Primary

ELAPSE (LFEE) - CLIL principles into practice

MFL Mentoring Primary - Resources on several themes, support learning in French, Spanish, German, Welsh, English

The Great Languages Challenge (British Council) - French, German, Irish, Mandarin, Spanish, Welsh, blank

MPP MFL in Primary Pack (Creative Multilingualism)

Learning for Sustainability (SCILT Toolkit for schools)  

Oxfam Global Music Lessons for ages 5-7 and ages 7-11.

Culture Days with European Languages (NCLE)

Give careers education in primary a languages twist (SCILT)

Issue to action: Modern Languages (Scotdec)

Free Outdoor Learning Lesson Plans and Resources (OutdoorClassrooms.Scot Ltd)

Lost Wor(l)ds (Multilingualism in Schools)

We Are Multilingual (Secondary School Language Learning Materials)

WoLLoW - World of Languages, Languages of the World

Creative Translation Resources (Stephen Spender Trust)

Bilingualism Matters (Twinkl Scotland Partnerships)

Multilingualism through art activity cards (SCILT and University of Glasgow)

Languages All Around You(Goethe-Institut, Institut français d’Écosse, Consejería de Educación)

MTOT poetry resources (compiled by SCILT)

Arabic language and culture education pack (British Council)

Arabic language, Arab culture and football (British Council)

Free BSL Lessons for UK Primary Schools (The School of Signs)

Scottish Sensory Centre: British Sign Language Glossary of Curriculum Terms

Resources for learning and teaching (Confucius Institute for Scotland's Schools)

Mandarin at the Museum Produced by CISS, in partnership with National Museums Scotland, these resources aim to support Chinese as L3 in P5-7 as well as introduce Chinese items from the museum collections. 

Astérix chez les Pictes - From Education Scotland. Learners match the written and spoken word, listen and respond to language and write in French. Also explores cultural aspects of ‘Bandes Dessinées (comic books). Aimed at learners working towards or at second level in primary school.

Les aventures d’Angus - French e-books for first level learners from Education Scotland. The stories follow the adventures of Angus, a Scottish boy, as he discovers life in France, and come with teacher's notes. They exemplify pronunciation in French and allow learners to match the written and spoken word.

Primary Modern Foreign Languages: Teaching resources including Radio Labo, Super Movers: Talking about myself in French; Super Movers: The weather in French; Virtually There – France.  Living France.

MFL Primary French (BBC Teach) 10 songs on BBC Bitesize, MFL Teach

French with Mr Innes - YouTube

Free Primary French Resources for Teachers (Lingobox)

Primary Language Learning: French - Outdoor Learning & Games (West Dunbartonshire Council)

There are two forms of Gaelic Education in Scotland – Gaelic Medium Education (GME), immersion education which results in qualifications in Gàidhlig, and Gaelic Learner Education (GLE) where learners learn it in the same way as second or third language like French or German, and may lead to qualifications in Gaelic (Learners).

The resources below are marked (F) for Gaelic Medium, (L) for Learners (F/L) for both Gaelic Medium and Learners.

Find out all about the different ways we can be bilingual, the effects of bilingualism and some of the benefits to us all with these First Level resources developed by SCILT, Bilingualism Matters and Twinkl (F).

The Two Roses (L) gives educators the opportunity to talk about similarities and differences, friendship and kindness, teasing and bullying, all through the lens of the two central characters in this First Level story. Developed by SCILT, Twinkl Alba, and Nil by Mouth.

German for children - lesson plans and materials. From Goethe-Institut

'FUNology' for Primary Classes includes exercises for fun dialogues, activity games, ring games, vocabulary games and more. From Goethe-Institut

Voyage Kids includes lots of games, quizzes and interactive features, along with stories, songs and things to make and do. From UK-German Connection

Primary Modern Foreign Languages: Teaching resources (BBC - scroll down for German)

Welcome to German and the German-speaking world (British Council)

Teaching and learning resources for Japanese in the primary. Collated by Japan Foundation London.

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Ten steps to Polish

Based on the theme of storytelling and travel, this resource offers a rich language and cultural learning experience for teachers introducing Polish as an L3. The resource contains a framework of progression for 10 lessons, links to resources to accompany each lesson and embedded audio and video files to support pronunciation.

This resource has been developed in partnership with the Polish Educational and Social Society in Glasgow and the Polish Consulate in Edinburgh.

Download Ten steps to L3 Polish

Wojtek the Bear

Based on the children’s book by Scottish author, Jenny Robertson, this package provides an opportunity to explore WW2 with a focus on Scottish and Polish shared history as well as introduce Polish language as an L3 learning experience.

The resources have been developed in partnership with East Lothian Council, the University of Glasgow and the Polish Embassy in the UK in Edinburgh.

Wojtek the Bear

Gwiazda Kopernika – The Star of Copernicus

From Education Scotland. Offers learners an L3 experience to develop a basic knowledge of Polish language and culture through film. 

Suitable for second level L2 in primary or L3 insert/stand-alone within secondary BGE.

Gwiazda Kopernika – The Star of Copernicus

Polish Language and Culture Education Pack

From British Council. Helps primary teachers introduce aspects of Polish language and culture to their pupils. Contains lesson and assembly plans and supports Polish as L3.

Polish Language and Culture Education Pack

Russian Language and Culture - The full version of the Scotland-Russia Forum “Russian language and culture” course (education pack and slides) is now online, alongside the British Council’s shorter version for younger children. We hope these materials will interest young people at home, as well as teachers. The course could be used in its entirety to introduce Russian as L3 in upper primary or BGE. Or sections could be used separately – an introduction to the Russian language, to Russian literature in translation suitable for children, etc.  Apart from language and literature topics covered are history, space and daily life (the latter includes a child’s letter on coping with the Covid lockdown in the Ingushetian countryside). The materials include slides and notes for teachers and we will soon be adding video versions of the slides with narration for independent study.

See also Russian language and culture education pack (British Council)

Interactive learning materials (Scots Language Centre/Centre for Scots Leid)

ScotsHoose Yaldi – Scots language learning resources for children, teachers and parents.

One hundred Scots words (Education Scotland)

Scots language: Keen tae Ken yir Kin (Education Scotland)

Scotland's scientists: A Scots language resource (Education Scotland)

The Gruffalo in Scots (Education Scotland)

Room on the Broom in Scots (Education Scotland)

Teaching Scots as part of 1+2 languages

Scots (Time for Inclusive Education)

Scots Poetry Collection (Time for Inclusive Education)

Scots Archives - Scottish Poetry Library

Teaching materials for Primary and Secondary Spanish. From the Consejería de Educación 

Primary Modern Foreign Languages: Teaching resources (BBC - scroll down for Spanish)

MFL Primary Spanish (BBC Teach)

Bienvenido a México- Welcome to Mexico (British Council)

Primary Languages Learning Spanish - Outdoor Learning & Games (West Dunbartonshire Council)

Exploring translation (Scottish Book Trust)

SCILT has collated a series of resources to help support newly-arrived children from the Ukraine in Scotland.

See also Ukrainian language and culture education pack (British Council) aimed at introducing Ukrainian language and culture into the classroom.