PLN Customer Testimonials
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We love the inspiring activities and the variety in the lessons. It is so useful for teachers who aren't as confident. The children love it. Plus, the children love Emilie.
Rachel Ault
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I really enjoy the scheme, the choice of the PowerPoints but especially the teaching videos by Irene. It’s effective, it’s not overpowering but I can see the progression
Monika Hammersley
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Helped an enormous amount on getting our MFL curriculum to where it is now with progression throughout school, Ks1 scheme, theme days and hugely inproved teacher and student confidence.
Terry Dobbins
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I like the support for non-specialist teachers and how straightforward the scheme is. The scheme is fun and engaging for the children and they look forward to their French lessons each week.
Olivia Taylor
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The confidence it gives our staff to able to teach Spanish effectively is priceless. Spanish is now consistently being taught across the school allowing children to get the enjoyment out of languages that they should.
Tom Hooper
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This scheme works perfectly for our school. We love that it is friendly for those teachers that don’t have a lot of confidence in teaching languages. The video to teach lessons have massively supported our accurate pronunciation of Spanish words phrases. The children across all key stages are always excited for their language lessons and they love to compete to win the termly language certificate!
Amy Coghlan
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Staff have adopted the scheme with a smile and heart-felt thanks for the support PLN has given us. From children to HLTAs, teachers and the MFL lead, PLN has helped us all improve in our language development, confidence and/or subject coordination.
Andrea Berry
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The French is correctly spoken, lessons are really easy to teach and plan from including fully resourced… just love it. Thank you
Kate Lees-Smith
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I’ve only recently signed up for PLN, and I’ve been so impressed by the wealth of materials and resources it includes. The curriculum covers a wide range of topics and the documents that come alongside the scheme to show and track progression have been huge timesavers for myself as a subject lead. I feel so excited to introduce this across key stage 2 ready for September and feel like it will be an amazing support to staff who lack in confidence with language teaching.
Abigail Cooper
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The lessons are a great way to embed languages within schools. The children enjoy the lessons and for staff who are non specialists, it is a great resource. The website is easy to navigate and use with all the resources that are needed for the lessons.
Alex Entwistle
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The support is amazing. PLN resources are well structured and revised and updated when necessary. Great progression across the scheme. The lessons are so useful for non specialist teachers who can deliver them easily and with confidence. I love how all the resources are together with the lesson. Another plus is all the extras such as help with writing your policy and planning documentation.
Rachel Stewart
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PLN provides a supportive scheme of work which allows all our teachers from Reception to Year 6 to access and deliver high quality lessons. The PLN conference is informative and reinvigorating, providing me with lots of ideas for the new school year.
Laura Pinner
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Everything is there at the touch of a button- planning, resources, assessment, teacher aides…. Makes my life much easier!
Judith Potts
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You provide amazing primary languages resources for both the specialist and non-specialist in equal measure. Having a native speaker for the children to listen to is so valuable. Your resources keep getting better and better and CPD provides high quality training.
Katie Gallop
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Our children absolutely LOVE Irene; she is such a big hit at Delves, and our teaching staff likewise appreciate the warmth of her personality.
Delves Junior School
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Thanks to everyone at PLN. We are very proud of what our children have and continue to achive with the help of PLN. We had an enrichment morning earlier and the teacher from our local schools was amazed at the retention and knowledge demonstratd by our pupils. Thank you very much!
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This is a wonderful scheme and is highly supportive for non specialists.
Fiona Trafford
Lickey Hills Primary School -
Really well teachers feel confident that vocab is pronounced expertly
Chloe cottis
Eaton park academy -
Our school loves it - that’s pupil and teacher alike! It’s gone from being a session people dread to teach to one that is welcomed and celebrated.We’ve just had an Ofsted inspection and MFL was chosen for a shallow dive by a French HMI and he gave us outstanding’ for quality of education (please don’t publish this until after Easter as report not due out until then)
Joanna Bayliss
Birchwood Primary -
We absolutely love the Video2Teach scheme. It has made teaching Spanish achievable and enjoyable for teachers who are not specialists. The children enjoy it as well.
Kylie Watson
Eastfield Primary Academy
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Video2Teach is an excellent, user-friendly resource that is perfect for both primary language specialists and non-primary language teachers in my school. The inclusion of Emilie as a native French speaker is a standout feature, as children love listening to her and eagerly try to mimic her pronunciation. The scheme is progressive, guiding learners through the four stages of learning with a wide range of enjoyable and accessible activities. Each year group collects a sample of children's work to put in a Floor Book, which clearly demonstrates our learning journey. The Video2Teach activities are all rooted in child-friendly topics, making language learning both fun and effective for children and teachers alike.
Katie Gallop
Stockton Heath Primary, Warrington -
School love it and it has helped the children to pronounce things better. The confidence of teachers has improved which has meant that lessons are being delivered more regularly. The KS1 video to teach has really improved things as that could sometimes be difficult for staff.
Jack Hazeldine
Shavington Primary -
Video 2 Teach is very helpful for lessons and really supports non specialist teachers. It has made a positive impact on the children's, listening and speaking skills having the videos for each lesson/.
Ashley fox
The Rydal Academy -
The Video2Teach scheme has been really helpful when I have needed a collague to cover for me. Pupils are still getting a native Spanish speaker in their lessons.
Monica Gonzalez
Blean Primary School -
After joining a requires improvement school as deputy back in 2022, one of the big factors that needed addressing was the curriculum. As a languages specialist, Video2Teach has allowed my teachers to deliver Spanish with the safety net provided by Irene, a native speaker and wonderfully creative teacher that children across the school have come to recognise. In just the first year, children across KS2 could be heard singing the songs found on the website and talking about their learning!
Joe Barnes-Moran
St. Luke’s CE Primary School -
Our teachers love it! If you are not a native speaker it is perfect as it teaches the correct pronunciation. It is clear, easy to follow and the children engage and respond well to it.
Katie Hewson
Meltham Moor -
Our teachers have found it amazing to have a fluent speaking French teacher as non of our staff are fluent and therefore it is CPD at the same time!
Janet Aitchison
Belle Vue Primary School -
The teachers that teach French in this school love this as they arent specialised and they can pause and expand on teaching points
Ann Marie O'Brien
Conifers Primary School -
I have noticed an increase confidence in teaching and also with children speaking french. We have found it has massively increased the enjoyment of the lessons!
Harriet Mackinney
St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy -
The new video to teach has received very positive feedback from teachers in our school, it has encouraged teachers to be more creative with their lessons
Sarah Nockles
Frithwood Primary School -
The confidence levels in staff are at their highest they have been and because of this, pupils are more engaged and absolutely love learning with Irene.
Caroline Wheeldon
Abbeymead Primary School -
Excellent service teaching MFL for teachers with little confidence.
Anthony White
Royston St John Baptist CE Primary School -
Please would you emphasise to Irene that our children absolutely LOVE her; she is such a big hit at Delves and our teaching staff likewise appreciate the warmth of her personality and the ease with which they can teach her lessons!
Tracy Cattel
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Our pupils love spanish lessons thanks to PLN.
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PLN supports our specialists and non-specialist teachers equally, and it has given the subject a direction and consistency that we have needed
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The lessons are brilliant! A fantastic resource that we wouldn't like to be without!
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It has been wonderfil to learn spanish alongside the children
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It has really raised the profile of spanish not only with our children but our teachers
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Premium Plus is allowing staff to enjoy Spanish as their own confidence grows
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We love it! Our non language experts appreciate the simplicity of delivering the lessons.
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Everyone in our school loves premium plus!! It's so easy to follow and the actvities are brilliant!! It makes teaching much easier
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Without PLN I really wouldn't be as confident as I am leading languages in my school
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The video lessons have been invaluable for teacher's who were struggling with pronunciation and vocabularly
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Our teachers now love teaching a subject they previosuly hated
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Very easy to use. Very teacher friendly, Very pupil friendly.
Jon Brown
Medlock -
We are absolutely loving premium plus at Plymouth Grove so far- It's transformed our teaching in Spanish. Staff confidence has really skyrocketed.
Plymuouth Grove Primary
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Prior to Video2Teach teaching languages was done with a certain amount of reluctance. With V2T not a problem
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premium Plus has taken the pressure off staff worried that they may teach things incorrectly, especially pronunciation
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I delivered it to year 4 last week and said it was fantastic, really easy to use as a non specialistand all the children achieved the LO
Sue Dymond
Winwick CE Primary School -
At Diss Church of England Junior Academy, we have found Primary Language Network to be an invaluable resource for teaching Spanish. One of the standout features is the high-quality video clearly. This not only helps both teachers and students hear authentic pronunciationcontent, where a native Spanish speaker models pronunciation but also allows them to see how words are formed, making learning more effective. The interactive games included in the program are another fantastic element. They make learning fun and engaging, encouraging children to participate enthusiastically in their Spanish lessons. Additionally, the suggested activities promote whole-class interaction, ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be involved in the learning process. Overall, Primary Language Network has greatly enhanced our Spanish lessons, making them more immersive, enjoyable, and effective for both teachers and students
Roseanne Soong
Diss and Cole, St Benets -
Thank you so much for your training session yesterday. Everyone was really positive about the session. They enjoyed the teacher upskilling section of the training and now feel much more confident in knowing that the spanish 'expert' is there to help with the pronunciation of the spanish words. The suggestions on how to use the resources for mini-games and whiteboard work was also useful.
Penny Ratcliffe
Woodside -
Thank you for our training session today; it was very helpful. The platform looks straightforward and very entertaining, so staff are very excited about using it! We had a good discussion afterwards and I believe they all feel confident and supported at this stage. I think the length of the session was perfect and all staff were happy to explore independently afterwards. I will let you know if we have any further questions once we are more established using it, but at this stage I would say congratulations on what appears to be a fabulous platform!
Fiona Etheridge
Kirklees -
Thank you so much for the training – it was really useful especially access to the Video2Teach as it will develop staff knowledge and confidence in teaching. It was also really useful to see how KS1 could use the scheme and this will definitely be something we introduce as a school. Also, the staff found it helpful to see what the children should be able to achieve at the end of each stage.
Hayley Beeching
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Thanks so much for last night's training session. Everyone was very positive about it. The training was very clear and staff felt reassured how easy the site was to navigate. They felt more reassured having seen the video clips and planning tools etc about delivering their sessions. You packed a lot of information in, in a short time which was great.
Joanne Westhead
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Thank you leading the training. The staff are now much clearer on how to access the portal effectively to support their lessons. We are also more familiar with where to start on the scheme given our individual school circumstances. The training was catered to the needs of our schools and the staff found it extremely useful.
Natalie Kelly