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Little by Little: Strategies for Pupils

Let's learn English through readings!: Hello, my dear students ...

These strategies have been developed to support pupils to use strategies in their classes to help them to develop and acquire English. They can be downloaded individually or as a zip folder. They were originally developed and sent out to pupils over the year so that they had a weekly strategy to try out.

  1. Mind Maps
  2. Learning New Words
  3. Vocab cards Quizlet
  4. Use the people around you
  5. Graphic Organisers
  6. Tables
  7.  Translation and Dictionaries
  8. Action Tree
  9. Speech to text, readers and support on Chromebook
  10. Glossaries
  11. Summaries
  12. Questions
  13. Analysis – making the same mistakes
  14. Keeping your home language (L1)
  15. Idiomatic sayings

Little by Little zip folder

Talking to children about Covid 19

Talking to children about Covid 19 using talking mates, video and hand washing guidance.

https://www.nhsggc.org.uk/kids/supporting-children-and-young-people-during-covid-19/

Also available in many different languages  https://www.mindheart.co/descargables

Covid 19 Guidance in 44 different languages

Here is a link to translated information from the NHS from Doctors of the World.

Use this to share with parents and older pupils.

https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/coronavirus-information/

EIS Welcome Packs for PRIMARY and SECONDARY

The following packs have been made available to schools:

Please click on the links to access the resources

Refugee and Migrant Welcome Packs

Going to School in Scotland: Primary 1 – 4

https://www.eis.org.uk/Content/images/Equality/WelcomeToScotland/p1-4%20%20Going%20to%20school%20WEB.pdf

Going to School in Scotland: Primary 5 – S3

https://www.eis.org.uk/Content/images/Equality/WelcomeToScotland/p5-s3%20Going%20to%20school%20WEB.pdf

Welcome to School in Scotland: S4 – S6

https://www.eis.org.uk/Content/images/Equality/WelcomeToScotland/S4-S6%20Welcome%20to%20Scotland%20WEB.pdf

 

Parents/Carers Guide

English

https://www.eis.org.uk/Content/images/Equality/WelcomeToScotland/Parents%20book%20WEB.pdf

Polish

https://www.eis.org.uk/Content/images/welcome%20to%20scotland/Polish%20Parents%20book.pdf

Arabic

https://www.eis.org.uk/Content/images/welcome%20to%20scotland/Arabic%20Parents%20book.pdf

Be Bilingual Leaflets

These leaflets are published by Aberdeenshire EAL Service and promote bilingualism and the benefits of maintaining and developing home languages. They are published in a number of different languages and aslo have links for further information.

MESH Guide

meshguides.org

 

This guide provides lots of links to suggested strategies, activities, research and other materials for teaching EAL pupils. Where you see a blue triangle click to get more information. Lots of good material here which could provide a backbone for understanding the teaching of EAL pupils.

Click on logo for more…. or

http://www.meshguides.org/guides/node/112?n=133

Booklets for New Pupils from Essex County Council

Essex County Council have produced a number of booklets with useful phrases for new pupils in a variety of languages. Can be used by teachers and pupils to ease communication and by parents to get messages across to schools and vice versa.

Available in the following languages:

Strategies for Supporting Writing at Stage 1

 

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