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SheenaSCILT

@sheenascilt.bsky.social
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Professional Development Officer @scottishcilt. Passionate language activist promoting linguistic and cultural understanding.

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Totally niche again, but given I follow quite a lot of Italians I thought it was worth a try. I'm looking for anyone who really loved Pinocchio as a child - someone for whom it has a special significance for any reason, or who has a story connected with it. I'd be grateful for RTs. Thank you.
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
☺️At the IPDA Conference in Dublin @sheenascilt.bsky.social & I are leading a roundtable conversation. We’ll share our plans for a collaborative enquiry with #LangsLeadScot #SLLP alums. Hoping for 🔝insights from prof learning colleagues in a range of disciplines. See you there?🔗🎟️⬇️
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
☺️At the IPDA Conference @sheenascilt.bsky.social and I are leading a roundtable conversation. We’ll share our plans and elicit advice about the collaborative enquiry we aim to carry out with #LangsLeadScot #SLLP alums. It’ll be my 3rd time at IPDA Conference, 1st in Dublin. See you there? 🔗🎟️⬇️
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
☺️ @sheenascilt.bsky.social & I are leading a roundtable conversation at the IPDA Conference in June. We’ll share our plans & elicit advice abt the collaborative enquiry we aim to carry out with #LangsLeadScot #SLLP alums. It’ll be my 3rd time at IPDA Conference, 1st in Dublin 🇮🇪 See you there?
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In this🆓online workshop, primary & secondary attendees @sheenascilt.bsky.social & I will: ✅reflect on current cluster working & transition processes ​ ✅share examples of current practice ✅learn about support available ✅consider next steps ✅inform the development of an online toolkit for educators
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International Professional Development Association @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The IPDA Conference is a welcoming event with a sense of community often missed at larger events. The variety and the international element make it a great conference to offer a new perspective. Tickets on sale with a 15% earlybird discount. We'd love to see you there! ipda.org.uk/ipda-interna...
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
When their parents find out they’re toast.
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KIDS
SPREAD JAM AND BUTTER ON
BUS SEATS.
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
📣Calling teachers of #French in all education sectors in Scotland! Sign up for the online launch of our Teachers of French in Scotland association, aka TOFIS on 23 Feb at 4.15: loom.ly/q3sz-VA PS - you'll want to save the date for our next Future of French en Écosse forum too!
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
SCILT has now opened registrations for Discovering the World of Arabic 2026-27. With courses designed specifically for Primary, BGE and Senior Phase learners, this programme offers your school a unique and valuable L3 experience. loom.ly/NA19UgI . #Arabic #LanguageLearning
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
🤩 Appreciate our friends @skillsdevscot.bsky.social @myworldofwork.bsky.social getting involved in #LanguagesWeekScotland over on Instagram
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Teachers following @scilt.bsky.social @saltlangs.bsky.social might be interested in the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators, open to pupils aged 11-18 ⬇️Once registered, first competition tasks for French German Italian Mandarin Russian Spanish for 2026 launch 02/02 🎉Perfect for #LangsWeekScot
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
It's a new year and a new opportunity for language teachers to get better connected 🌟 A key decision at the 2025 forum ‘The Future of French en Écosse’ was the creation of a free-to-join association for teachers of #French at all levels in Scotland. Find out more & register loom.ly/RKd1OqM
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Our next Languages and Your Career webinar is on 15 January. Delivered in partnership with e-Sgoil and DYW Live, the webinar will see secondary learners discover the importance of languages and associated skills in the workplace: loom.ly/oXIOM8s
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SheenaSCILT @sheenascilt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Look out for the Scholar for Modern Languages webinar on Tuesday 13th!
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Our next Languages and Your Career webinar is on 15 January. Delivered in partnership with e-Sgoil and DYW Live, the webinar will see secondary learners discover the importance of languages and associated skills in the workplace: loom.ly/oXIOM8s
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Our next Language Ambassadors session is on 23 January. Join us online where your secondary learners will hear from near-peer role models and be inspired to choose #languages as part of their learning! loom.ly/WTS0ups
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
🚨Bookings now open! Between Feb and May 2026 SCILT are running 4 in-person workshops in Glasgow. Informed by the latest guidance and examples of current practice, workshops will develop practice related to the home and taught languages in your context. Register for free: loom.ly/vhuZ_O4
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🎄Looking for Christmas resources for your languages classroom? Visit our dedicated webpage which has a wide range of activities, games and ideas in French, German, Spanish, Gaelic, Italian, Mandarin, BSL and more! loom.ly/1nIi2tc
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Modern Languages at St Andrews @sta-modlangs.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Lorna Milne, a former Master at St Andrews, Professor Emerita in French, and President of the Franco-Scottish Society, has made a passionate call for an urgent review of language teaching in Scottish schools. You can read Prof Milne’s opinion piece: www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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Why languages provision in Scottish schools needs urgent review
The number of school leavers in Scotland with a basic level of competence in a foreign language is plummeting, says Lorna Milne, who sets out what should happen now
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Our ECT Signpost Sessions are for recently qualified and student primary teachers who are looking for advice on how to support multilingual pupils, strategies for teaching additional languages and networking opportunities. The next session takes place 26 Nov. Sign up now: loom.ly/HpIN0Uw
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
#ScotCareersWeek25 #ShapeTheFuture with this 🆕🆓primary teaching resource from @scilt.bsky.social . Referencing 🔝materials from @myworldofwork.bsky.social & BBC Bitesize & Lingo Flamingo. Highlighting #employability & #languages skills together! view.genially.com/68640baca127...
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Make languages work Primary Teaching Resource | Genially
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
To celebrate #ScottishCareersWeek, why not join our next DYWLive session tomorrow? Secondary learners will discover the importance of languages and associated skills in the workplace, identify career paths, and hear about people who use languages in their daily work: loom.ly/oXIOM8s
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Appreciated the opportunity to co-present with @sheenascilt.bsky.social at @saltlangs.bsky.social #SALT2025 Conference. Launched a 🆕 primary teaching resource in time for #ScotCareersWeek25. Great to be among teachers exploring #LanguageLearningInMotion together @unistrathclyde.bsky.social today.
Collage of slides from workshop entitled ‘Making languages work for your learners - DYW in action’ at SALT Conference 2025 at University of Strathclyde.
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
👀A cracking programme for @saltlangs.bsky.social #LanguageLearningInMotion bit.ly/SALT2025Prog... 🎯Just ahead of #ScotCareersWeek2025 @sheenascilt.bsky.social & I co-present a #SALT2025 input for secondary & primary teachers abt Making languages work for your learners #DYW in action​ See you there!
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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Your age shouldn’t put you off learning a new language – what the research says
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Your age shouldn’t put you off learning a new language – what the research says
There is no age limit to our ability to learn a new language.
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Leeds City of Languages @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#Multilingualism is an asset! Join us for this free webinar by Yoshito Darmon-Shimamori Booking required: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/webin... #leedscityoflanguages #languages #mfluenc
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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Teaching Grammar to ESL Students through Theatre
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Teaching Grammar Through Theater
At first glance, teaching grammar and theater might seem at odds. A grammar-focused lesson generally aims to clarify a decontextualized rule.
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Institut français d'Ecosse @ifecosse.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Yesterday the @ifecosse.bsky.social launched the 730th Anniversary of the Auld Alliance with 2 inspiring Round Tables on Franco-Scottish connections in trade & business — hosted by the Franco-Scottish Society, which is turning 130 this year! The day concluded with a visit to @natlibscot.bsky.social
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
What do chickens, grapes and a composite heap have in common? LANGUAGES! Work has begun on our headline-grabbing project “Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning”. Find out how the team embarked on its Permaculture journey this summer and follow the project on the blog - loom.ly/sXiidwY
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Join us online next Wednesday 29/10/25. Hear from our guest teachers Hollie in Glasgow and Aimee in Edinburgh about exciting activities they've done with their primary pupils. There will be slates. There will be chickens.
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SheenaSCILT @sheenascilt.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Excellent afternoon @ifecosse.bsky.social with the Franco-Scottish Society of Scotland hearing from a wide range of participants on Franco-Scottish Relations in Trade, Business and Work. Really insightful and important messages on the importance of the Auld Alliance for the past, present & future!
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Mother Tongue Other Tongue (MTOT) our multilingual poetry competition is back! All P1-S6 pupils in Scotland can enter either in a language spoken with families at home (Mother Tongue) or a language they are learning (Other Tongue). More info: loom.ly/Nhpt-3U #languages #poetry
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Our next Language Ambassadors session is next week! Join us online for your secondary learners to hear from near-peer role models and be inspired to choose languages as part of their learning! Sign up for 29 October: loom.ly/D7AaB1M
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
'Growing Italian in Your School' will be of interest to teachers in Scotland at all stages of their journey in #Italian. So sign up to join the Teachers of Italian in Scotland (TOIIS) network webinar on 30 October! More info and registration: loom.ly/Idl3iyY
flyer showing Teachers of Italian in Scotland logo and date of 30 October 4-5.15pm online via MS Teams for the event 'Growing Italian in Your School' with Eventbrite link and QR code for registration.
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SheenaSCILT @sheenascilt.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Research opportunity! Are you a primary or secondary teacher in Fife, Glasgow City, Highland or South Ayrshire Council? David Vescio is a languages teacher evaluating the 1+2 language policy with the support of SCILT. The study involves a 5–10-minute survey for teachers, learners and parents...
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David Vescio, PhD Researcher
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We might not have made it to Santiago 🇨🇱 for the last LfPL Symposium, but I know 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 buddies @sheenascilt.bsky.social @stuartphysics.bsky.social and I got lots out of participating virtually. Call for proposals closes 31/10/25 👻🧙‍♀️🎃
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SheenaSCILT @sheenascilt.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Saw this tonight - absolutely stunning!
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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
#ScotEduSky teachers!! Please can you take a few mins to complete this survey for my colleagues at the Uni of Stirling looking into how we engage with LfS and the environment in our daily teaching across different educational sectors. qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_... brnw.ch/21wUPhC
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National survey will capture how sustainability features in Scottish education | About | University of Stirling
National survey will capture how sustainability features in Scottish education
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wendya-b.bsky.social @wendya-b.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
What does it mean to think like a linguist? And how can we bring creativity and inclusive culture into language learning? Read Charlotte Ryland's fascinating piece in our LSP edited collection www.lspjournal.com/post/think-l... @cforsdick.bsky.social
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Think Like a Linguist: Community and collaboration for a new languages curriculum
In this article, Charlotte Ryland reflects on how the learning from creative translation and languages advocacy projects can feed into languages curriculum reform. By focusing in particular on the lin...
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🗓️Save the date! Back by popular demand, SCILT’s Moving Forward with Languages conferences for Higher and Advanced Higher language learners will return for session 2025-26. Keep an eye on the SCILT e-bulletin in the new term for more information and registration links: loom.ly/3pjXgn8
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Mr E @theniceman.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Here's the article the snip is from. www.lspjournal.com/post/languag... And here's what I suggest we need to do in England: whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/05/can-...
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
We're excited to announce that we're taking part in the Glasgow Science Festival! Come along to our session in partnership with @uofglasgow.bsky.social on 14 June and explore languages in nature at the Botanic Gardens! More info: loom.ly/xjOQ_Hk #GlaSciFest
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Scottish schools looking to run Francofoot/Calciamo, our IDL project linking #languages and PE, in your school next session come to our informal drop-in information session on Thursday 29 May at 4.00pm to find out more! No need to register; email sheena.bell@strath.ac.uk for the meeting link.
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
⏰You’ve still time to join me @karen-scilt.bsky.social & @suzannescilt.bsky.social at our 2nd ‘Getting outdoors with primary languages’ workshop this Friday 23/05/25 @qmuniversity.bsky.social ✅In person, hands on, outdoors & free of charge 🔗Register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-ou...
Promotional flyer for a series of 3 in person workshops entitled ‘Getting outdoors with primary languages’. Offered by Scotland’s National Centre for Languages (SCILT). Wed 14 May, 4pm-5pm at Grandtully Primary School in Pitlochry. Fri 23 May, 1:30pm-3pm at the Outdoor Learning Hub at Queen Margaret University in Musselburgh. Tues 3 June, 4pm-5pm on the University of Strathclyde city centre campus in Glasgow.
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Our secondary Big Question series returns on 21 May with an online workshop on interdisciplinary learning. Join us to explore what IDL is (and isn’t!), share approaches and explore how languages can be meaningfully woven into projects across subjects. Sign up now: loom.ly/Qb6tWbU
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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
@lynnescilt.bsky.social and @sheenascilt.bsky.social join @stuartphysics.bsky.social and @dnleslie.bsky.social on podcast Talking Scottish Education #TalkEdScot to discuss the importance of language education in Scotland: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
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Stuart Farmer @stuartphysics.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Thanks to you and @sheenascilt.bsky.social for agreeing to be guests. We are aiming to get a range of well informed voices and perspectives on the current state of Scottish education and how to improve it. An episode on languages education is an important part of that. #TalkScotEd
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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Thanks Stuart & Darren for the invite onto the Talking Scottish Education podcast
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SheenaSCILT @sheenascilt.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
An excellent day of sharing and collaborating at the @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social Scotland symposium- huge thanks to @drcatrionao.bsky.social et al for organising!
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