{"id":1741,"date":"2019-06-09T13:04:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T13:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/?page_id=1741"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:01:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:01:59","slug":"modern-languages-gaelic-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/modern-languages-gaelic-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Languages &amp; Gaelic\/G\u00e0idhlig"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 2992px\" width=\"773\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>Department<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"375\">Modern Languages and Gaelic\/G\u00e0idhlig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>Staff and Job Tiles<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"375\">Mr G Reid (Principal Teacher)<\/p>\n<p>Mrs A Brownlie (Depute Head Teacher)<\/p>\n<p>Miss L Baird<\/p>\n<p>Mrs C Canning<\/p>\n<p>Miss N Fraser<\/p>\n<p>Mrs S Law<\/p>\n<p>Mrs L Nisbet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>Courses and Levels Taught in Department <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"375\"><strong><u>BGE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>S1 \u2013 French is taught 3 periods per week as the main language. Spanish and Gaelic are taught on rotation one period per week.<\/p>\n<p>S2 and S3 \u2013 At the end of S1, pupils choose to study French, Spanish or Gaelic. There can also be a combination of 2 languages. This language choice is continued through until S3.<\/p>\n<p>Gaelic (Learners) and G\u00e0idhlig are taught in the BGE. \u00a0In addition, our GME pupils have the opportunity to be taught a range of rotational subjects through the medium of G\u00e0idhlig, such as PSE, RE and Drama.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>SENIOR PHASE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npfs.org.uk\/downloads\/modern-languages-national-5\/\">S4 \u2013 National 4 and 5 French or Spanish is currently available however,<\/a> it is expected that Gaelic will be available as a National Qualification soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npfs.org.uk\/downloads\/higher-modern-languages\/\">S5 and S6 \u2013 The possibility to study French or Spanish at National 5 or Higher level<\/a> is available. Pupils can also opt for a Spanish \u2018short course\u2019 which is taught twice per week \u2013 it is expected that pupils would be able to achieve National 4 through this course.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>Useful Web Links<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"375\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atantot.co.uk\/\">www.atantot.co.uk<\/a> (Please see your class teacher for username and password)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/\">www.myworldofwork.co.uk<\/a> \u2013 Please look to see business links between French, Spanish and Gaelic and how they can be of use in careers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>Latest News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"375\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department Modern Languages and Gaelic\/G\u00e0idhlig Staff and Job Tiles Mr G Reid (Principal Teacher) Mrs A Brownlie (Depute Head Teacher) Miss L Baird Mrs C Canning Miss N Fraser Mrs S Law Mrs L Nisbet Courses and Levels Taught in Department BGE S1 \u2013 French is taught 3 periods per week as the main language. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/modern-languages-gaelic-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Modern Languages &amp; Gaelic\/G\u00e0idhlig<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9402,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1741","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1741"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6723,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1741\/revisions\/6723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}