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Scotland’s national centre for languages. Sign up to our weekly email for all our latest news http://bit.ly/SCILTbulletin.

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Join the SCILT/SALT Primary Languages Six in Sixty online show & tell event on 5 Feb during Languages Week Scotland 2026. Six speedy shares from current class teachers shining a spotlight on exciting classroom practice! Register now: https://loom.ly/LYeA-24 #primarylanguages
January 29, 2026 at 1:23 PM
To celebrate Languages Week 2026, in partnership with DYW and eSgoil, we have several exciting online sessions taking place. Find out more and register now! https://loom.ly/1u2WfSk
#ScotlandLovesLanguages #dyw
January 29, 2026 at 11:20 AM
‼️Out now! SCILT professional learning workshops‼️
If you are the person in your department, school, cluster or local authority with a remit to source high quality subject specific professional learning for colleagues, then take a look at our menu of PL workshops: https://loom.ly/MawMwYE #languages
January 28, 2026 at 10:16 AM
‘How much do you really know about Europe?’ It’s time for P6 learners across Scotland to answer this question. Learners are getting ready to test their knowledge of geography, history, languages, culture and European affairs as we celebrate the start of the #Euroquiz heats in local authorities.🏆🥳
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
‼️CALLING PRIMARY TEACHERS‼️
We invite primary staff to take part in a survey to gather information on how multilingualism and Learning for Sustainability are currently supported in Scottish primary schools. It takes 10-15 minutes to complete and closes on 31 January 2026: https://loom.ly/TRoI3mI
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Recently qualified primary teacher or student primary teacher? Our online #ECT Signpost Sessions are for you! They offer advice on supporting multilingual pupils, teaching additional #languages and the chance to network. Sign up for our session on 28 Jan! https://loom.ly/HpIN0Uw
January 26, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Celebrate languages with SCILT and Languages Week Scotland from 2 – 6 February!
The theme is Diverse Voices, Common Ground, and it will be an opportunity to celebrate language learning and multilingualism in Scotland. Find out more! https://loom.ly/GlUHf-Y

#Languages #ScotlandLovesLanguages
January 26, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Join us on 5 Feb for this free, online workshop for secondary practitioners where we will discuss the notion of developing a linguistic mindset through the language that learners experience. Register now! https://loom.ly/rH1bSeI #languages #ProfessionalLearning
January 23, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Join the SCILT/SALT Primary Languages Six in Sixty online show & tell event on 5 Feb during Languages Week Scotland 2026. Six speedy shares from current class teachers shining a spotlight on exciting classroom practice! Register now: https://loom.ly/LYeA-24 #primarylanguages
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Recently qualified primary teacher or student primary teacher? Our online #ECT Signpost Sessions are for you! They offer advice on supporting multilingual pupils, teaching additional #languages and the chance to network. Sign up for our session on 28 Jan! https://loom.ly/HpIN0Uw
January 22, 2026 at 12:16 PM
🌟Article highlight! 🌟Launched in 24-25, the Teachers of German in Scotland network (TOGS) brings together teachers across the country, building a supportive community and raising the profile of German. Read about their creative poster competition in our latest newsletter: https://loom.ly/F5_V3TY
January 22, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Last chance to register! Our next Language Ambassadors session takes place this Friday 23 January. Join us online where your secondary learners will hear from near-peer role models and be inspired to choose #languages as part of their learning! https://loom.ly/WTS0ups
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
‼️Out now! SCILT professional learning workshops‼️
If you are the person in your department, school, cluster or local authority with a remit to source high quality subject specific professional learning for colleagues, then take a look at our menu of PL workshops: https://loom.ly/MawMwYE #languages
January 21, 2026 at 10:30 AM
📰Our latest newsletter features interesting and inspiring articles from partners such as @ifecosse.bsky.social, @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social, Alliance Française de Glasgow, UK-German Connection and others! Read these and more via our website: loom.ly/g__YtvA
January 20, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Are you looking for ideas to celebrate Languages Week Scotland?

Each day throughout the Week, Languages Week Scotland will set a challenge. To help teachers to prepare for these challenges, they have been published in advance: https://loom.ly/jCnuJKI

#ScotlandLovesLanguages
January 20, 2026 at 10:01 AM
To celebrate Languages Week 2026, in partnership with DYW and eSgoil, we have several exciting online sessions taking place. Find out more and register now! https://loom.ly/1u2WfSk
#ScotlandLovesLanguages #dyw
January 19, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Join us on 5 Feb for this free, online workshop for secondary practitioners where we will discuss the notion of developing a linguistic mindset through the language that learners experience. Register now! https://loom.ly/rH1bSeI #languages #ProfessionalLearning
January 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM
To celebrate Languages Week 2026, in partnership with DYW and eSgoil, we have several exciting online sessions taking place. Find out more and register now! https://loom.ly/1u2WfSk
#LWS2026 #dyw
January 16, 2026 at 11:45 AM
🌟Article highlight! 🌟 Our winter newsletter features an article from Stirling High, who share the latest languages activities going on in their school. 📰Read about their celebrations for China Day, EDL, German Unity Day, and a visit to the University of Strathclyde: https://loom.ly/Y-zXMXY
January 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Recently qualified primary teacher or student primary teacher? Our online #ECT Signpost Sessions are for you! They offer advice on supporting multilingual pupils, teaching additional #languages and the chance to network. Sign up for our session on 28 Jan! https://loom.ly/HpIN0Uw
January 15, 2026 at 11:49 AM
If you'd like to offer learners a language qualification in #Mandarin but your department hasn't the capacity we can help! Our Discovering China online classes prepare learners in Scotland for National Qualifications. Register interest for 2026-27 now! https://loom.ly/6RAuz5U
January 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM
🚨Bookings now open! Between Feb and May 2026 SCILT are running 4 in-person workshops in Glasgow. Informed by the latest guidance and examples of current practice, workshops will develop practice related to the home and taught languages in your context. Register for free: https://loom.ly/vhuZ_O4

January 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Our next Language Ambassadors session takes place next week, on Friday 23 January. Join us online where your secondary learners will hear from near-peer role models and be inspired to choose #languages as part of their learning! https://loom.ly/WTS0ups
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM
🌟Article highlight! 🌟 In the latest edition of the SCILT newsletter, we hear from SCILT PDOs about their 'Getting outdoors with primary languages' series. Read about the nature hunts, wood whittling and maths equations in German that took place at these hands-on sessions: https://loom.ly/iwOZuWw
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM