Classical languages

Principles and practice

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By studying a classical language, young people will become ever more aware of how vital parts of Scotland’s culture, the arts, law, political systems and social values are both directly and indirectly linked with the classical world.

The principles and practice document is essential reading for teachers as they start working with the experiences and outcomes for classical languages.

Experiences and outcomes

All curriculum areas contribute to the totality of the experiences that make up the new curriculum. You can download the experiences and outcomes for the classical languages.

    National Qualifications

    Information on the current classical languages National Qualfications and how they will be changing.

      Support materials

      Responsibility of all

      All staff have a responsibility to develop, reinforce and extend learning in the following areas.

      Broad features of assessment

      This information about assessment is extracted from the principles and practice documents for each curriculum area.

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      Classical Languages National Glow Group
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