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Linking Learners & Languages Across the Curriculum 2

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Linking Learners & Languages Across the Curriculum
Project 2 - Using Playground Games to Celebrate European Day of Languages
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Opportunities for Learners
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This project aims to:
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Develop skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing another language.
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Promote Literacy across learning.
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Link Languages across the curriculum through interdisciplinary short tasks and longer projects.
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Facilitate transitions from one class to another, one level to another and from primary to secondary.
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Connect learners and share work through innovative use of technology.
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Celebrate learning and give learners a chance to showcase their work, give feedback & develop next steps in their learning journey.
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Task
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Task: Choose a game/traditional playground game & play it (outside) using another language & share it with others.
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Curricular Areas - Literacy, Languages, Technology, HWB & Outdoor Learning
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L2/3: I can use and/or understand language I am learning eg. numbers, colours, animals
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HWB & Outdoor Learning: I can participate in a game (outside) and develop skills such as turn taking, listening or working with others.
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Literacy: I can summarise & explain the main points of the game to someone else. I can remember key words.
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Technology: I can use digital technology to share my work.
Where do I start?
1) Take a look at these playground games & activities that work well outside & choose one. See what games other countries play! Are they the same?

2) Decide what language you want to practise & teach learners the key vocabulary.

3) Have a go at playing the game to practise the core vocabulary!

4) Decide how you are going to share what you have done with others (read on for some ideas), what language learners will use & who you are going to share it with.
Examples
Nursery
Duck Duck Goose
A great game as a warm up or plenary for any lesson - inside or outside.
Top tips: Encourage all learners to chant the words with the caller to practise. Introduce phrases like schnell - quickly or give praise eg. great - toll!
Task
1) Choose a topic eg. greetings

2) Think of a few words on this topic eg. Guten Tag, Tschüss, Auf Wiedersehen

3) Play Duck Duck Goose using words from your topic eg. Guten Tag, Guten Tag, Tschüss
Want a challenge? Learn some new words & play the game or use phrases. Click here for some videos with core language in German on different topics.
Hello = Guten Tag

Goodbye = Auf Wiedersehn

Bye - Tschüss
Sharing this game: Draw a picture of stick people playing this game.
Early Level
1-2-3 Soleil
Your Task - Play this traditional French playground game. What does it remind you of?
Watch this video to see how to play & listen to the instructions in French & English. How many words do you recognise? Or how many new words can you learn?
Adapt it! Use language from a topic you are learning eg. animals/fruit. The caller shouts 1-2-3 un lion/une banane, and learners have to be be/mime the animal/fruit as they freeze.
Share it: Take some photos as you play it.
Variations: How else could you change this game?
First Level
A simple PE game to play inside or outside to warm up & focus on instructions.
Traffic Light Game
red = dearg

orange = orains

green = uaine
Stop! - Stadaibh!

Walk! - Coisichibh!

Run! - Ruithibh!
Have fun!: Say a colour & learners have to follow the instruction. Call the words in different voices or speeds. Why not ask a learner to be the caller!
Share your work: Create a presentation using Google Slides to show this game. Add audio recording too!
Want a challenge? Choose your own colours & give them different instructions!
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