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Aiming High: Meeting the needs of newly arrived learners of EAL

Further resources for teachers

1. Aiming High: Guidance on supporting the education of asylum seeking and refugee children (DfES0287/2004) - a booklet to support teachers in their work with asylum- seeking and refugee children, with information ranging from the role of LEAs through to advice on supporting individual communities.
2. Aiming High: Understanding the educational needs of minority ethnic pupils in Mainly white schools (DfES0416/2004) - guidance that addresses multicultural issues and the difficulties of isolation which can present minority ethnic pupils with additional barriers to their achievement.
3. Multiverse a website providing teacher educators, student teachers and trainees with a wealth of resources that focus on enhancing the educational achievement of pupils from diverse backgrounds.
4. Home from Home - a resource pack available from Salusbury WORLD, an innovative refugee project run in conjunction with Save the Children. It includes sections on:
   
   • welcoming refugee children and their families to the school community;
   • preparing for new arrivals in the classroom;
   • helping refugee children become effective learners;
   • creating opportunities for parents to get involved.
5. Relearning to learn (National Union of Teachers, 2002)  a booklet offering advice to teachers new to teaching children from refugee and asylum-seeking families, that is based on six guiding principles:
   
   • Individual classroom teachers should not have to cope alone.
   • A 'can do- approach works best.
   • View refugee children as having to relearn how to learn.
   • Refugee children are not responsible for their situation.
   • The host children are central to the 'solution'.
   • Teachers new to teaching refugee children may need specific professional development and/or additional resources in their classroom.
6. EMA Online a resource base for teachers, developed by Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester LEAs with funding from the DfES. The 'EAL & Bilingual Resources' section links to a broad range of resources including multilingual stories, lesson plans and guidance.