ThePrimary Languages Teaching Platform for Scotland

Language Angels started back in the early 2000s, when foreign language teaching first came to prominence at primary school level. We soon realised that schools and teachers had little or no support. There were piecemeal solutions, but nothing that covered all aspects of the curriculum. We set out to create a platform of ready-to-go classroom resources that would make life easier and found there were two major problems in primary schools:

• Firstly, teachers were (understandably) wary of foreign language teaching. Perhaps they struggled with a certain language at school and felt they couldn’t develop the skills to teach the subject with confidence. Or they simply couldn’t contend with the stress of further training, on top of a workload that keeps on increasing
• Secondly - head teachers struggled to fill the skills gap. There’s a shortage of qualified language teachers and assistants – either for full time or visiting roles. On top of which – I don’t have to tell you – budgets are stretched to the limit.

Both problems seemed insurmountable, so we created Language Angels as a ready-made solution.

Written by teachers and for teachers, it’s a new breed of classroom resource – without the usual price tag of high-end digital learning.

• It uses games, songs and interactive whiteboard materials – including digital audio files to help with pronunciation.
• There's no lesson preparation – every lesson comes pre-planned.
• Any teacher can use it - whether they have language skills or not.
• And it's fully compliant with Scottish Curriculum for Excellence.

Each lesson is built around specific goals and subject themes so that pupils can develop their language skills as a series of building blocks. Teachers are equipped with answers to questions that might emerge during the lesson – and with 24/7 support, they can escalate any questions that present more of a challenge.

That makes it ideal for teachers. And heads find it invaluable too:

• Reporting is easy. It comes with an all-encompassing tracking and progression tool, so you can measure the progress of each pupil, each class, and the school as a whole.
• Plus, it’s future-proof - continually updated and improved, as the curriculum evolves.

We believe that Language Angels is the complete answer to the challenges of teaching foreign languages in primary school. Not just a low-cost alternative to finding language specialists, but also a more reliable – and more enjoyable – solution.

Language Angels is a complete scheme of work with enough units and materials provided for the teaching of foreign languages through the whole of primary phase. Short, medium and long-term planning is all provided as well as our fully resourced lessons. We provide every document you could wish for from policies to progression mapping! We are, however, not one size fits all. All schools are different and no two classes are the same so there is not one ‘unique’ SoW at Language Angels. It will depend on classes taught, level of challenge required and the choice and order of units intended to be covered by your school. Our Curriculum Guidance page will fully support you with everything you will need in terms of planning documentation. There is also the option of downloading and using one of our recommended and very popular unit planners. Once subscribed, we also offer a bespoke planning service to ensure the teaching and learning of a foreign language is maximised.

Yes. All Language Angels resources are fully aligned with the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence, covering Early, First and Second Level. Our modern language lessons are designed to support both language specialists and non- specialists, and provide everything teachers need to confidently deliver high-quality language teaching that meets Scottish curriculum requirements. All our units are ready-to-teach, and are CLPL-supported so teachers can save on preparation time.