Tag Archives: Gaelic (Learners) Gaelic Education

Briefing on Gaelic Education⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

Our latest briefing on Gaelic Education is now available and features:

Please follow this link for our Briefings.

There are ongoing updates on our blog for GME and Gaelic Learner Education.

Gaelic Education Award/Duais Foghlam Gaidhlig⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

The Scottish Education Awards recognise early learning and childcare settings and schools that have developed a vibrant and progressive culture and climate of continuous innovation in relation to Gaelic Medium and Gaelic Learner Education. The culture and ethos should promote respect, ambition and achievement in Gaelic Education while improving outcomes for all learners in ways which eliminate inequity.

Do you know an early learning and childcare centre or school that can respond to the above statement? Then why not nominate them for the Gaelic Education Award?

Nominations close at 12 noon on Wednesday 14 February 2018

PLEASE NOMINATE AT

www.scottisheducationawards.co.uk

Case Study: Increasing the uptake for languages in the senior phase⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

Scotland’s National Centre for Languages (SCILT) has published a case study which focuses on increasing the uptake for languages as young people move from the broad general education into the senior phase. It demonstrates how self-evaluation has been used to secure improvements.

The case study is available here:

https://www.scilt.org.uk/Portals/24/Library/news/2017/St%20Thomas%20Aquinas%20Secondary%20School%20Case%20Study.pdf?ver=2017-11-17-162149-840

To use a similar approach for Gaelic (Learners), please consider using the following:

How good is our school? (fourth edition)

https://education.gov.scot/improvement/frwk2hgios

Gaelic Learner Education and a 1+2 Approach to Languages

https://education.gov.scot/improvement/Documents/Gael3-16curriculum318LanguageLearning12.pdf

Paragraphs 2.24 – 2.28 of the statutory Guidance on Gaelic Education

http://www.gaidhlig.scot/bord/education/statutory-guidance/

 

Gaelic as part of a 1+2 Approach to Languages⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

SCILT have published a programme of professional learning which practitioners may find useful in implementing Gaelic (Learners) as part of the 1+2 Approach to languages. We have also taken this opportunity to list a few resources which curriculum planners may find useful in taking forward Gaelic as part of 1+2.

 SCILT CLPL Programme

http://www.scilt.org.uk/Portals/24/Library/CPD/SCILT%20Professional%20Learning%20programme%202017-18.pdf?ver=2017-08-24-160919-237

Advice on 1+2 and the role of Gaelic

https://education.gov.scot/improvement/gael9-role-of-gaelic-one-plus-two

Resources for teaching Gaelic as L2 and L3 at the primary stages

Professional learning for teachers, including those who have little or no prior knowledge

https://go-gaelic.scot/

Resources for teaching Gaelic (Learners) as L2 and L3 at the secondary stages

https://www.storlann.co.uk/ceumannan/

Advice to support improvement in Gaelic across sectors:

https://education.gov.scot/improvement/gael3-advice-on-gaelic-education

Legislation:

https://www.education.gov.scot/scottish-education-system/policy-for-scottish-education/Legislation

This link is useful for keeping practitioners up-to-date with our support for quality and improvement:

https://education.gov.scot/improvement/gael4-briefings-on-gaelic-education

Briefing on Gaelic Education⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

The latest Briefing on Gaelic Education is now available.

Seo fiosrachadh ur:

https://www.education.gov.scot/improvement/gael4-briefings-on-gaelic-education

 

National 5 Modern Languages, including Gaelic (Learners) Course Specification⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

SQA has published the revised National 5 Course Specification for Gaelic (Learners). This document contains details of the changes to the performance of talking and the new assignment for writing. The document can be accessed on the SQA website at:

http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/ModernLanguagesCourseSpecN5.pdf

Gaelic Language Enrichment Course for teachers of Gaelic Learner and Medium Education (GLE and GME)⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

When: 2 – 7 July 2017 and 23 – 27 July 2017

Where: South Uist

Fee: £250

Language level: Beginner to Fluent

Brief: This Gaelic Enrichment Course is a career-long professional learning opportunity for teachers of GLE and GME. The course aims to support teachers use and develop their Gaelic language skills within a community setting. The course will be tailored to the specific needs of the teachers.  It includes: conversational skills, grammar, resources for the classroom, workshops and field trips.

For more information, please contact: Ceòlas Uibhist, Taigh Gleus, Dalabrog, Uibhist a Deas HS8 5SS Tel: 01878 700154 E-mail: info@ceolas.co.uk

www.ceolas .co.uk

SCEL Survey – Reminder⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

To help SCEL  bring clarity and coherence to the wide and increasingly expansive leadership professional learning landscape you  are invited to complete a short survey on their professional learning needs.

The survey will help SCEL better understand which forms of professional learning you have found effective, what aspects of professional learning you would like to engage in next, and any barriers you have found when undertaking professional learning.

The answers you provide will be confidential and collated by an independent organisation and the aggregated information will then be used to inform the development of programmes, resources and activities to support leadership professional learning across the system in Scotland.

It should take around fifteen minutes to complete and as a thank you, respondents will be entered into a draw to win a book voucher worth £100 for their school.  The survey will be open until the 25th March 2017.

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY

 

Or copy and paste the following link into your address bar https://qdpservices.co.uk/OnlineQuestionnaire.aspx?code=28501-16530-16297273

 

Conference on Gaelic Education: Transitions to secondary, Drumossie Hotel, Inverness on 2 June 2016⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

Education Scotland and Bòrd na Gàidhlig would like to invite you to a conference we are organising on Gaelic Education. The purpose of the conference is to give strategic direction to the development of Gaelic Education, with a particular focus on transitions into secondary Gaelic Learner and Medium Education. The conference is intended to assist schools and local authorities in increasing the availability of Gaelic Learner and Medium Education within the secondary curriculum. More information is available here.

It would greatly assist with the organisation of the conference if those attending would register online by 9 May 2016. To do so, please follow this link:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YQ9LLGX

In the meantime, Education Scotland and Bòrd na Gàidhlig look forward to welcoming you to the conference.

Professional Learning: Environment, Language and Heritage⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

Àrainneachd, Cànan is Dualchas (‘environment, language and heritage’) is a ten-day Gaelic language learning course. It is intended for fluent speakers and near-fluent learners of the language who would like to continue to develop their fluency. The course explores the strong links between the language and the Scottish environment. It will run in North Skye on 25-29 July and from 1-5 August, 2016. Students can attend either or both weeks. More information about this course is available here: ACD 2016 (E) and at https://acisd.wordpress.com/.