Theme: Supporting Refugee and Asylum Seekers

Convenor/s: Dianne Excell

Host: NALDIC Zoom

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NALDIC’s Regional Interest Groups help teachers and other education professionals working with EAL learners to get together, stay informed about developments in the EAL field and share best practice.

Guest Speakers

Colleagues from Refugee Education UK

Sally Hall and Stephanie Puissegur: Learning Improvement Consultants, Leeds City Council
Welcoming refugees and asylum seekers in schools, strategies to support pupils and parents

Jenny Smith: EAL New Arrivals Team, Sheffield City Council
Supporting New Arrivals and their families

Skander Hussain: Education and Child Psychologist, Rotherham MDC
Psychological aspects

There will be an opportunity for you to share your experiences and good practice in supporting refugees and asylum seekers, so please let me know if you would like to contribute to the meeting. As usual there will be updates from NALDIC and EAL Bilingual Google groups. Please let me know of any announcements you would like me to make before the RIG.

Dianne Excell | Yorkshire and the Humber RIG Convenor
yorkshumberrig@naldic.org.uk

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