Description

As teachers and advisors working with children and schools, much of what we do suddenly seems to be focusing on getting children to talk. The reasons for this seem so obvious now, but the very fact that we have to work in such a clear, methodical way to bring this into our classrooms, speaks volumes about how education has travelled a distance from how children learn.

The articles in this issue are focusing on techniques we all use for supporting children to talk together, to support their learning.

Contents

Editorial (page 3)
Susan Rankin-Reid

View from the Chair (page 5)
Steve Cooke

Speaking and Listening in Lambeth Primary Schools (page 7)
Ros Ferrara, Amanda Bellsham-Revell

Key Visuals in Hounslow (page 9)
Andy Harvey

Communicating with the bilingual, non verbal communicator. (page 12)
Suzanne Lowry

Making the Grade (page 13)
Penny Travers

Giving it a severe looking at – Working with BLEW Box in a Westminster classroom (page 14)
Susan Rankin-Reid

Maths and Language: A study for EAL Learners (page 16)
Debbie Winson

What does the renewal of the National Literacy Strategy mean to the bilingual learner in special schools? (page 19)
Suzanne Lowry

Project Antarctica: Making cross-curricular links – a way forward? (page 23)
Louisa Lochner

Developing Speaking and Listening in Science in Year 5 (page 26)
Emily Tunstall-Behrens

“The Computer Speaks My Language!” – Giving Status to All Languages (page 30)
Trevor Millium

Refugee Children Update (page 31)
Tim Spafford and Bill Bolloten

NALDIC News (page 33)
Nicola Davies

Conference Report (page 38)
Tracey Costley & Frank Monaghan

Review (page 40)
Richard Gifford