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Language teachers in Scotland make sure you've got your ticket!

Join our next online session for newly/recently qualified primary teachers working in Scottish schools and student primary teachers studying at Scottish universities. Register now for the 29 Oct event: https://loom.ly/cJIF4bU #professionallearning #languages

🗓️The next workshop in the Language Ambassadors Online programme is this week, on Wednesday 28 October,. 👉 Don't miss out! Secure a spot for your class today https://loom.ly/TRlVArU #LanguageLearning #Secondary #Options

Want to raise the profile of German, and inspire the next generation of linguists? Our Teachers of German in Scotland (TOGS) network offers the opportunity to share ideas, resources and experiences. Come and join us online on 27 October! https://loom.ly/SPYauHo #German #professionalnetwork

Great opportunity for upper primary and S1-S3 secondary students!

Join our free online workshop for primary teachers and student teachers in Scotland! Explore creative ways to teach the UN Sustainable Development Goals through languages, with practical resources and ideas to develop learners’ intercultural awareness and global citizenship. #SDGs #PrimaryLanguages

🌟Registrations for Euroquiz 2027 are taking place across the country🌟 Do you have P6 team that wants to compete? Make sure to register with your local authority organiser to take part in your local heats! More info: https://loom.ly/qy05SZQ

📢 Primary teachers! Boost your professional network and share what works in your classroom. 🌟 SALT & SCILT are looking for presenters for our 'Six in Sixty' online learning event! Register your interest now: ➡️https://loom.ly/OaM4TJ8

🌍 How did your school celebrate the European Day of Languages? Whether you hosted a language café, ran tasters, or played quizzes, share your story! Submit a short text + photos to join our EDL 2026 blog. Top entries will feature in the SCILT winter newsletter! 👇 https://loom.ly/dgQOcLE

🎂This year SCILT is celebrating 200 years of The Ramshorn - the building we call home! To mark the occasion we are hosting a series of free talks about the history of the building and surrounding graveyard. Find out more and book via our website: https://loom.ly/MJFGY4Q

We want to improve our website, and you can have a say! Share your experiences as a website user in this short survey. ➡️https://loom.ly/m55e4WM The survey is open until 16 October 2026.

The 2026-27 Tianjin scholars have submitted their first monthly updates for September! Watch their videos to find out how they are settling in and what life on campus looks like. Access their vlogs now via the CISS website: https://loom.ly/LUqUWmo #China #Mandarin #Scholarship #Tianjin

We want to improve our website, and you can have a say! Share your experiences as a website user in this short survey. ➡️https://loom.ly/m55e4WM The survey is open until 16 October 2026.

Year 2 of the SDLL project is now in full swing, and we are delighted to welcome nine new schools . Read the latest blog post to find out how the network continues to expand, creating more opportunities to explore and celebrate languages and multilingualism across Scotland! https://loom.ly/sXiidwY

Want to give your P6 learners the chance to learn about Europe, practise their language skills and ultimately compete against their peers at a prestigious venue? Then register for this year’s #Euroquiz! Sign up for the local heats via your local authority coordinator. Info: https://loom.ly/qy05SZQ

We want to improve our website, and you can have a say! Share your experiences as a website user in this short survey. ➡️https://loom.ly/m55e4WM The survey is open until 16 October 2026.

Our Teachers of Italian in Scotland (TOIIS) network provides experienced teachers of #Italian, new teachers of Italian and those hoping to develop Italian provision in their context a platform to share and learn from each other. Come and join us online on 3 Nov! https://loom.ly/GOGzwH8

✨ Tianjin Scholarship 2027–28 ✨ What 3 words describe your time on the scholarship? 🤔 We asked 3 former scholars to share their experiences🎥 If their words inspire you, applications for 2027-28 are open now!👉 https://loom.ly/JrrifC0 #Scholarship #StudyInChina

❗Deadline approaching! Send us your submissions by Friday 9 Oct for inclusion in the SCILT winter newsletter. We're looking for articles of around 300 words, with a couple of photos, sharing languages updates from your school, local authority, institution or organisation: https://loom.ly/kLQJnc4

📢 Primary teachers! Boost your professional network and share what works in your classroom. 🌟 SALT & SCILT are looking for presenters for our 'Six in Sixty' online learning event! Register your interest now: ➡️https://loom.ly/OaM4TJ8

We want to improve our website, and you can have a say! Share your experiences as a website user in this short survey. ➡️https://loom.ly/m55e4WM The survey is open until 16 October 2026.

SALT & SCILT are looking for presenters for our Six in Sixty professional learning event taking place 27 January 2027! If you're a #primary practitioner who would be willing to present for 8-10 minutes on an aspect of your practice, please get in touch! https://loom.ly/OaM4TJ8 #professionallearning

Have you registered for the national Euroquiz competition? Open to P6 pupils across Scotland, learners work in teams to broaden their knowledge of Europe and the wider world. Register with your local authority coordinator to take part in your local heats! More info: https://loom.ly/qy05SZQ

Registration is open for this session's first meeting of the Teachers of Italian in Scotland (TOIIS) network on 3 November. Whether an experienced teacher of #Italian, new to teaching Italian, or hoping to develop Italian provision in your context, we’d love you to join us! https://loom.ly/GOGzwH8

Last chance to register for Mother Tongue Other Tongue (MTOT) multilingual poetry competition in Scotland today! As it's National Poetry Day, to celebrate we've another French poem on the NPD theme of 'Wonder'! MTOT info & registration on our website: https://loom.ly/SVsNS_U #poetry #languages #NPD

Our colleagues at CISS have opened applications for the 2027–28 Tianjin Scholarship, offering S6 leavers the chance to study Mandarin and experience life in China. Join the Information Session on Tuesday 6 October to find out more, register via the scholarship webpage: https://loom.ly/kXntiCY

🌍 We’d love to hear what’s been happening with languages in your school or local authority! Have you been involved in an innovative project, language learning celebration or exciting new initiative? Share your experiences and let your pupils have their say too! 🗣️✨https://loom.ly/kLQJnc4

Teachers in Scotland is your class full of budding young poets? Then register for our Mother Tongue Other Tongue multilingual poetry competition by 1 Oct, National Poetry Day! https://loom.ly/5zF7zgw Celebrate languages, poetry & the wonder of nature with our NPD-themed poem. #NationalPoetryDay

🏃‍♀️‍➡️ Get ahead with our Modern Languages for Life and Work Awards, which are now available in Arabic! They combine practical language skills with employability skills, and are available across 11 languages, including Gaelic (Learners). 👉 info.qualifications.gov.scot/4dfXQYL #EuropeanDayOfLanguages

🚨 Final call! Sign-up closes TONIGHT! 🚨 Get your learners ready for SCILT’s MTOT multilingual poetry competition! 🌍✨ Join our teacher workshop featuring Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay, for expert tips & poetry resources. ⏰ Deadline: Midnight tonight! ➡️Find out more: https://loom.ly/reebEWE

📣Last chance to register for our workshop on developing a multilingual ethos in your primary school! The session will explore ways to develop a multilingual ethos, highlight the importance of creating inclusive language practices and share cross-curricular approaches: https://loom.ly/aVjDET0

If you teach, or would like to teach, German in your setting our Teachers of German in Scotland (TOGS) network provides an opportunity to meet with like-minded professionals! Meetings for this session all available to book now! https://loom.ly/SPYauHo #professionalnetwork #german

📣Last chance to register for the Erasmus+ training day in Glasgow on 2 October! There are exciting opportunities ahead for Scotland's education sector with the UK's return to the programme. Come along to discover what partnership projects #Erasmus+ could make possible! https://loom.ly/UiR46co

Registration for our multilingual poetry competition for pupils P1-S6 in Scotland closes 1 Oct! Our special prize category this year is Peace. Many ways to interpret and our short French poem on this is below! More info and to register: https://loom.ly/PETZtj0 #languages #poetry

If you're entering pupils in our Mother Tongue Other Tongue multilingual poetry competition but not confident with poetry don't miss our online workshop on 1 October! https://loom.ly/reebEWE #languages #poetry

Visit the SCILT website for lots of ideas on how to celebrate #coeEDL this week: https://loom.ly/gRSWuiI And don't forget to share how you celebrate via our EDL2026 blog: https://loom.ly/dgQOcLE

It's here! 2026-27 is the first ever Reunion Year for alums of Scotland's Languages Leadership Programme (SLLP). Have your say on the launch event! If you are an SLLP Alum from any year since 2014, fill in this short poll to let us know how we should kick things off: https://loom.ly/fLkPKGA

What has been going on in your school, cluster, local authority or institution recently with regard to languages? Share your story with us and we'll feature you in the next edition of the SCILT newsletter! Visit our website to find out more, deadline 9 October! https://loom.ly/kLQJnc4

Our first Open Access workshop for secondary teachers will consider the practicalities of an interdisciplinary approach in language learning and teaching, share tips on how to do this effectively and hear from teachers who made it happen. Sign up for free now! https://loom.ly/s_V2Ds0

🗓️ Registration is officially OPEN for the 2026-27 Language Ambassadors Online programme! The first workshop kicks off on Thursday 24 September, to mark European Day of Languages. 👉 Secure a spot for your class today https://loom.ly/TRlVArU #LanguageLearning #Secondary #Options

Why not take your learning about Europe further this EDL, and register for the Euroquiz competition! Open to P6 pupils, learners work in teams to broaden their knowledge of Europe and the wider world. Register with your local authority coordinator to take part: https://loom.ly/qy05SZQ #coeEDL

📣Don't forget to sign up your class for our 'Languages and Your Career' online session with eSgoil and DYW Live taking place on Wednesday! Secondary learners will discover the importance of #languages and their associated skills in the workplace. ➡️Sign up now! https://loom.ly/Q7WZVug

Scotland's education sector has exciting opportunities ahead with the UK's return to Erasmus+! If your organisation is curious about what partnership projects #Erasmus+ could make possible, find out more at the 2 Oct training day at the University of Strathclyde: https://loom.ly/UiR46co

📣Calling all Germanists! Dates for this session’s meetings of the Teachers of German in Scotland (TOGS) network are scheduled and registrations are open! All in primary, secondary or tertiary education welcome! https://loom.ly/SPYauHo #professionalnetwork #german

📣Teachers in Scotland! Thinking of entering this year’s Mother Tongue Other Tongue multilingual poetry competition but not sure where to start with poetry? Join our online workshop on 1 October for practical guidance and inspiration! https://loom.ly/reebEWE #languages #poetry

A reminder of our 'Languages and Your Career' online session with eSgoil and DYW Live on 23 Sept during European Day of Languages week! Let your secondary learners see how important #languages and their associated skills can be in the workplace. Register now! https://loom.ly/Q7WZVug

EDL is a chance to promote and celebrate all the languages learned and spoken across Europe. Why not sign up for the Erasmus+ training day and explore how it can be used to drive whole-institution development and strengthen international collaboration: https://loom.ly/UiR46co #coeEDL #ErasmusPlus

🏫Are you interested in developing a multilingual ethos in your primary school? This Open Access workshop will explore ways to develop a multilingual ethos, highlight the importance of creating inclusive language practices and share cross-curricular approaches: https://loom.ly/aVjDET0

📆Next week! Our first Open Access workshop for secondary teachers will consider the practicalities of an interdisciplinary approach in language learning and teaching, share tips on how to do this effectively and hear from teachers who made it happen. Sign up for free now! https://loom.ly/s_V2Ds0

European Day of Languages 2026 is coming up later this month! How are you celebrating? Why not try out this fun and creative activity with your learners? Visit our website for many more ideas on how to celebrate, along with competitions, trivia, games and more: https://loom.ly/O3poNUU #coeEDL