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# This resource includes the presentations from an event designed to promote an understanding of the benefits to young children of learning and using two or more languages and to provide advice on raising children multilingually.
# June 2010 marks the third Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month. This annual event aims to celebrate the rich heritage, history and culture of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
Outline of discussion activity which aims to engage trainee teachers in considering the implications of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act (2000) and the importance of the monitoring and recording of racist incidents.
# This guidance, published by the DCSF in 2009, is aimed at practitioners working across the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). The guidance materials, which consist of a booklet and a DVD-ROM, encourage reflection on the quality of the provision made in EY settings for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) children and their families.
# A set of National Strategy guidance materials to support teachers in promoting the progress and achievement of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils and in meeting their statutory duties in terms of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000.
# A Toolkit aimed at mainstream Schools and Complementary Schools that want to work in partnership. Published by CILT, 2009 as part of the Our Languages project.
# This session aims to develop students' understanding of the importance of parental involvement for refugee children's achievement.
# Documentation for student teachers relating to how to respond to racism.
# Document prepared by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) which enjoins member European states to to provide guidance to their schools on respecting cultural difference and teaching about religion in a fair and balanced way.
# Guidance document relating to recording and reporting racist incidents in schools.
A booklet of guidance for Early Years practitioners on how to support children learning English as an additional language and promote opportunities for them to express themselves and learn through their home language.
# A free booklet and accompanying DVD published by the DCSF (National Strategies) containing three case studies of primary schools describing good practice in supporting the learning of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils.
This is a report of a recent research project commissioned by the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) to explore the range of issues around working with Travellers, Irish Travellers, Gypsies, Roma and Showpeople, as well as the support and training available to staff involved. The research was conducted by the NfER and published in 2009.
The Schools Out Website
Link to LGBT History Month website
# In response to a high level of pupil mobility and increased migration, the DCSF has produced guidance to support both primary and secondary schools in welcoming new arrivals and teaching them successfully.
Review of a book on how some children are identified as winners, and others as losers in education, and how this very early on in children's school careers.
Review of a book on gender in the early years which provides a highly detailed analysis of boys' educational achievement.
Review of book which provides an analysis and overview of multiagency work in early years and argues that change is necessary if the ambitious outcomes of ECM are to be realised.
Book exploring all aspects of racism and its impact on children. It aims to encourage a better understanding of current legislation, and how to plan using national and local policies.
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