Learning and Teaching Scotland
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Information, guidance and CPD resources to improve learning in Scotland

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Curriculum for Excellence aims to achieve a transformation in education in Scotland by providing a coherent, enriched and more flexible curriculum from 3 to 18, firmly focused on the needs of the child and young person.

See the new experiences and outcomes which are now available.

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Glow is the world’s first national intranet for education. It provides tools to underpin Curriculum for Excellence learning and teaching approaches.

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Please contact Learning and Teaching Scotland with any queries or comments about us and our services.

Our Customer Services team will be happy to help you.

Phone: 08700 100 297

Email: enquiries@LTScotland.org.uk.

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Learning and Teaching Scotland is sponsored by the Scottish Government.

Visit the School Education area of the Scottish Government website for more information.

What's new

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CPDStepIn

CPDStepIn is a new online community in Glow for supply teachers and others to keep up to date with their CPD.

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Letter from Cabinet Secretary

Read the Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning - 'Taking forward Curriculum for Excellence'.

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Building the Curriculum 5

This document provides guidance for all teaching staff on the main areas of the assessment strategy for Curriculum for Excellence.

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Scottish Education Awards

Nominations are now open for the 2010 Scottish Education Awards. Make a nomination today!

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Gaelic Language Plan

LTS has launched its first Gaelic Language Plan designed to support the promotion of the language in education throughout Scotland.

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Scotland's History

Delve into the lives of Scotland's people and explore the important events that shaped them, from earliest times to the making of modern Scotland.

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Scots and Australia

The stories of the Scots who went to Australia, why they went, and how the experience affected them and changed Australia itself.

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