English as an Additional Language (EAL)
St-Anne's Catholic Primary School
English as an Additional Language (EAL)
St- Anne's is proud to be a diverse school with a highly inclusive ethos underpinned by our mission statement.
'Each one of is unique, each one of us is special,
Because we are created by God's love.'
19.5% of our school community are billingual and this is celebrated by the St-Anne's community.
The main languages spoken by families at St-Anne's are:
- English
- Polish
- Chinese
- Tagalog/Filipino
- Hungarian
- Albanian
- Portugese
- Romanian
- French
- Swahili/Kiswahili
- Persian/Farsi
- Malayalam
- Italian
- Igbo
Universal Provision:
Highly inclusive Ethos underpinned by the school Mission Statement.
All languages and cultures valued
Language Rich environment
Dual coding across the curriculum
MfL teaching
Scaffolding in place where needed
Labels around school with visual prompts.
International days eg Polish Heritage days
Coffee mornings
EAL ambassadors
Targeted Provision:
Pre-teaching.
Phonic intervention
Additional Reading opportunities
Increased scaffolding if needed
Handwriting intervention
Sentence structure and grammar Intervention
Learning Village adapted resources
Specialist Provision:
Learning Village Intervention for survival language
Adapted teaching
External Professional involvement
Here are some useful websites with free resources:
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/english-as-an-additional-language-eal
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
http://www.literacycenter.net/
