South West RIG Meeting on Thursday 29th April 2019 from 14:00 – 16:00 at the University of Bath There was a great turnout for the South West EAL NALDIC RIG convened by Gail Forey at the University of Bath in collaboration with Better Bilingual. The meeting began by a presentation Read more…
On 28th February 2019 Yasmin delivered, in collaboration with BPTSA (Bristol Primary Teaching School Alliance), CPD on Maths and EAL. The focus was on exploring effective techniques on supporting learners to access the language of Maths. “The strategies shared and understanding the progress required by EAL were the most useful Read more…
Better Bilingual was delighted to be invited to deliver workshops at the Firm Foundation Conference Joining the Dots on Saturday 16th March 2019. The workshops were really well received with a great group of practitioners attending the workshops. It was clear that that there was a wide range of experiences Read more…
Better Bilingual EAL Network meeting (BANES) was held on 5th March at St Philip’s C of E Primary School Alice Herve from ‘Bath Welcomes Refugees’ spoke about her work with refugee families including organising tuition for the children. Yasmin Malik highlighted the ‘Young interpreters Scheme’ providing peer to peer support. Read more…
Better Bilingual EAL Network meeting (BRISTOL) was held on 12th March at Henbury School Outline of the meeting focused primarily on enhancing provision for learners new to English and included the following: Judith Prosser EAL Co-ordinator at Henbury School spoke about developing her role since joining the school in September Read more…
CPD BBNQT04: Preparing for SATs – “Most useful elements of the course were a chance to discuss and share strategies – I’d heard before but good to consider implications. I will now use the strategies from today’s course.” The Language of Instruction in Maths was delivered on 28th February 2019 Read more…
This NALDIC South West Regional Interest Group (RIG) Meeting was facilitated by Catherine Brennan and Yasmin Malik of Better Bilingual on Tuesday 20th November 2018 at Two Mile Hill Primary School, Bristol. Catherine shared personal highlights from this year’s NALDIC26 Conference, held in Leeds on 17th November 2018, before Yasmin Read more…
Better Bilingual EAL Network Meeting (Bristol) Tuesday 27th November 2018 – Cotham School With such a busy time of year for schools, Better Bilingual was privileged in being able to hold their EAL Network Meeting (Bristol) at Cotham school this term. Local and national key updates were provided by Read more…
Better Bilingual EAL Network Meeting (BANES) Tuesday 13th November 2018 – Cotham School The second Better Bilingual EAL Network Meeting (BANES) took place on 13th November 2018 at Combe Down Primary, led by Catherine Brennan. This gathering was well attended by a range of education professionals from infant, Read more…
Another well-organised NALDIC conference, another valuable opportunity to spend a day immersed in all things EAL – this time in the stylish Cloth Hall Court conference centre at Leeds Beckett University. The focus this year was ‘Evidence informed practice for EAL’ which fits in perfectly with our Bell Foundation Read more…