Elizabeth (Lilli) Henson

As Head of the language department, I am responsible for SOW, curriculum maps, stretch and challenge across a range of abilities and supporting my co-workers by overseeing their lesson plans, assessments, book scrutiny and reports.

As Head of French, I plan thoroughly and deliver lessons to students in KS3, KS4 and KS5. My forte is the A-Level syllabus to which I am able to bring a lot of experience.

I am passionate about planning and delivering engaging lessons across the curriculum.

My key responsibilities are:

Develop and implement policies and practices which echo the school's commitment to provide effective education to all pupils.

To ensure the department is working consistently to implement and improve the schemes of work, that assessments are set and marked accordingly with constructive feedback and adequate information on how the work may be improved.

To deliver exciting and engaging lessons to all students in KS3, KS4 and KS5. To teach AQA GCSE and AQA A-Level syllabus with very unique resources used in my own education having attended a French school as well as bringing vibrant synonyms, idioms and extraordinary vocabulary, verbs and sentence structure to encourage the students to achieve A* grades.

To mark, feedback and do regular book scrutiny to monitor the students progress.

To write full reports, liaise regularly with parents and to update schemes of work and resources to create exciting well planned lessons.

To ensure pupil's achievements are accurately recorded and that realistic target grades are set.

To ensure classroom management is implemented in a calm and happy way and that the classroom itself is adorned with inspirational work created by the students as well as useful information.

Private tuition to GCSE and A- level students as well as graduates.

Promoting the enthusiasm for teaching and the love of French and France.

I have been incredibly lucky to have been involved with tremendous projects alongside my teaching posts which include taking a youth brigade of 160 young adults to Normandy for the DDAY landings. This has been transformed into a book and a DVD and I was an essential part in coordinating the 14-day experience. My links with the French government alongside my interpreting and translation skills, helped in attaining road closures and several VIP requests.

To be a French teacher within the whole school during a maternity cover.

Delivering exciting lessons and promoting linguistic skills.

Teacher of French to Years 5 and 6, working with Mr James Puxley , who is currently Head at Linton Heights School, where I also spent time teaching.

I also ran an after school French Club at Ashdon school for 7 years – Employed by Gary Brown.

Thoroughly enjoyable experience teaching small classes of primary aged students.

French teacher to the whole school, meaning from reception to year 6. The school comprised of 30 students in each class and 3 classes per year group.

Delivering exciting and stimulating lessons following the national curriculum to enhance listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. My mission was to encourage a passion for languages and to allow the students to develop good intonation and a love to continue learning French going into secondary school.

Translating for protected national heritage and interpreting for buy outs – very fast and exciting! I was living in France at that time.

Working for the French government, preparing for Nicolas Sarkozy term as President. This is experience was tremendous and today helps in my teaching of the A-Level syllabus which is politically heavy and includes UNESCO sites.