All posts by Mrs Anderson
Action for Happiness
September Action for Happiness calendar – available in various languages. Some links below, but more languages are available.
Be kind to yourself each day through September.
actionforhappiness.org/self-care-September/English
actionforhappiness.org/september_2020_Greek.pdf
actionforhappiness.org/september_2020_Hungarian.pdf
actionforhappiness.org/september_2020_Polish.pdf
actionforhappiness.org/september_2020_Portuguese.pdf
actionforhappiness.org/september_2020_Spanish.pdf
actionforhappiness.org/september_2020_Ukranian.pdf
actionforhappiness.org/september_2020_Turkish.pdf
EU Citizens staying in Scotland Translated leaflets
https://www.gov.scot/publications/eu-citizens-staying-in-scotland-leaflet-translations/
Support Information for EU citizens staying in Scotland after Brexit – Various language translations available through the link.
Have a lovely and safe summer holiday everyone!
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.
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-
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.
