We value language learning and teaching at St Ninians Primary School and we are working hard to develop both our teaching methodology and our links with European countries. Two staff have previously participated in immersion courses and this has been of great benefit to learners - a further two teachers will be trained in April. As guidance from the Scottish Government and West Lothian Council has changed with the 1+2 Approach to Language Teaching we are aware that we need to update our methodology to move towards a whole-school approach to language teaching. We are working towards language teaching being embedded in every class rather and delivered by the class teacher rather than 1 session per week. In training 4 more staff we hope to ensure consistency throughout the school. The impact of the training will be fully evaluated by all staff on a quarterly basis. We hope that this training opportunity will enable us to implement the 1+2 Approach to Language teaching to the highest possible standards. A further 4 teachers will be trained in language and methodology to embed the target language (Spanish) into everyday school life. These 4 teachers have all undertaken recent Spanish training in our local authority or in school and would like to develop their skills further to benefit our school, staff, pupils and parents. They have previous experience of teaching French. This is a key part of our local authority, cluster and school development and as such will be monitored closely by our Head Teacher, supported by local authority development officers. This training will ensure that our school works towards full implementation of the national 1+2 languages strategy. Teachers will prepare for the mobility by improving their language skills by attending further local authority training, listening to radio podcasts and through working with cultural organisations. We will find partners abroad through the eTwinning website and will encourage pupils to use ICT to communicate with other schools in UK and abroad. We look forward to empowering our pupils to communicate with pupils in the UK and abroad as a result of this training both in English and in the target language. We aim for our pupils to talk, listen, read and write with confidence in the target language and to be confident citizens of Europe.