Elena Díaz

This arrived today 🤩
Amazing to see my name in print next to the names of people I admire so much!

Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship, including 2,500 men and women from Britain and Ireland

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Head of MFL, Northumberland - Tes Jobs Bedlington Academy, United Kingdom

Exciting opportunity! 🎉 My school is looking for a new Head of MFL following my move to Advisor for United Learning. It’s an amazing place to work with brilliant colleagues + students. Highly recommend! 💫

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Thank you! 🤩

Thank you! Super excited about this 🤩

Exciting news 🎉 From next year I’ll be joining @unitedlearning.bsky.social as MFL Advisor for the North. Proud to be taking on this role and really looking forward to working with an amazing team to champion languages! 🌍✨

A couple of simple and effective planning resources, perfect for teachers and heads of department thinkinged.etsy.com

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Fases de la lección perfecta

A fresh school year is around the corner 🍎
I’ve created planning tools & a teacher planner for secondary, perfect for staying organised, whether you’re in the classroom or leading a department.
Check it out!
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Just made a simple planning resource for long and short time planning for all your classes and put it on my Etsy shop: thinkinged.etsy.com

Just published a super practical teacher planner designed with retrieval in mind.
✔️ Weekly and daily space for planning
✔️ Resources to keep organised
✔️ Retrieval section
Simple, practical and made for busy teachers.

thinkinged.etsy.com

Just published a super practical teacher planner designed with retrieval in mind.
✔️ Weekly and daily space for planning
✔️ Resources to keep organised
✔️ Retrieval section
Simple, practical and made for busy teachers.
📎 tes.com/teaching-res...

🎓 Supporting Year 12 Spanish: Summary Sentences Booklet ✍️ As part of my prep for the new academic year, I’ve put together a set of summary sentences designed specifically for next year’s Year 12 Spanish students. These concise, high-impact sentences are i…

Now with a working link
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Two simple and versatile resources to bulk print before the summer

Consejería de Educación Reino Unido e Irlanda on X: "📣 The new posters from the “Español: A Million Reasons” series and the leaflets about our programmes and resources in the UK are now available! 🖨️ All materials are copyright-free and ready for download, printing and sharing. 👉🔗 https://t.co/8MYPhwqLeS @AccEducativaExt https://t.co/YPXyZiZkwj" / X 📣 The new posters from the “Español: A Million Reasons” series and the leaflets about our programmes and resources in the UK are now available! 🖨️ All materials are copyright-free and ready for download, printing and sharing. 👉🔗 https://t.co/8MYPhwqLeS @AccEducativaExt https://t.co/YPXyZiZkwj

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@theniceman.bsky.social I thought you would appreciate this

Does AI make us dull? Students have answered that question An MIT experiment shows exactly what happens to the brain when writing an essay with the help of AI – and without it

When writing essays, “The more AI assistance was used, the less engaged key brain networks were – especially those involved in memory, attention and executive function. Another was that AI users retained less”

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Thanks, Melody, that’s lovely feedback 😊

Preparing for the Reading Aloud Task in GCSE Spanish To help my Year 10 students prepare for the reading aloud section of the new GCSE Spanish speaking exam, I’ve translated this set of questions from AQA’s German and French reading aloud materials. …

⭐️ NEW SPANISH RESOURCE BLOG ⭐️

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Practical suggestions for grading your Year 10 students taking the new GCSE ML It's the time of year when teachers ask questions on various fora about how to interpret assessment data and how to respond to management,...

Teachers and HoDs are likely to be being asked to give grades for the Year 10 students taking the new GCSE in French, German and Spanish. This post aims to give some practical suggestions on how to do so. helenmyers.blogspot.com/2025/06/prac... #MFLBluesky

🎓 Supporting Year 12 Spanish: Summary Sentences Booklet ✍️ As part of my prep for the new academic year, I’ve put together a set of summary sentences designed specifically for next year’s Year 12 Spanish students. These concise, high-impact sentences are i…

thinkingediaz.wordpress.com/2025/06/20/%...

🎓 Supporting Year 12 Spanish: Summary Sentences Booklet ✍️ As part of my prep for the new academic year, I’ve put together a set of summary sentences designed specifically for next year’s Year 12 Spanish students. These concise, high-impact sentences are i…

⭐️ NEW BLOG ⭐️
#mfltwitterati

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Shorts weather, definitely!

Thank you! It was such a brilliant day! We were looked after so well and the teachers who came to the session were brilliant to work with - 30 degrees in the room and still willing to give everything a go.

I know! How did that even happen?

Just got these from a friend. Today's reminder that while technology is incredible, there's no substitute for a skilled language teacher! Some online translations definitely make for an interesting read. 😉 Grateful for the pros who get it right.

Time to use the lesson that I planned for @AQA MFL with my lovely year 10s 🤩 Find it here: www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/spa...

Keeping Marking Simple in the Face of Complexity Year 7 have been writing about food they like and don't like. This is another classic example of where the teacher's focus and the pupils' ...

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MFL Teacher Conference -MFL Make The Grade This conference empowers MFL leaders with skills to enhance language teaching, boost GCSE outcomes & build high-performing departments.

🇫🇷🇪🇸🇩🇪 Teachers of French, Spanish, German & more – this is your chance to network, learn and plan for success. Book here 👇
🗓️ MFL Teacher Conference | York | 27 June 2025
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