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Jean Nisbet's Retiral

03/08 Jean Nisbet Retiral (Formal Presentation)

A formal presentation for Jean was held in the Park Hotel, Kilmarnock. Jean retired on 20th March 2008.

(Click on a thumbnail to see the full picture) Geoff

2008 Conference

The next LTI Conference will take place in Kilmarnock, Scotland, from 27 to 31 October 2008.

East Ayrshire is looking forward to welcoming all of you.

A programme for the visit will be sent out to you very soon.

Huelva Conference - October 2007

Hopefully we will all be meeting up soon in Huelva, Spain for the 'annual' conference.

Here is a good link:- http://www.andalucia.com/cities/huelva.htm

Jean Nisbet cannot make it but Muriel, Stuart and Geoff from East Ayrshire will be there.

New Partner Search

Hello LTI friends,
here's a partner search for you to assist with all your strength and will !!!

Download r.P Tristan Bernard Besancon.doc

Thank you for your help,
Monique CUINET
for the DARIC BESANCON FRANCE

Chinese New Year

Modern Foreign Languages Environment - MFLE Guide to Chinese New Year

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/mfle/sharingpractice/chinesenewyear/index.asp

Chinese New Year will be celebrated around the world on Sunday 18 February.
Join in the fun by visiting the MFLE Chinese New Year Special.

Find out how to wish others a Happy New Year in Chinese, or how to make a
traditional lantern and decorate it with calligraphy. There are Chinese New
Year resources, and suggestions for activities which pupils of any age will
enjoy. Pupils can read about the customs and traditions surrounding this
exciting festival.

The Chinese New Year section can provide a link from languages to other
subjects such as citizenship, geography or modern studies. It's a great way
to learn some words in a new language and find out about other cultures.

Spanish Help

Many thanks to our Spanish colleagues for their help with a problem affecting one of our families. The parents planned to retire to Andalucia taking their severely disabled son with them. Maria Angeles was able very quickly to give my colleagues in the Legal Department and in Social Services a lot of information about education and the kind of social service support this young man could expect in Spain.

We are very grateful for this help. Without the LTI link, we would not have known where to start with this matter!

Partner Search - France

Dear friends,

Here's a junior high school looking for a partner.
You can contact them directly.
They will inform me on the issue of their quest...
Amitiés,
Monique

Download partner_search_coll_lumire.doc

A Curriculum for Excellence

People may be interested in the latest initiative in Scottish Education - "A Curriculum for Excellence":-

http://www.acurriculumforexcellencescotland.gov.uk/

(Geoff)

Literacy Conference

Jean Nisbet would like to remind people that if they want to be invited to our literacy conference on 21 March, she needs to have the office address of the person to write to with the invitation. The full programme for the event will be ready early next week.

Göran's Regards

Fourteen days since you all left Ulricehamn and our LTI conference. I must thank you all for participating in the conference with such an energy. We really could see that we have had a lot of important activities in LTI. We have not been doing what we wanted when we first met in Newcastle, NI. What has taken place are short study-visits but also project as a result of our links. We can do a lot more, Then we have to be in contact with each other through this fantastic Blog and Wiki. I hope we will keep it alive with creative ideas how to cooperate.
Here in Ulricehamn we just have started our internal project about better quality in our schools. 10% of our pupils have not reached a level in their marks that allows them to start secondary school. We want to change that through better education in basic skills in Swedish and Maths. Perhaps this is something that will interest some of you.
I now look forward to our next conference in Huelva. We have time develop concrete ideas for our future cooperation.

Best regards! Göran