About me « SHopkins’ Languages Blog

About me

Hello, and welcome to my Languages Blog. I am an AST working in Ilford, London. I teach French, Spanish and Music in a fab east London high school. I hope that this site will be used by students and colleagues alike to access learning and teaching resources and study support, and of course to give me feedback on how i’m doing, and on how they’re doing. Enjoy x

6 Comments »

This is amazing. Your students are already really involved.
C

Comment by C. Watkins | November 26, 2006 | Reply
Hello Steph,

I was in London today and came to check out your blog. You gave me some great ideas and I had wanted to ask your advice. I’ve been wanting to get a blog up and running with my Year 9s and a class in Germany. The project in itself is great, but that then means I’m exposing my class on the internet to whoever is out there. Do you have any advice?

Many thanks,
Moira

Comment by moira | May 15, 2008 | Reply
Hello Moira,

Steph passed your comment on to me, in the hope that I could give you a bit of advice. If you are planning to set up a project with a class in Germany, and are concerned with exposure to the dangers of the internet then your best bet woule be to set up a ‘wiki’. Wikis are similar to blogs, but allow for much easier collaboration, and can be locked down or even hidden from any prying eyes. A blog by its nature should be available for all to see, because as blog writers we like people to read what we write about. We use wikis, however, for individual classes or groups where the content is meant to be for a select group of readers/contributors. I suggest you check out our blog first of all, http://www.northgatemfl.co.uk, and then our wiki – http://www.northgatemfl.wikispaces.com – and see which you think would be most appropriate. Both are free. Let me know if you need any further advice!

Alex Blagona

Comment by Alex Blagona | May 16, 2008 | Reply
Many thank Alex. I will have a look and hopefully get this set up and running in the next two weeks.

Thanks again,
Moira

Comment by moira | May 18, 2008 | Reply
Hello Steph

I just did a google search for pupil friendly National Curriculum descriptors and your blog came up. Reading between the lines of your blog (which I’m very impressed with by the way!) I think you might be the Steph Hopkins I worked with at SHSG all those years ago when I was an NQT!

Anyway, I was wondering if in your work as an AST you have come across any updated pupil friendly curriculum descripors? Many thanks

Lindsay

Comment by Lindsay Bainbridge | September 1, 2008 | Reply
Hey Steph,

apologies for getting in touch thru the blog, butdon’t have your e-mail address.

However, I have a strange feeling that yur wedding day is gettng near… If so, have a great time and I hope everything runs smoothly for you.

Hope you’re well,

Chris x

Comment by Chris Fuller | December 18, 2008 | Reply