EAL Provision in St Paul’s College, Kilrea.

Working to a new future of inclusion and diversity

Irish

English

Slovakian

Polish

French

Where we are….• At present we have 9

EAL children in our school, they are spread throughout the school, from Year 8-12.

• The children come from Poland and Lithuania.

• The children who are here are well settled and happy in St Paul’s College .

What has been achieved so far…• The children who are here are

secure and happy in St Paul’s College.

• We have put in place an Induction Procedure for New Arrivals, which formalises admission of New Pupils.

• A Welcome Booklet has been produced for all new children joining our school community.

• A bank of resources is currently available on the schools public site on C2k computers . This is updated regularly.

Our action plan for the school year …• Continue to customise planners to

include provision for EAL children in all year groups.

• Continuing to build upon the bank of relevant resources.

• Share resources between year bands.

• Inclusion of representatives from EAL in School Council.

• Monitoring of provision for EAL children in school.

• Tracking progress of EAL children.

• School diary / translation letters to be used as a mode of communication between home and school for all EAL children.

Events last term….

• European Week… a celebration of cultural diversity through music, song, food and dance.

• Trip to the Continental Markets at Christmas time

Learning Strategies• Teachers in St Paul’s College use a

variety of teaching strategies and interactive learning.

• Learning Intentions are made clear at the beginning of the class and referred to throughout the lesson.

• Teachers incorporate Numeracy, Literacy and ICT into their teaching methods – as part of the New Revised Curriculum.

• Pupils have additional literacy classes.