The Digital Learning Team’s support site contains useful videos, guidance and resources for education staff. You can access the site at:
https://sites.google.com/ab.glow.scot/g-suite/home
The site also lists the team’s upcoming webinars, which staff are welcome to attend and which cover various subjects including Google Classroom, Glow, G Suite and Google Meet. You can access the webinars page (which is regularly updated) of the site directly at:
  1-5 February #scotlandloveslanguagesÂ
https://bit.ly/LanguagesStorytellingCompetition
Share the link above for an exciting storytelling competition which allows families to celebrate and share languages.
This virtual learning room can be shared with families to learn together at home. If you wish to share the classroom as a link please use the following link- https://bit.ly/SecondLevelFrenchClassroom
Click HERE to discover some fantastic Christmas resources for French, Gaelic , Spanish, German and more.
Click directly on the image to enter the French virtual Christmas scene.
Explore the new Family Learning resource HERE. This can be shared with your families for home learning.
Join us for the launch event of this new and exciting, online resource on           Tuesday 1st December, 4-5pm on Microsoft Teams in Glow.
You can register for the Launch Event HERE
4 week Spanish beginners’ course starting Thursday 12th November, 3.45-5pm, email gwen.mccrossan2@argyll-bute.gov.uk to register.
Stand alone Webinars                                                              Â
 Using Gaelic to Support Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing –               Thurs 5th Nov, 4-5pm, Register HERE
Learning German with songs- Thursday 5th November, 4-5.30pm, Register HERE
 Discovery Film Festival 2020                          Â
The film festival for young audiences is virtual this year and schools from across Scotland can access the short film selection for free. Â The films will be available from the 17th October-1st November. To access the films online register your interest by emailing mike.tait@dca.org.uk.
Rhu Primary School celebrated the diversity of European countries and Languages for European Day of Languages. Take a look at the fantastic P6 video which showcases this diversity.
The European Day of Languages (EDL) is celebrated on 26 September each year.
If you’re looking for inspiration SCILT has compiled lots of ideas for primary, secondary and parents & families on the SCILT EDL page
Please send any photographs celebrating this event to gwen.mccrossan2@argyll-bute.gov.uk and I will share on this blog.
Early Level French Virtual classroomÂ
to try out with your learners. The link can be shared with parents for home learning. First and Second level classrooms to follow.
Early Level French Numbers    Â
Links to share with parents:
https://bit.ly/EarlyLevelFrenchClassAB
https://bit.ly/EarlyLevelFrenchNumbers
https://bit.ly/EarlyYearsColours
Professional learning sessions to help practitioners use digital tools to enhance language learning. The webinars cover a wide range of digital tools and are for primary and secondary practitioners.
Secondary – using digital tools in Glow to enhance and capture learning             Monday 15th June, 11:00 – 12:00
Primary and BGE languages – using mobile devices to enhance and capture language learning.                                                                               Monday 15th of June, 14:00 – 15:00
Primary and BGE languages – using G Suite to enhance and capture learning         Wednesday 17th June, 11:00 – 12:00
To find out more and register for these events follow the link below: https://glowscotland.sharepoint.com/sites/AberdeenshireCouncil/northernalliance/SitePages/Northern-Alliance-CLPL-Offer.aspx
 
Innellan Primary School has been providing opportunities for family learning through an after-school French club. Gina Nitschke, a teacher at the school, runs this club with the assistance of her daughter, Lucy, who is studying French. This popular club is attended by pupils, siblings, parents and grand-parents. In fact, the club has proved so popular that it has sparked national interest and you can read more in an article published in the latest edition of the SCILT Newsletter
This is a lovely memory of a successful Gaelic Intergenerational learning event which was held at the beginning of March, at Tighnabruaich Primary School, in partnership with the Cowal Befrienders. The event brought together primary pupils, senior DGS pupils and older people who live in the Tighnabruaich 
area. Everyone enjoyed a meal together and learned the numbers to 10 in Gaelic. The afternoon culminated in a fun game of bingo in Gaelic! Thanks to everyone involved for making the event a big success and let’s hope that we can bring all the generations together again soon.
 Pupils at St. Andrew’s Primary School using BSL
The links above show children at St. Andrew’s Primary School and Apple Tree Nursery developing their language skills through BSL. Liam Dunnachie, a local resident, has kindly volunteered to help develop BSL skills on the island.
 
During Languages Week Scotland parents came in to Hermitage Primary School to teach the children about their language and culture (Dutch, French, Russian, Lithuanian and German).
