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Whitburn cluster 1+2 transition event

Posted on June 15 2018

Lead Linguists from Whitburn Academy planned and devised a project for all P7s within West Lothian’s Whitburn cluster. Each school was given a d...

Posted in: LAupdates, 1plus2 June18

Pupils lead learning in Marr cluster

Posted on June 15 2018

On 2 May 2018, South Ayrshire’s outdoor education centre, Dolphin House, was buzzing with the sound of primary pupils speaking French. Dolphin H...

Posted in: LAupdates, 1plus2 June18

Makaton in North Ayrshire

Posted on June 15 2018

In North Ayrshire ASN schools, the aim is to teach Makaton to pupils and their surrounding community in order to open up pupils’ world of commun...

Posted in: LAupdates, 1plus2 June18

Northern Alliance Learning Festival 2018

Posted on June 15 2018

The Northern Alliance Learning Festival (formerly Aberdeen Learning Festival) took place in February 2018 in Aberdeen. We welcomed Janette Kelso and M...

Posted in: LAupdates, 1plus2 June18

Lingo Leaders to the rescue!

Posted on June 15 2018

Across North Ayrshire, teachers have been confidently embedding the language content from Years 1-3 of the North Ayrshire Language Learning Framework....

Posted in: LAupdates, 1plus2 June18

Global Storytime at Aberdeen City Libraries

Posted on June 15 2018

Aberdeen City Libraries hosted a family Global Storytime at the Central Children’s Library in March 2018 as part of the annual ‘Arts acros...

Posted in: LAupdates, 1plus2 June18

French teacher trainee visit

Posted on June 15 2018

February 2018 saw Aberdeen City Council schools welcome 12 student teachers from the University of Grenoble-Alpes. This is the third year that we have...

Posted in: LAupdates, 1plus2 June18

Aberdeenshire updates: MLAs and GETS

Posted on June 15 2018

It is with great sadness that Aberdeenshire schools say goodbye to two Spanish and six French MLAs and three German Educational Trainees (GETs). These...

Posted in: LAupdates, 1plus2 June18

Update from LFEE

Posted on June 15 2018

Event: International PowerLanguage Conference - Monday 17 September 2018 This year, PowerLanguage is opening its annual conference to practitioners f...

Posted in: othernews, 1plus2 June18

Update from HMIE

Posted on June 15 2018

Following recent inspection activity, secondary school languages staff from Glasgow City Council and City of Edinburgh Council requested professional ...

Posted in: othernews, 1plus2 June18

Science in the language class

Posted on June 15 2018

“Finding out about the wildlife of a country, the geography, investigating habitats, classifying animals, learning about life-cycles and linking...

Posted in: othernews, 1plus2 June18

Learning to teach languages in primary school

Posted on June 15 2018

The Open University and SCILT are delighted to announce that enrolment for their jointly delivered course ‘Learning to teach languages in primar...

Posted in: othernews, 1plus2 June18

Employ a language assistant in a Scottish school

Posted on June 15 2018

The British Council is still welcoming applications to host a Modern Language Assistant (MLA) in schools for the 2018/19 academic year. We are current...

Posted in: othernews, 1plus2 June18

Building your partnership with a French regional authority for education

Posted on June 15 2018

Over the past four years, and in the context of existing education co-operation between France and Scotland*, most local authorities have initiated or...

Posted in: othernews, 1plus2 June18

Working partnership with a musical theme!

Posted on June 15 2018

Thousands of primary school pupils from P5, P6 or P7 have been rehearsing and performing an opera about the exciting voyages of 14th century Chinese ...

Posted in: SCILTnews, 1plus2 June18