Primary Upskilling Courses 2025/26
Primary School Teachers
Registered with the Teaching Council!
You have access to FREE Language Upskilling courses as administered by PPLI Languages Connect and funded by the Department of Education and Youth
Our teachers are all native, qualified and experienced teachers who understand English. All our courses come with their own FREE set of Teaching Materials ready to use in your classroom: WE ARE TEACHERS! WE UNDERSTAND YOU!
With our courses, you also get access two hours of unsupervised Online Conversation space to practice the language, complete tasks and discuss language teaching in your own classroom, with the other course participants.
Courses begin for Term 1 in September 2025 with the following schedule:
Monday - French
Tuesday - Spanish
Wednesday - Italian
Thursday - German
Classes are two hours in duration at the following times each day: 3:15 - 5:15pm or 6:15 - 8:15pm. When you register you can select your preferred start time.
We offer a comprehensive range of Language Upskilling courses designed to accommodate varying proficiency levels, enabling teachers to select and complete the courses that best align with their individual learning needs.
This 2025-26 academic year, the course weeks are:
(TERM 1) Sept 29th, Oct 6th, Oct 13th, Oct 20th, Nov 3rd, Nov 10th, Nov 17th, Nov 24th, Dec 1st, Dec 8th, Dec 15th and Jan 12th (these may change slightly)
(TERM 2) Jan 19th, Jan 26th, Feb 9th, Feb 23rd, Mar 2nd, Mar 9th, Mar 23rd, Mar 3oth Apr 6th, Apr 27th, May 11th and May 18th (these may change slightly)
Note: there are no classes during holidays or on bank holiday weeks
The Welcome Pack that we will email you after registration will explain everything!
Funded Language Upskilling Courses are available to qualified primary school teachers currently employed in the primary education sector in Ireland. To be eligible, teachers must be registered with the Teaching Council of Ireland and provide their school's roll number.
Do you have questions? Email us or text, WhatsApp or call 086 365 9715 with your questions! Email and WhatsApp are the easiest ways to get through as we may be busy teaching the Say Yes to Languages programs in Primary Schools during school hours.
For further information on Languages Connect you can find them on:
Facebook: Languages Connect
LinkedIn: Languages Connect
Instagram: @languagesconnect
or on their website: https://languagesconnect.ie/