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.
Translated summaries from the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 workshop – Edinburgh University
Covid-19 workshop translated summaries
The University of Edinburgh Infectious Diseases department has released talk summaries from the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 workshop, translated into a variety of other languages. This might be of interest for anyone looking into Covid -19 from a scientific point of view. Link below:
Covid-19 workshop Translated Summaries Edinburgh University
Covid-19 PKC Wellbeing for Parents, Carers and Young People
PKC have produced some helpful leaflets to offer support and advice on the wellbeing of Parents, Carers and Young People.
Please see attachments below: