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Involving and communicating with parents, carers and families Number of resources (13)


# 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.
# This video is part of the How am I different? series of Teachers TV programmes. It portrays the educational experiences of a ten year old Traveller girl of Irish heritage.
# 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.
This case study describes a project in which photography was used as a medium to stimulate discussion and knowledge exchange between schools and some of the most excluded families, in this case a group of Gypsy Roma Traveller families. Pupils were given disposable cameras and encouraged to capture images to illustrate their lives and education and produce a photographic collection 'through their...
# 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 short booklet available on-line contains advice and information for teachers, schools, Local Authorities and parents/carers of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children.
Research report of a study into Elective Home Education of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children commissioned by the DFES (Ivatts, 2006)
# Teachers TV video of how a secondary school in East London with significant numbers of new arrivals, including refugee children, is working to ensure its focus on pupil inclusion is maintained.
40 second clip from 'Prejudice and Pride' DVD which shows young Gypsy Travellers talking about their site and the lack of facilities
This eight minute video extract features an interview with the Kwiek family - a Polish Roma family that has lived in the UK for nine years. It is taken from the DVD entitled 'Travellers and Gypsies: Groups and Issues' produced by the Catholic Children's Society (2005).
# 30 minute Teachers’ TV programme looking at the problems that refugee children face in Britain and howschools in Birmingham have been responding to the challenges to help children settle in.
Guidance document providing advice and recommendations for schools on raising the achievement of Gypsy Traveller pupils in all Key Stages.