Better Bilingual EAL Celebration Event: feedback!
Who were our guest speakers and what did they talk about?
Soofia Amin – Assistant Head Teacher and Specialist Lead in Education for Multilingualism, Kensington Primary School, London
Mindsets and Multilingualism In this session I will share our school’s journey from focusing on supporting EAL, to one championing a whole school approach to Multilingualism.
John Claughton & Abigail Dean – Co-Founders of WoLLoW (Ex-Headteacher and Teacher)
WoLLoW (World of Languages, Languages of the World): A New Approach to the Teaching of Languages in a Multilingual Society WoLLoW aims to foster an understanding of languages. We show the importance of languages; to highlight the importance of linguistic and cultural diversity and to encourage an enjoyment of languages.
Yoshito Darmon-Shimamori – Teacher and Author specialising in multilingual literacy
The Library 4 Multilinguals Yoshito will showcase his series of books designed to help all of your multilingual students explore their languages and cultures in a fun way.
Maria Potvin – Language Adviser, Raising Bilingual Children
Building Bridges: Empowering Multilingual Learners Through Parent-School Collaborations Schools, educators and parents – we all share a common goal: supporting our multilingual learners on their unique journeys to becoming the best versions of themselves, both academically and personally. I’ll be discussing how we can build strong, effective collaborations between home and school…to bring these partnerships to life.
Meg Stacey – Assistant Head Teacher, St Mary Redcliffe Primary School, Bristol
Empowering Children through Translanguaging EAL has become a priority within our school development plan. This session will explore the journey that we are going through to empower our EAL learners to confidently use their first languages within the classroom environment.
Glynis Lloyd – The Bell Foundation (Gold Sponsor)
Engaging with Multilingual Parents/Carers This talk introduces The Bell Foundation’s EAL and SEND: Guidance for Integrated Provision in Schools. The guidance promotes a holistic approach to identification and support of SEND and positions multilingual Parents/Carers as playing a central role in embedding effective provision.
Our sponsors:
Huge thanks to our generous sponsors, without whom this event would be not possible!
🙌🙌🙌 Announcing our GOLD sponsor! 🥇 🥇 🥇
The Bell Foundation is a national charity which aims to overcome exclusion through language education by working with partners on innovation, research, training, and practical interventions. Through generating and applying evidence, we aim to improve practice, policy and systems for children, who use English as an Additional Language in the UK.
Glynis Lloyd from The Bell Foundation will be a guest speaker on 1st October – you can also find her on The Bell Foundation’s event exhibition stand!
🙌🙌🙌 Announcing our SILVER sponsor! 🥈🥈🥈
The EAL Academy – Developing literacy for a multilingual world
EAL learners present schools with exciting opportunities – getting it right for these learners will benefit the whole school and often in the most astonishing of ways.
We are school improvement specialists with a focus on the language of the classroom and subject-specific literacy.
Come and talk to us at our event exhibition stand on 1st October!
🙌🙌🙌 Announcing our BRONZE sponsor! 🥉🥉🥉
Across Cultures provides teachers, learners of any language background and parents with the tools needed to successfully support learners with English as an Additional Language
Come and talk to us at our event exhibition stand on 1st October!