Students must be enrolled at schools offering Cambridge International Primary (age group 5-10 years old) and /or Lower Secondary (11 to 14 years old) to participate.
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Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary learners can get the opportunity to early recognize their creative skills.
Cambridge Creative Learner Competition
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6 Winners (3 winners for Primary and 3 winners for Lower Secondary) will be honoured at a prize-giving online event in September 2021 (date TBC). Winners will receive:
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The competition is open for schools that are registered for Cambridge Primary and/or Cambridge Lower Secondary Programmes.
All participants will receive a digital certificate of participation upon submitting their stories
For learners in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Cambridge Creative Learner competition is administered by experts from Cambridge team. For any queries related to the event, please contact cambridgemena@cambridge.org.
Write your story – use your imagination and creativity to the full, stories must be an original work of fiction created by the students.
Students may choose any topic, as long as it is age-appropriate, and they must be the original unpublished work of the student entering the contest.
Stories must include between 8-10 illustrations or drawings created by the student. The Illustration must be hand drawn or hand painted by the student. Illustrations created digitally will not be accepted.
Entries can be fiction, non-fiction or poems and may not be longer than 1000 words for Cambridge Primary participants and 2000 words for Cambridge Lower Secondary participants.
The Submission must be the student’s original creation and not contain any previously published or third-party material, including but not limited to any third party’s image, text, illustrations, trademarks, and/or logos.
The Submission must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, defamatory or otherwise objectionable.
Entries are due on Wednesday August 15th, by 5:00PM. Winners will be notified by September 15th, 2021.
Three winning entries will be selected in each age group. We will have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd winner places from Primary and Lower Secondary students. By the end of the competition we will have 6 winners in total.
Entries must be submitted on the portal. Submissions sent by email will not be considered.
The Prize
First place winners will get a signed certificate and a trophy plus having an electronic copy of their work published in the Cambridge University Press catalogue
Second place winners will get a signed certificate and a trophy
Third place winners will get a signed certificate
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Of course, mechanical exercises are useful for practising verb forms and grammar rules. We can’t learn lists of irregular verbs for students. It’s like learning your times tables. You have to rote learn them if you want to speed up your learning. But for grammar to be meaningful (and MEMORABLE), learners need to see how they can use it to communicate things about themselves. That it’s relevant to them and their world. In this session, we’ll explore five ways to make grammar relevant to every learner in the class. Register Here:
10:00 CET
10:00 CET 16:00 CET
20th April
5 FUN ways to personalise grammar with young learners • Anne Robinson
Self-assessment helps learners build understanding of their strengths and weaknesses. For Primary learners it can lead to personal growth and awareness of their learning. It can help learners to realise when they are doing well and provide opportunities for them to ask for help. In this webinar we will look at five FUN ways to help learners evaluate their learning and boost their confidence in the classroom. Register Here:
22nd April
5 FUN ideas to use self-evaluation with young learners • Jane Ritter
The content of young learner classes needs to be relevant, fun and engaging. Student’s Books should be colourful and the content appropriate for the age group’s interests and knowledge. Teacher’s notes should explain how to approach activities and tasks. Often, there are extra resources to draw on. This is all great, but … What about taking content like audio and written texts, pictures, contexts and getting your students REALLY interacting with them? In this session, we’ll explore five FUN ways of doing this. Ideas that you can take away and use with any content, at any level. Register Here:
27th April
5 FUN ways to get young learners to interact with content • Anne Robinson
From world stage to classroom stage, we’ll be working with a number of captivating short stories which contextualise universal values providing a springboard for discussion and project work in the young learner classroom. Register Here:
29th April
5 FUN stories for nurturing universal values in the young learner classroom • Claire Medwell
Teachers and learners around the world value having fun in the young learner classroom. If done correctly, bringing in fun leads to increased motivation and engagement and it helps to avoid feeling that learning English is a chore. But what is fun, and how do we know an activity will be fun for our learners? This webinar will look at the kinds of fun we can bring into the classroom and look at practical ways to bring those ideas to life. Register Here:
09:00 ICT
11th May
5 FUN types of activities to make sure every young learner is enjoying the lesson • Allen Davenport
Teaching pronunciation is important at any level. It helps learners listen better and should not just be about repeating the words correctly. Understanding vocabulary and language in English can be confusing for learners, particularly if they are just learning to read and write. Understanding sound and spelling relationships are important from the start. Implicit teaching of phonology can build confidence and help learners produce language more effectively. It doesn’t have to be boring either. In this session we will look at five FUN activities for you to use with your students. Register Here:
5 FUN ideas to get young learners thinking about Pronunciation. • Jane Ritter
In our classes, we need to be able to check answers and comprehension, get our learners interacting with each other and with the content, vary the pace. So many things to do! In this session, we’ll interact with you, you’ll interact with our content, we’ll vary the pace and you’ll have fun responding! Register Here:
13th May
5 FUN ways to get young learners to respond! • Anne Robinson & Jane Ritter
The importance of vocabulary is recognised by learners and teacher alike, it is a vital foundation needed for learner’s future success. Unfortunately, learning vocabulary is not always as enjoyable, engaging or even easy for students. What exactly is involved in the dynamic and continuous path of vocabulary acquisition and usage? This webinar will look at these ‘steps’, and at practical and enjoyable activities which can be used in the classroom to make this stage of your lesson not just FUN but memorable. Register Here:
5 FUN ideas to make vocabulary jump out of the page for young learners • Nick Mayfield
16:00 CET
04:00 CET
Anne Robinson
Anne is a seminar presenter for Cambridge Assessment English and gives seminars regularly both in Spain and internationally.
Claire Medwell
Passionate about quality English teaching, Claire is a teacher, teacher trainer and independent materials writer, based in Spain.
Jane Ritter
Jane is an author of the Fun Skills Home Fun booklets and other materials and resources for Cambridge University Press.
Allen Davenport
Allen is the Professional Learning and Development Manager for Southeast Asia at Cambridge University Press.
Nick Mayfield
Nicolas is the Teacher Development Manager for Cambridge University Press, Greater China.
Anne Robinson is a seminar presenter for Cambridge Assessment English and gives seminars regularly both in Spain and internationally. She is the author of Fun for Starters, Movers and Flyers 4th Edition and a part of the writing team for Fun Skills, by Cambridge University Press. Anne contributes regularly to the online resource site: World of Fun (worldoffun.cambridge.org) and you can also follow her own blog at teachingtogether.info.
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Jane Ritter is an author of the Fun Skills Home Fun booklets and other materials and resources for Cambridge University Press. She has been teaching adults and young learners for over 20 years in both Italy and Hong Kong and is an experienced Cambridge Examiner and Examiner Trainer. She is a University Lecturer, Teacher trainer, a CELTA and DELTA Tutor and she has been involved in several teaching development and training programmes.
Passionate about quality English teaching, Claire is a teacher, teacher trainer and independent materials writer, based in Spain. She has 26 years of experience in ELT and ESL specializing in infant and primary learners. Her publications include Cambridge Global English stages 4-6 and Fun Skills 1 and 2, by Cambridge University Press.
Allen Davenport is the Professional Learning and Development Manager for Southeast Asia at Cambridge University Press. He has been actively involved in the region for nearly two decades as a teacher, training consultant, academic director, and examiner for numerous international exam boards. Allen holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and master’s degree in education, with a focus on student development. He has been a featured speaker at many international conferences and events, and his professional interests include the development of creativity in learners and investigating how English language teaching is adapting to meet the changing needs language learners.
Nicolas Mayfield is the Teacher Development Manager for Cambridge University Press, Greater China. He has been involved for well over a decade in China and across other parts of Asia teaching, consulting, and preparing custom materials and curriculum. He currently delivers and assesses the CELT-P/S courses across China for Cambridge University Press China. His interests in the field include Primary education and more recently best practices for the use of technology in and out of the classroom.
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