SCILT opportunities
Created in session 2018-19 and inspired by the design-based television programme Amazing Spaces, this inter-disciplinary competition combines and celebrates Spanish language learning with aspects of design and technology. Aimed at S2 and S3 learners, the competition focuses on building valuable employability skills such as team-working, creativity, organisation, communication and problem-solving. Espacios Increíbles aims to broaden learners' horizons and introduce them to a variety of potential career pathways in different fields.
Le Foot et La Francophonie is a national competition organised by SCILT with combines inter-disciplinary learning in French and Physical Education. Le Foot et La Francophonie aims to inspire S2-S3 pupils to continue with French by connecting the language, and the countries in which it is spoken, to the high-profile environment of professional football.
Students on their year abroad are linked with a primary or secondary school keep in regular contact with their partner school during their time abroad using blog posts, emails, postcards and other resources. The two-way correspondence between student and class brings the language and culture of the student's host country alive for pupils.
This exciting multilingual poetry project celebrates linguistic and cultural diversity through creative writing, and showcases the many languages which are spoken and learned by young people in school and at home. Pupils from P1-S6 can participate, as well as bilinguals and those studying languages beyond school.
Our World is a national, inter-disciplinary competition for secondary schools, previously run by the Scottish European Educational Trust (SEET) and now organised by SCILT, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages. It combines language learning with the art of filmmaking, bringing in aspects such as design, drama, sound and technology within the context of Learning for Sustainability and environmental education. The competition builds valuable employability skills such as team-working, creativity, organisation, communication, problem solving and much more.
Run for the first time in session 2021-22, this competition invites learners in Scotland to use their words to show how the world can be a better place. Competitors could write about climate change, helping the environment, how we treat one another, equality – whichever area they are most concerned about or would most like to see change. Entries can be in any language (or languages) other than English, in any written format, for example a poem, an essay, a song, a cartoon.