NEW Comenius South West website launched!
www.comenius-sw.co.uk is the new home of Comenius South West. The colourful new design will replace these pages which will go offline in the near future. An automatic redirection notice will replace these pages.

New programme for 2007-08 announced
Comenius South West's programme of CPD opportunities includes courses for primary and secondary teachers with tantalising titles such as "Beyond the Cuddly Toy" and "Improving Motivation at KS3" and take place around the region in Bristol, Exeter, Cornwall, Bournemouth and Wiltshire. Go to our CPD page to find out more.

Language Courses for Primary Teachers 2007/08
Would you like to feel more confident about teaching a foreign language? With the deadline of 2010 fast approaching and the likelihood that MFL in primary schools will become compulsory rather than an entitlement, here is your opportunity to refresh your skills or even learn a language from scratch. Go to our CPD page to find out more.

Comenius South West Spring 2007 Newsletter
To download the latest edition of our newsletter including pictures from the Andalucian link, the Primary Languages Training Zone, the KS3 Development and Dissemination programme, the Bristol primary conference and our latest programme of events and details of new resources available from us download here (pdf 2 MB).

Free Spirit Poetry Competition 2007
This European Language Award winning competition is open to pupils aged 10-18 in Primary, Middle and Secondary schools in the UK. There are three entry groups: Years 6-8, 9-11, 12-13. There are four entry categories: French, German, Spanish or Other Languages. Even with limited language, pupils can produce exciting work by ‘playing’ with words and language, perhaps around a theme. Try experimenting with shape poems, acrostics, Haiku and recipe poems – or compose a pop song, rock song, ballad or rap, perhaps to illustrate a grammatical point. Why not liaise with your English and Music departments or surf the net for ideas before beginning this project? The winning poem and song in each language category (this may be from any age group) will receive:
8 Winners £50
8 Runners-Up £25

Download more detail here (pdf 323 KB).

Comenius South West Autumn 2006 Newsletter
To download the latest edition of our newsletter including news of the Andalucia link, website resources, news from Bournemouth, Dorset and Gloucestershire our latest programme of events and details of new resources available from us download here (pdf 1.37 MB).

Comenius South West Summer 2006 Newsletter
To download the latest edition of our newsletter including news of significant links with Spain, reports of a host of primary conferences, our latest programme of events and details of new resources available from us download here (pdf 836 KB).

New Comenius Resource Base
A new Comenius SW Resource Base is now open at the University of the West of England, Bristol. There is a large collection of materials for primary and secondary teaching as well as limited selection of FE/AE materials, which we intend to develop further in the next few months. More...

An international welcome in the South West!
Comenius South-West has been instrumental in helping the Tourism Skills Network in Cornwall win Objective One financing for a project to promote languages for the tourist industry. Read more...

Bringing language learners together in the far South West
One of the effects of the decline in language learning has meant that enthusiastic linguists in rural areas may feel isolated and even deprived of languages because of small classes in second languages in schools and at A-level in country schools. Read more..