Access to the Primary Languages Network Ireland Platform (PLN) will open on the morning of July 1, 2025, for all those teachers enrolled on either the French or Spanish online summer course, with us here at CPD College.

What does the platform contain?

• A scheme of work for each class level
• 144 fully developed lessons
• 144 lesson plans
• A 44-page workbook with a task sheet for each of the 42 lessons, 7 for each of the six themed units of work
• 144 videos which utilise the very effective ‘Video2Teach’ lesson delivery approach whereby our specialists. Irene & Emilie, are transposed into your classroom through the magic of technology and interactive whiteboards
• 24 knowledge organisers
• Pronunciation guides
• Assessment tasks
• Projects
• Games, activities and all the elements you would expect to find in a modern foreign languages teaching programme

The platform has six units of Seven Lessons per Unit at each Class Level from 3rd to 6th Class

There are Six Lessons per unit. 

Each lesson is video-instructed, using the ‘Video 2 Teach’ MFL approach.

The video below is from Lesson 1, Third Class.

Emilie is your ‘Language Specialist’ and will be with you, your school and your classes all the way from third class to sixth class, at every stage of your language learning journey. Emilie is our very own enthusiastic native French-speaking teacher.

Each unit has Six Lessons. Each unit also has a Medium-Term plan that captures the key learnings. 

Each unit has a Knowledge Organiser where you can listen to vocabulary and phrases, and practise your pronunciation. 

What other interactive areas are there within the units?

• There are the medium-term plans, lesson plans and knowledge organisers which are all interactive and printable 
• There is the 'teacher upskilling area', where teachers take an interactive test on the content focus of the unit e.g. vocabulary, phrases, phonics etc. It is great fun, and who doesn’t want that 100% score?
• Within each lesson, there are several features to support teaching, learning and assessment through the Interactive Whiteboard at the top of your classroom. We have warm-up activities, the learn section, the supporting games, the task to be completed, and the vocabulary to be tested.
• There are assessments and success criteria, language detective skills, interactive game playing on unit learning outcomes, and samples of children’s work

This is the most comprehensive platform ever, and ready to support and facilitate Ireland’s primary school teachers to deliver exciting, engaging and immersive lessons in September 2025! Access opens July 1, 2025, for all enrolled.

ALSO, everybody receives a FREE Workbook 1, per the selected sample pages below. This is the 44-page workbook that ALL senior classes will need in September 2025 to begin the phased implementation of MFL.

Here is a sample of the workbook, featuring just 14 pages from the 44-page book. 

A Four-Year Process - Phasing in of Primary MFL – September 2025 to September 2028

• September 2025 - ALL classes begin their MFL journey and complete the Third-Class Programme with Workbook 1
• September 2026 - Third Class do Workbook 1, but Fourth / Fifth / Sixth now do Workbook 2
• September 2027 - Third Class Workbook 1, Fourth Class Workbook 2, Fifth & Sixth Class Workbook 3
• September 2028 - Third Class Workbook 1, Fourth Class Workbook 2, Fifth Class Workbook 3 and Sixth Class Workbook 4

That completes the phased introduction of MFL, and all classes have now reached their level.

• Step 1: Enrol now on your Summer 2025 EPV Training Course for MFL and gain FREE access to the PLN Ireland Portal with all the interactive and immersive lessons, presented by language specialists. Access to the PLN Network opens on July 1.
• Step 2: Order your class set of French or Spanish Workbooks for all senior classes
• Step 3: Deliver one lesson a week, for 1 hour per week from September 2025, using the PLN Platform. There are 42 lessons in total.

Enrol now for our 2025 Summer Inservice French Course and avail of the MFL solution! 

FREE TRIAL: What an opportunity to avail of a full immersive experience of the platform for 4 months from July 1 to the end of October 2025. You will then have a full sense of the wonder of the platform!

On completion of your four-month trial on the platform, you will have the option to recommend the platform to your school for membership if you wish. School membership will give ALL teachers in your school access to the platform. Here are the costs:

• Small school (100 pupils or less) - €159 plus VAT
• Medium school (101-200 pupils) - €239 plus VAT
• Large school (More than 200 pupils) - €319 plus VAT 

For now, enrol and enjoy a course full of lessons and resources and get yourself ready to teach French next September.

NOTE:

The online format of this course enables you to study at a time and place that best suits your own needs. 

You can access your course from July 1st to August 22nd 2025.

Within this highly interactive web-based course, a dynamic learning experience awaits. You can interact with your fellow course participants through the in-course chat forums and communication tools provided by the CPD College learning system. 

Our friendly and knowledgeable tutors actively support each course, providing expert interaction, guidance and feedback for all participants on chat questions and assignments which call for critical reflection, self-analysis and a reasoned response. 

On successful completion of your course, you can download and print off your CPD record and certificate of completion.

We look forward to welcoming you to your course.