Come and join Joanne Ramsden, Give Me Five! author and international speaker, to enjoy a lovely afternoon in Buenos Aires with a lot of reflection work.

Skills for a changing world:

We know that today’s learners are growing up in a different world to the one we grew up in. In this practical session we will consider how we can support children in developing the necessary skills for our inter-connected age. These include communicating and collaborating with others, thinking creatively and critically, and working to become caring global citizensThe third presentation is a demonstration of the key elements of Give me Five!

Getting the best out of Give me Five!

This session shows snapshots of the main elements of Give me Five!

•Vocabulary presentation through songs

•Grammar presentation through dialogue

•Pronunciation practice through the use of tongue twisters

•Real world text focus through literacy pages

•Developing 2ºst century skills through projects

•Stimulation of curiosity and respect for other cultures through the culture pages•Communication activities

Speaker's Biodata:

Joanne works full time in a Spanish state school as part of the MECD-British Council Bilingual Project. She is currently teaching Science, Arts and Crafts and English Language in lower primary. She is the author of Macmillan Natural & Social Science 1 & 2, Magic Phonics, and is also co-author of Play with Patch and Patch the Puppy 1 & 2 and Give me Five! levels 1-4. She has been involved in the local training programme for Bilingual Schools since it began in 2009 and has given training courses on Synthetic Phonics, CLIL methodology and Arts and Crafts both nationally and internationally

Free of charge.

Don’t miss our final raffle!

Certificates of attendance will be issued.