WCHS Modern Languages

We are a Modern Languages department in West Lothian. We are actively seeking to inspire and engage pupils to learn languages. We ARE WCHS Mod Langs!

[WCHS Modern Languages @ModernWchs]

Super proud of our ML Team today, presenting at the annual SALT conference about the success of our new CLIL approach in the BGE. Amazing for all the hard work to be acknowledged in this way. @WestCalderHigh @higgy1949 @WCHSHandL @1plus2_WLC #WCHSloveslanguages #CLIL
@SALTLANGS

[WCHS Modern Languages @ModernWchs]

End of term crafting for Karneval… a bit late, but it’s never too late to celebrate Karneval! #WCHSloveslanguages @WestCalderHigh

[Vision Schools @VisionSchools]

Congratulations to @AlvaVision @CHS_Chryston @MearnsCastleHS @WestCalderHigh on receiving their renewal from Vision School. Lovely to see such a strong commitment. ##VSS2025

[West Calder High @WestCalderHigh]

Today two of our pupils and Miss Toner attended the Scottish Parliament to receive the award for our Vision School Level 1 renewal, from MSP and Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth!

[Karen SCILT @KarenScilt]

Great way to round off @LangsWeekScot @1plus2_WLC conference in @WestCalderHigh. We discussed the importance and benefits of multilingual pedagogies and created an exquisite corpse booklet! 🙌 Thanks to those who came along and to @zoe_gordon26 for organising. @scottishcilt

[WCHS Modern Languages @ModernWchs]

Busy week in Modern Languages @WestCalderHigh @WCHSHandL @1plus2_WLC . Languages Week Scotland, this year’s theme « Multilingual Futures »Italian, Swahili , Gaelic , Mandarin and Afrikaans tasters.Thanks S3 superstars for the lessons #scotlandloveslanguages #multilingualfutures

[Vision Schools @VisionSchools]

Vision Schools Scotland Awards! today @ScotParl recognising excellence in TLH with @AlvaVision @CHS_Chryston @MearnsCastleHS @WestCalderHigh @BalernoHS @InverurieAcad @WilliamwoodHS @stninianshs @stninianshigh @IsobelMair @KirkintillochHS @HolocaustUK @UniWestScotland #VSS2025

[West Calder High @WestCalderHigh]

Team Humanities have been taking over London this week, visiting Parliament, taking in some shows and meeting our local MP. The team are now safely on their way home 👌🙌

[WCHSCreative @WchsCreative]

Well done team Music for performing so confidently at tonight’s Vision Schools showcase! Lots of very musical performances from everyone! @WestCalderHigh @WCHSHumanities

[WCHSCreative @WchsCreative]

Very proud of these two brass musicians who represented @WestCalderHigh at the Rotary Young Musician Area heat today. Both performed amazingly. Well done Tyler who has now qualified for the district final at the end of the month! #rotaryyoungmusician

[British-German Association (BGA) @BritGerAssoc]

#WhyLearnGerman? According to an Aug 2024 survey, German is the most in-demand second language in UK job ads. A Jan 2024 study also showed it to be the highest earning. Post-Brexit, it is now much harder for 🇬🇧 businesses to hire native speakers from 🇪🇺 This could be your chance!

[WCHS Modern Languages @ModernWchs]

@WestCalderHigh @WCHSHandL @1plus2_WLC @WchsCreative
Some simply stunning pieces of work from our S1 Modern Languages on the Myths and Legends topic in French. CLIL at its best and inter-disciplinary learning. Bon travail! #WCHSloveslanguages #CLIL #thekelpies

[West Calder High @WestCalderHigh]

WHAT a way to finish the year, presenting our winners at this mornings WCHS Lip Sync battle 2024, Connor and Andrew 🎅❤️👌

[West Calder High @WestCalderHigh]

Thank you to all our community for joining us this evening, it was a very special event! 🎅🎄 Well done to all involved and especially our fantastic music department! West Calder High School Wind Bands #westcaldercares

[West Calder High @WestCalderHigh]

Our Hohoho Lab ☕️🎅 and Santa's Snack Shack 🎄 are ready to serve for tonight's concert! #westcaldercares

[WCHS Modern Languages @ModernWchs]

S3 Spanish have been working out what their ideal school would be like. Interesting ideas and some great work 🎉👏🏻#WCHSloveslanguages @1plus2_WLC @WestCalderHigh @WCHSHandL

[Scottish Association for Language Teaching @SALTLANGS]

@ModernWchs on how they introduced a CLIL based curriculum. Heather is talking us through using collaborative tasks and identifying cognates. #SALT2024

[1+2 WLC @1plus2_WLC]

Congratulations to Heather and Chloe from @WCHSLanguages @ModernWchs @WestCalderHigh for presenting an incredibly engaging session on their CLIL curriculum at the @SALTLANGS conference 👏🏻 #WestLothianLovesLanguages #professionallearning #collaboration

[Gerry Higgins @higgy1949]

Brilliant night! Community turnout was fantastic and huge amount of money raised for our school charity! 👏

[West Calder High @WestCalderHigh]

A fantastic P7 Open Evening showcasing our S1 experience earlier tonight. It was a pleasure to welcome so many families to the school. We hope you enjoyed your visit! #WCHSTransition2025