Having effective EAL provision in your primary school is becoming increasingly important year on year. As of January 2022, over 987,000 children were recorded as EAL learners in maintained primary schools alone across the UK, meaning that over 21% of primary pupils now have EAL. The number will only continue to grow, given the sharp increase in refugees and asylum seekers such as those from Ukraine. Adding in the huge language loss as a result of Covid-19 disruption to learning, it is now of critical importance for schools to ensure that they are supporting their EAL learners at the highest possible standard. During Covid-19, of teachers who were able to report on the impact on the English language skills of pupils who use EAL, 74% of primary teachers reported observations of language loss in one or more language skill areas.

For many primary school teachers that are new to the profession their training rarely covers EAL teaching, if at all, and the number of primary EAL students rising across the country, it is vital that EAL specialists, support staff and senior leadership join together to learn how to ensure your school knows how best to support EAL pupils allowing them to thrive in school.

This online EAL training day will provide attendees with practical guidance on working with primary school pupils with EAL.

Learning objectives include:
• Understand needs of the full range of EAL learners in your primary school
• Acquire new strategies that effectively support new arrivals to settle and begin their EAL journey
• Enhance your understanding how every day English is acquired, to enable you to better encourage and aid EAL learners
• Consider the differences between how classroom and academic English is acquired, informing your teaching practices for primary EAL learners
• Being able to develop a strategy for leading a consistent approach to supporting the learning and growth of EAL pupils across your primary school.

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