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Teaching and Learning Resources
Ethnic Minority Achievement Support Service (EMASS)
The Ethnic Minority Achievement Support Service (EMASS) is a free service and comprises an English as an Additional Language (EAL) coordinator, teachers and bilingual teaching assistants.
Our aim is to work with early years practitioners, primary teachers, classroom assistants and senior managers in Swindon to improve the opportunities and outcomes for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and EAL pupils and their communities.
We aim to work in partnership to raise the standards of attainment and narrow the achievement gap for those minority groups who are particularly at risk of underachieving by providing:
- consultancy and advice
- strategies to support development of EAL
- bilingual support for new EAL learners
- translation of school letters and displays
- collaborative teaching in the classroom
- audit tools for self evaluation in relation to race equality, cultural diversity and provision
- suggestions on making the curriculum more accessible and relevant to BME pupils
Multicultural Resources Library
The Multicultural Resources Library is located at Drove Children's Centre on the 1st Floor and is open Mon -Thurs 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-3pm. We are committed to providing resources and information to support a wide range of community groups.
The following resources are available:
- books on different cultures and communities, religions, festivals and celebrations
- children's dual language story books
- dual language dictionaries and phrase books
- multicultural artefacts from around the world
- music CDs from different cultures
- CD ROMs
- Audio CDs
Please ask a member of staff if you need help finding a particular resource.
Contact:
EMASS Team
Drove Children's Centre
Plymouth Street
Swindon
SN1 2LA
Tel: 01793 818601
Email: jlambert@drove-pri.swindon.sch.uk
Email: jskevington@drove-pri.swindon.sch.uk
For information regarding Ethnic Minority Achievement Support Services (EMASS) Courses, please view the EMASS course information page
Schools and Learning Team Information
The Schools and Learning Team (Children Services) maintain a website to inform school staff of upcoming events and to share documents and ideas - please visit www.tinyurl.com/swindonprimary regularly to find out more.
Swindon RE Primary and Secondary Cluster Information (SACRE)
Documents are provided in downloadable Adobe pdf file format unless otherwise stated:
- Primary Cluster Meetings 2010-2011 (10 kb)
- Secondary Cluster Meetings 2010-2011 (10 kb)
- RE in Schools - Update from Swindon SACRE May 2011 (34 kb MS Word)
- Swindon SACRE Annual Report 2009-10 (255 kb)
- Swindon SACRE Letter to Schools (34 kb MS Word)
- Swindon SACRE Request for Secondary RE Information (28 kb MS Word)
- Launch of the Update of the Agreed Syllabus (28 kb MS Word)
The Swindon Locally Agreed Syllabus for RE is held in the Swindon Primary Merlin site, so please visit www.tinyurl.com/swindonsacre .