{"id":295,"date":"2015-05-26T08:26:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T08:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/bridgeofweirprimary\/?page_id=295"},"modified":"2022-12-20T11:44:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T11:44:09","slug":"literacy-and-languages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/langcraigs\/curriculum\/literacy-and-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Literacy and Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Literacy and Languages - Education Scotland\" href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/education-scotland\/scottish-education-system\/policy-for-scottish-education\/policy-drivers\/cfe-building-from-the-statement-appendix-incl-btc1-5\/curriculum-areas\/literacy-and-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Literacy and Languages in the Curriculum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Literacy &amp; English<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Language and Literacy are of personal, social and economic importance and our ability to use 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