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8,000 Miles Away, But Not A Backwater!
H. Cowlan Leader of Geography and Sustainability
Hornbill School, Brunei
Arriving at Hornbill School in Brunei, 8,000 miles away from the UK, I knew my teaching career was about to take a different route, but I didn’t realise how excited and liberated I would feel. The school is a Service Children’s Education school for children of Gurkha and British soldiers and civilian MOD personnel serving with the HQ Brunei Garrison in Seria, Brunei. We follow the UK National Curriculum and are subject to all UK legislation, including HMI Ofsted inspections.
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 Exciting new International Programme for Senior School Leaders, Business Managers and Headteachers!
NCSL’s new International Leadership Learning Programme offers a unique opportunity to reflect upon leadership in an international context. This programme is now open to Senior School Leaders and School Business Managers as well as Headteachers and enables school leaders or explore a variety of themes pertinent to schools and system wide development.
The International Leadership Learning Programme (ILLP) not only offers senior school leaders an excellent professional development opportunity, it is also designed to have a positive impact on school and system development. Ideal for those who wish to develop their own leadership capacity and that of others and who are committed to implementing changes to benefit their school/ organisation and sharing their learning to benefit others.
For more information on this exciting and subsidised opportunity please register your interest with David Charlton at david.charlton@ncsl.org.uk or visit our site on www.ncsl.org.uk
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Special Educational Needs and English as an Additional Language (EAL):
Identifying and supporting the needs of children with EAL
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Overview
In a previous article we showed how the Family Learning Programme in Hornbill School, Brunei had helped to strengthen the parent-teacher relationship and enabled parents of children with EAL to have increased confidence and renewed enthusiasm to support their children with their learning at home. In our experience we found that many parents and some teachers are unsure of whether a child who is experiencing a difficulty has a learning difficulty or it remains entirely a matter of (second) language acquisition. Here we explain how we have developed a system to identify and support the needs of children with EAL to ensure we fulfil our full responsibility to those children and families, as distinct from children who have a specific learning difficulty categorised as a Special Educational Need (SEN). [This article is especially helpful, since it combines the themes running through two regular series in Working With Parents: Communicating with Parents and Special Educational Needs.
Working with Parents who have English as an Additional Language (EAL): Family Learning
Programme
Helping to Raise Achievement in Children with English as an Additional Language (EAL)
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Overview
In previous articles the priority we place on the way in which we communicate with parents, as well as the approach we take, the style we adopt and the frequency we communicate , can improve basic relationships between home and school and help children to make continued progress. No where is this more important than working with families where English is not the first language. Here we consider how one school has developed their work and relationships with parents to ensure all children with EAL make continued progress. The Family Learning Programme in SCE Hornbill School, Brunei has helped to strengthen the parent-teacher relationship and enabled parents of children with EAL to have increased confidence and renewed enthusiasm to support their children with their learning at home.
Kathy Wood MBE is a NET Leading Thinker
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