E V O L V E S C H O O L: LearnEnglish Kids September 2010

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September 2010

Welcome to the LearnEnglish Kids September newsletter.

In this newsletter you can find out about:

back to school ideas.
the Old Possum's Poetry Competition 2010.
how to give us feedback.
some of the brand NEW content on the site.
where to find information for teachers.

We love to know what you think about our site. Your comments and feedback help us plan for the future. Email us at: learnenglish.kids@britishcouncil.org

back to school

Many children around the world are now back at school after the holidays. We asked our users to tell us about their schools in the Your Turn section of the site. As you would expect, we received a variety or positive and negative descriptions of their schools, which makes interesting reading. We also have seven new Kids Talk videos about school. If you know any children who would like to join our community, and practise their English by writing comments and short texts on our site they can register here.

poetry competition 2010

We are pleased to announce this year's poetry competition in partnership with the Children's Poetry Bookshelf in the UK. This year's topic is 'home'. You can find all the information and the entry forms here. If you are a teacher and would like ideas on how to get your students writing poems for the competition have a look at this article on our Teaching English site. You can also download the competition poster to display in your local school or library.

Thank you for your feedback.

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to send us a message with your comments about our site. We read every single mail we receive and reply to most of them too. Your comments and feedback are very valuable so if you have something to say about the site, please contact us.

We also receive a lot of feeback via our Facebook page, which is now very busy, with almost 2,500 people! It's a useful way to share comments and ideas so please recommend our page to friends who have or teach small children. We would love to see you there! To check out our Facebook page click here.
You can also find us on Twitter and YouTube.

What's New?

She'll be coming round the mountain is our new song. It's an adaptation of a classic folk song and we hope you'll enjoy it. We have several new Word of the Week videos including the words nickname and playground. You will also find some new tongue twisters and some new jokes .

tips for teachers

This month we have some ideas for teachers who would like to take part in the poetry competition with their students. Next month we will have a tip for how to get the most out of the What's Your News? videos, so keep your eyes open for that on our Teaching English site. If you use any of the teaching tips please do let us know how the classes went. All feedback from teachers is valuable and we appreciate your comments.

more from the british council

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