All resources - Languages

Primary 1 reading toolkit
This downloadable pack of reading tools is designed to engage children and equip them with techniques they can apply to both familiar and unfamiliar texts.

Primary resources
Free lesson plans, activity ideas and resources for primary teachers.These materials cover a variety of topics and subjects for the entire curriculum.

Quintura for Kids
A visual search engine for children where you are presented with tag clouds and select the tag that most closely matches what you are looking for this causes the tag cloud to rearrange itself around that word. You flow though the search results this way until you reach the best results.

Rab Ha' - The Glasgow Glutton
The Rab Ha' resource examines elements of the Writer’s Craft, with a particular focus on characterisation, and encourages pupils to read like a writer and write like a reader. Using Rab Ha' colourful Victorian Glaswegian personality, engage and captivate your pupils with the tale of his excesses and exploits.

RECAP - Educational podcasting for teaching and learning
First UK directory to locate quality podcasts from over 400 carefully selected podcast channels for educational use - ideal for teaching and learning activities with children, young people and educational professionals.

Robert Burns's letters
This blog recreates the letters of Robert Burns from November 1787 onwards by publishing them on the days they were originally written. It is managed by the National Trust for Scotland to celebrate Burns’s 250th anniversary and raise awareness of its project to create a Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway.

Scottish Book Trust - Children and Young People
Section of the Scottish Book Trust website which promotes children’s literature and the joys of reading and writing, through book awards, events, writing competitions and interactive online projects.

Scottish Poetry Library
Information, activities, games, resources and poems from the Scottish Poetry Library to inspire young people of all ages. Free resource packs available for teachers.

Scottish Poetry Library Education programme
Information, activities, games, resources and poems from the Scottish Poetry Library to inspire young people of all ages. Free resource packs available for teachers.

Screen Online
A British Film Insitute website offering a history of British cinema and television from 1895 to the present. With lesson ideas, starters, plenaries, downloadable resources and teaching tips - aims to support a range of different subject teachers in using films and extracts in class.