Celebrating diversity
Description
Bristol Metropolitan Academy has changed its entire ethos and curriculum to support its growing number of EAL pupils. With over 50% of the pupil population now made up of EAL students, the school has introduced GCSEs in Arabic and Polish, as well as allowing the children to do accreditations in any other spoken language in order to boost confidence and raise self esteem. There is a culturally diverse staff, including support staff, who help students adjust to life at the school. Translating for children with little or no English is fundamental to the school's success; we see this first-hand as a support teacher translates the class teacher's English instructions into Somali for the children.
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16 min
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Date of Publication
2009
Database
Alexander Street
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