We hope all pupils and their loved ones have a lovely and relaxing holiday when it comes.
For those S5/6 pupils preparing for their Prelims we hope they manage to fit some studying into their holidays as well as celebration. Resources are available for pupils through Teams, ACHIEVE and Bitesize.
Merry Christmas from the Languages Faculty!
S4 Progress Report Results
Our S4 students will this week receive the results of the recent Progress Assessments. Following this they will engage in learning conversations with their class teachers to discuss next steps on the journey towards the SQA exam diet. If you have any concern, or wish to discuss, your young person’s result then please speak to the appropriate. Pupil Support teacher.
S5-6 Prelims
With the Prelim diet starting on Monday 12th January we would encourage our young people to undertake some revision over the holidays, balancing their studies with time to relax before the exam diet. English students have a critical essay to complete for Monday 5th so they can get individualised feedback prior to the Prelim. It is important this homework is completed and handed in on time.
British Council – Reading for Pleasure Project
The Languages Faculty are very excited to announce that we have recently been paired with Wirgan Middle School in Morocco, as part of a ‘Reading for Pleasure’ programme designed by The British Council, an organisation that promotes the English language worldwide.
Miss Murphy, from the Modern Languages department was lucky enough to be selected to attend a training event held in Marrakech last week, along with twenty-four other teachers from the UK and twenty-five teachers from Morocco. The Moroccan Government are keen to develop French as their official second language and this project is part of that initiative. Also present, was the UK Ambassador to Morocco, as well as the Moroccan Ministry of Education. The partnered schools will complete a project together between December and March, to encourage teenagers to read for enjoyment and to foster cultural links. Watch this space for more news of the work undertaken by our young people to foster links with their partner school in Morocco, particularly given last week’s World Cup draw !
Thanks
This has been a very busy year for the faculty at an exciting time for us. I wish to thank all of our parents and carers for their tireless support. Have a happy and holy Christmas and we look forward to working with our young people and their families in 2026.
Mrs Burton
BGE classes are working through their Christmas/Winter units while S5/6 are preparing for their prelims in January. Oh how the holidays change as you get older!
This week in English:
S1 are finishing off their Christmas/Winter reports for their magazines.
S2 are expanding their reading skills as they continue to read Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’.
S3 and S4 are working on their reading and listening skills.
Higher are continuing their work on their critical essay texts.
We hope pupils are all working hard this week and that this will continue into next week also! Remember meaningful work will continue to take place for pupils during the last week before the holidays so it’s important that they attend so they don’t miss out.
Literacy Trust -Reading Project
Last week, Mis Murphy from Modern Languages spent the week in Marakech as part of a reading project she is undertaking with the Literacy Trust. We are looking forward to this project coming to life and enhancing reading within the faculty. Watch this space for future updates !
NLC Literacy Pilot
As the pilot comes to a close we have undertake some rigorous self-evaluation with the young people and the results have been amazing. The final products are amazing and the active pedagogy has been a huge hit with our young people. We look forward to widening this project in the future – watch this space for exciting news on this pilot coming VERY soon.
S4 Progress Assessments
As we the staff continue to work our way through the marking and cross-marking of papers our young people are working hard to ensure they have achieved their Level 5 Literacy Qualifications. Results in both English and Spanish should be back with the young people at the beginning of next week.
S5-6 Prelims
As we move towards the S5-6 Prelims we remind our young people of the various Supported Study offerings in both English and Spanish. Folio Clinic continues every Friday afternoon with a healthy uptake. There are numerous resources on MS Teams to support young people in their revision including Scholar, Achieve and our own revision materials.
BGE Christmas Activities
Most S2 English classes are enjoying this festive treat in class as we move towards the big day. At the same time S1 are busy producing their Christmas magazines !
Thanks to all our parents and carers for their continued support. As ever, if you have any questions regarding languages then please contact me via the school office or by emailing NLBurtonM@northlan.org.uk
Mrs Burton
We are wishing good luck to all our S4 pupils starting their Progress Assessments that start today.
The N5 English Progress Assessment is today, Monday 24/11/25 with paper 1 (RUAE) taking place 1:15pm to 2:15pm and paper 2 (Scottish Text) from 2:30pm to 3:15pm.
The N5 Spanish Progress Assessment is on Friday 28/11/25. The Listening paper is 9:45am to 10:15am and the Reading and Writing paper is 11:00am to 12:30pm.
Hopefully you’re all studying hard and we know everyone will do their best!
This week in the English department at Taylor:
1C1 and 2K1 are continuing to take part in our literacy pilot about climate change. This is an incredibly important topic and skills will be developed that they can use across the curriculum so this is an exciting unit!
Higher classes will have a RUAE assessment this week. Hopefully they’ve been revising hard but class teachers are contactable through Teams if there’s any doubts or questions.
S4 will be completing some revision this week to ensure they are ready for their Progress Assessment. These begin next week with the English paper 1 on 24th November 1:15pm- 2:15pm and paper 2 at 2:30pm-3:45pm.
Christmas units will be started soon if they haven’t already begun with S1 creating their own Christmas magazines and S2 studying Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”.
Through the links below you will find the important documents relating to the Higher Spanish Course, including the course specification and detailed information regarding the Talking and Writing Coursework. Please familiarise yourself with these documents and speak to your teacher if you have any questions.
Higher Course Specification https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/h-course-spec-modern-languages.pdf
Higher Writing Assignment https://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/HigherCATModernLanguagesAssignmentWriting.docx
Higher Performance Talking https://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/HigherCATModernLanguagesPerformanceTalking.docx
Higher Assessment Dates
Please see document below for Higher Assessment Dates for the academic year 2025/6.
National 5 Course Information
Through the links below you will find the important documents relating to the National 5 Spanish Course, including the course specification and detailed information regarding the Talking and Writing Coursework. Please familiarise yourself with these documents and speak to your teacher if you have any questions.
National 5 Course Specification https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/n5-course-spec-modern-languages.pdf
National 5 Writing Assignment https://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/ModernLanguagesN5CATAssignmentWriting.docx
National 5 Performance Talking https://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/ModernLanguagesN5CATPerformanceTalking.doc
National 5 Assessment Dates
Please see document below for National 5 Assessment Dates for the academic year 2025/6.
Through this link you will find all the important documents relating to the Higher English Course. We ask that you make yourself familiar with these. It is a good place to start if you have any questions or doubts about the course. However, if anything is still unclear please do feel free to ask your class teacher for clarification.
Below you will find a link to the assessment dates for Higher English for this academic year 25-26.
