The Scotland China School Links Programme is funded by the Scottish Government. A pilot phase ran from April 2005 to March 2008 with a focus on the following aims:
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to establish sustainable links that will impact on the development of the schools involved |
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to provide professional development opportunities for staff |
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to enrich the curriculum and support language awareness and learning. |
Discussions are currently ongoing regarding the development of future school linking activities with China within the framework of A Curriculum for Excellence and the planned network of Confucius Classrooms across Scotland.
We can recruit language assistants for your school from China to promote the teaching of Chinese language and raise awareness of China and its culture.
Find out more about the costs, how to apply and the benefits to your school and students: Chinese Language Assistants Programme.
For more information please contact Eduardo Lees on +44 (0)131 524 5772 or email eduardo.lees@britishcouncil.org.
The immersion course allows groups of students and teachers to take part in a two-week intensive course in China, enabling both linguistic and cultural immersion.
Information about the 2010 course will be posted as soon as more details are available.
If you would like to register your interest in the course or would like more information on the Confucius Classrooms Hubs please contact Aileen Spence at Learning and Teaching Scotland – a.spence@LTScotland.org.uk
Participants on the 2009 Chinese language immersion course in Beijing were drawn from the 14 Local Authorities involved in the 8 Confucius Classroom Hubs, in order to further promote the Confucius Classroom Hub initiative.
This competition is supported by the HSBC Global Education Programme and organised by the British Council to support and promote the teaching of Chinese as a modern foreign language in UK schools.
The competition is open to P7 as well as all secondary school pupils who are non-native speakers of Chinese. Participants compete for a place on a cultural trip to Beijing in April 2010.
Regional heats for the competition will be held in London and Newcastle in mid December 2009. The dates for the heats will be announced on this website in the coming weeks.
Interested schools should complete the online registration form found at by Friday 23 October 2009. One school can enter a maximum of 10 pupils in the competition. Schools will be informed by 9 November 2009 whether their application to participate in the competition has been successful.
Please read the competition flyer for the eligibility criteria.
Download the competition judging criteria.
Please read through both documents carefully as the judging and eligibilty criteria have been revised since the last year's competition.
If you have any questions or queries regarding the competition, please contact Susan Smith on +44 (0)131 524 5772 or email susan.smith@britishcouncil.org.
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