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EAL
The EAL department caters for the needs of the many students who are learning English as an additional language.
We ensure equal access to the National Curriculum for all students; strengthen students’ speaking, reading and writing levels; ease integration of new arrivals into a new educational environment and build self-confidence and self-esteem. Our EAL Resource Centre is home to many of our students during break time, lunchtime and after school. Its calm environment and strategic location within the school enables students to carry out a number of activities at simultaneously without disturbing each other. Whether you want to play a board game, listen to an audio book, watch a movie in your home language with English subtitles or simply borrow a reading book/DVD, the EAL Resource Centre is a goldmine of bespoke interactive activities to suit your learning needs whilst having fun and making friends.
Additionally, pupils meet here to receive personalised one to one tuition in English, Maths, Science and different subjects across the curriculum.
We provide:
- Multilingual In-class support for pupils
- Induction into the British education system
- EAL withdrawal lessons (intensive and fun at the same time!)
- Reading and writing support
- Homework and coursework support
- Language support
- Joint planning of lessons with Teachers
- Translation services
- Dictionaries and extra time during exams
- First language assessment & examinations
- EAL training and consultation for teachers around the school
- Liaison between home and school
- Mentoring for ethnic minority achievement (Mosaic Network, MyGeneration…)
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Educational trips
Staff
Mr W. Vanderpuye EAL Coordinator
Mr A Kdadri Teacher of EAL
Links
www.refugeeweek.org.uk/simple-acts
www.rit.refugeecouncil.org.uk/
www.naldic.org.uk/
www.mosaicnetwork.co.uk/
www.mygeneration.org.uk/
