Wishing all our families a wonderful summer holiday.
The EAL service looks forward to welcoming all our students back to school on the 19th August 2025.
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ESOL at the Learning Curve
ESOL open day July 4th 10:390 till 3:00pm at the Learning Curve in AK Bell library. Come along and practice your English skills!
World Refugee Day 20th June 2025
Friday 20th June 2025 is World Refugee Day.
Here are some resources you could consider using from the Scottish Refugee Council to show our solidarity with refugees.
World Refugee Day 2025 will be a moment to show solidarity with refugees, honouring their stories and showing unwavering support to their plight. https://www.unhcr.org/media/world-refugee-day-2025-key-messages
Events will take place across Scotland next week as part of the Scottish Refugee Festival. Click the link to find out more. https://www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/about/
Winter holiday wishes
We would like to wish all our students and their families, friends and colleagues a very happy and peaceful winter break.
We look forward to welcoming you back to school on Monday 6th January 2025.
Benefits of Multilingualism
There are multiple benefits to being multilingual, multiliterate, and multicultural in today’s global society.
This interesting infographic illustrates some including delaying cognitive signs of aging and getting a better
job offer.
Super Simple Songs
https://supersimple.com/super-simple-songs/
This is a lovely site with lots of songs to listen to about different topics to help young EAL children learn new vocabulary.
Printable resources go with each topic too.
ESOL Early Literacies readers NATECLA Resource
https://read.bookcreator.com/library/-NEQV-XL9tSz5ramr6Q-
Some lovely books on this website to support new EAL arrivals whose literacy levels are A1 or A1-. The can be downloaded and printed or students can listen to the audio versions on a device.
Thanks the NATECLA Scotland for producing these.
Refugee Festival Scotland 14th-23rd June 2024
Save the Date: Professor Jim Cummins talk with Bell Foundation and SATEAL
Guidance for parents of students who use EAL: About the Scottish education system
The Bell foundation have released some information for parents to help with understanding the Scottish Education system – Primary and Secondary. This has been translated into several other languages and may be a useful for new arrivals from other countries.
Translated copies available through the first link.
