Wishing all our pupils, families and colleagues a very happy and safe summer break.
We look forward to seeing you all again in the New term.
With best wishes from the EAL Team in Perth & Kinross.
Monthly Archives: June 2020
Rights of EU Citizens in Scotland
This is a link to information about EU citizens rights in Scotland.
In addition to existing support under the Stay in Scotland campaign, the Scottish Government commissioned JustCitizens.Scot, a legal centre for justice and human rights, to develop a range of factsheets for EU citizens. This guidance explains the rights of EU citizens in Scotland to vote, work and access healthcare, education, housing and benefits. These are now available in English, Polish, Romanian, Lithuanian, Spanish and Italian.
Factsheets for the following are also available :
The English Hub for Refugees
Continuing the celebration of Refugee Week this is a nice website with some good resources in the Materials section to support your New to English (A1) learners. Both downloadable worksheets and online learning practise available.
Refugee Week 15th – 20th June 2020
Refugee Week 2020 is a celebration of the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees. Founded in 1998 and held every year around World Refugee Day on the 20 June.
This website has various ideas to contribute to and take part in celebrations this week. The Children and Young People’s Section has some good ideas for schools, teachers and pupils.
Seesaw Translation support
Some support for teachers to translate comments into home languages on SeeSaw. From the Seesaw help centre.
https://help.seesaw.me/hc/en-us/articles/218102343-How-does-translation-work-
Visuals for infection control
widgets to help children understand infection control
Video clips : Logging in to learning platforms
Logging in to learning platforms These video clips show how to log in to Glow, Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom and Seesaw. Some are translated into other languages.
With thanks to Aberdeenshire EAL Service.
Teach First
This link is to a database of websites shared by teachers which has many useful resources for learning. It has been compiled by Teach First, a social Enterprise dedicated to building a fair education for all. https://www.teachfirst.org.uk/
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/149TQzqLlY7C-jxbCRdMYz8oYXxfimhI1k9IiI-PxWe4/edit?usp=sharing
Support for Multilingual Families at Home
Time Together Booklet
https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/time-together-multilingual-families/
On the National Literacy Trust website you will find some translated leaflets to support multilingual families with their young child’s development at home with some suggestions on chatting together, singing songs and sharing books in their home language.
There are other useful resources can be found on this website too such as Family Zone with ideas from Birth to age 12; Zone in with specific ideas for students aged over 12; Grammar, Spelling and reading support and many other literacy related ideas for pupils parents and teachers.
Meet the EAL team.
Please find the link to our team Leaflet with a brief summary of the services we can offer and who we are.
Please contact us if you need any EAL support as young people, parents/guardians or colleagues.
