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Course 1

My New School Induction, Inclusion and Assessment resource packs and New Arrivals in UK schools

Course Code: Full day: MNS/RP/fd Half day: MNS/RP/hd

Who should attend?
All interested educators, teachers, practitioners and teaching assistants and support staff and those who have already or intend to buy the resource pack.

The My New School Induction, Inclusion and Assessment pack was launched in October 2006 with Local Education Authorities. EAL departments and school in the UK, currently using the packs for ‘Newly Arrived’ learners. The feedback received from practitioners who are currently using the packs has been very encouraging and we have therefore developed a training course, based on this feedback and ideas on how to maximise the use and flexibility of these packs.

Aims
Provide an overview and background to the learning experiences of New Arrivals and their identity during pre-migration, during migration and post migration. The overview will also include the type of learning experiences through informal learning, accidental learning, chance learning and teaching styles and approaches in countries of origin and host countries during migration. Using this information and knowledge, we then proceed to link these backgrounds to the practical use of the packs to:

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  • Provide an overview of good practice and to maximise the use of this valuable and flexible resource.
  • Deepen the participant and educators familiarity with the use of the pack and induction, inclusion and assessment of refugee children and New Arrivals.
  • Make the participants aware of the flexibility and different ways to use the packs
  • Understand the diversity and learning experience of New Arrivals and refugee children
  • Discuss the definition and identities of New Arrivals and their knowledge of schools in the UK
  • Provide an opportunity to find out how other educators use this resource for children with diverse experiences and needs.
  • Use the anchoring theory and target setting for New Arrivals in schools

Content

  • An introduction to the pack My New School 10-16 year old and the Lower Primary pack up to 9 year olds
  • Maximising the use of the packs and resources
  • Maximising the flexibility of the pack for individual needs
  • Hands on sessions in profiling New Arrivals while using the packs
  • Hands on sessions in assessment of New Arrivals while using the packs
  • Assessment in school preparedness of refugee children and New Arrivals
  • Group discussions and practical workshops
  • Understanding the learning experiences of the New Arrival and how to welcome them
  • Target setting for New Arrivals
  • Using additional EAL material with the packs
  • Planning projects while using the packs
  • Discussions and role play