christmas.

Limerick

The Limerick Network group will meet again in the New Year of 2010.

Tralee

The Kerry group is holding a Video Editing Workshop on Feb. 6th at 10am. Please contact Aoife Winston, Regional Project Leader, for further information and guidelines as to what material to bring.

Cork

The Cork Network group had a very successful session with Lucia Atencia on Monday 19th February. Lucia, an MLPSI visiting teacher, shared many ideas on a whole school approach as well as creative approaches that she has successfully used in the classroom in the context of teaching a modern language in Gaeltacht schools.Future evenings have now been planned with teachers sharing ideas on the following possible themes and lesson topics:

March 1st: General sharing of ideas

April 12th: ICT and the Modern Language

May 10th: Where I Live, Colours, Weather and Holidays

May 31st: Food snd Shops, Body and Clothes 

Monday, June 14th, 7pm-9pm: workshop with Carole Nicoll

Author of Franςais Franςais, Italiano Italiano, Español Español and Deutsch Deutsch, Carol Nicoll, returns to Cork for a second year following the popularity of her workshop last year. The workshop will take place in Cork Education and Support Centre, The Rectory, Western Road, Cork.  If interested, please register with Cork Education and Support Centre: 021-4255600 or email Deirdre O' Leary: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Cork Network meetings will be held in the Cork Education and Support Centre (CESC) and all teachers are welcome to attend. For more information about the Cork Network please contact Deirdre O' Leary at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or Pascaline Horan This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Drumcondra

A workshop on the use of the Interactive Whiteboard in the primary modern language classroom has been organised for Monday, January 25th (7.00 - 9.00) . All teachers are welcome to attend. The trainer, Catriona Phelan, will address both Promethean and Smart software. Teachers are invited to bring in their own or a school laptop if possible.

The need for possible follow up workshops and/or other areas of interest for the Drumcondra Primary Languages Network will be discussed on the night. have not met since the initial meeting in September 2008.  For further information please contact the MLPSI Regional Project Leader (Frederique Rantz: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Blackrock

The next meeting of the network will be held in Blackrock Education Centre at 7 pm on December 14th, 2009.

Thank you to those teachers who attended the last meeting  from 7.00 - 9.00 pm on  Wednesday, April 22nd in Blackrock Education Centre. The evening was dedicated to training in the use of the Smartboard and was facilitated by Wendy O'Sullivan. If you are interested in receiving resources from the evening, or want further information about this network, please contact Regional Project Leader Gina McQuaid.

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Thank you also to those who attended the ELP evening courses of March 11th & 18th, 2009 and contributed to enjoyable and informative sessions both nights.

 Navan

The Navan Primary Languages Network is interested in hearing from all MLPSI teachers for suggestions, requests and offers of involvement. For details please contact the Regional Project Leader (Frederique Rantz: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Recent Events

Well done to the Limerick Regional Network Group who recently hosted a workshop delivered by Richard Talleron of Le Francais en Ecosse A very enjoyable day was had by all!   Richard is an experienced MFL teacher trainer in Scotland as well as organising and delivering Comenius French immersion courses in France for primary teachers. For more information on both the immersion courses and how to apply see http://www.lfee.net/immersion.php