The Scotsman reports: Scottish qualifications have been given another boost as the project element of the new baccalaureate, in schools from August, has been rated as the equivalent of half an Advanced Higher by Ucas.
Read the Scotsman article online
http://news.scotsman.com/education/Boost-for-Scottish-education-as.5412177.jp
More on the Languages baccalaureate from Scottish CILT.
Arrangements documents for the Scottish Baccalaureate in Science and the Scottish Baccalaureate in Language are now available on the SQA website along with National Unit Specifications for the Interdisciplinary Project within each Baccalaureate.
SQA website information: Scottish Baccalaureates - latest information
The TESS reports: Online may be the way ahead to assess pupils’ learning in Mandarin, says Christine Pollock, executive director of learning and leisure at North Lanarkshire Council.
Read the full article online at http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6009436?
Choosing Intermediate or Standard grades is not always easy.
Check out the Which Way Now? 2009 (PDF format - 2.6MB) magazine to make sure you choose all the right subjects. Available for download from Careers Scotland.
Presentations from the SALT conference held last month can be viewed from the Scottish CILT website
From SQA: Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has revealed the constituent parts of the new Scottish Languages Baccalaureate which has been created to build on the success of the Advanced Higher.
Date for your diary: 27 January 2009 at the Stirling Management Centre.
A joint Scottish CILT/HMIE conference which will showcase best practice identified during trialling of Curriculum for Excellence and from visits by HMIE and Scottish CILT.
The conference themes:
Local authorities will be invited to nominate up to five participants, mainly teachers. If you are interested in attending, please get in touch with the person in your local authority who has responsibility for modern languages or for Curriculum for Excellence.
For more information contact Mandy Reeman-Clark on 01786 466294.
At the beginning of June 2008, the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Fiona Hyslop, announced the introduction of a Scottish Science Baccalaureate and a Scottish Language Baccalaureate for pupils in the fifth and sixth years of secondary education.
SQA is now working closely with colleagues in the Scottish Government and key stakeholders to take this important development forward. The Baccalaureate will be available to centres in August 2009 with first certification in August 2010.
The following letter has been distributed to all centres with more details PDF file: Baccalaureate Letter August 2008 .
Read the Scottish Government news release from June
UK winners of the prestigious European Award for Languages have shown that learners of all ages are inspired to develop language skills through creative use of new technologies. Podcasts, interactive DVDs and video conferencing all feature in projects run by the winners of the Award.
One of this year’s winners was Woodhill Primary School in Glasgow.
Read more about the European languages awards and find out more about the Woodhill Primary project.
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