Supporting with home learning when English isn’t your first language.

Are you finding it a challenge to support your child with their home learning due to a language barrier. Here are our recommendations:

1. Use translate programs. Use google translate to translate activity instructions and web pages into your home language.
2. It is OK to explain concepts to your child in your home language. It is OK to translate instructions to your child.  
3. Ask us a question! Type a ClassDojo message to your child’s class teacher in your home language. We will translate it and try our best to help you.

Remember, we want you to do what you can. If class activities are too difficult;

• Take part in a 'learning English mini project' with Mrs Goulding and Mrs Khalid. Posted weekly on the school page.
• Why not start a project of your own. Visit https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/ to watch stories in English. Could you try speaking and writing about your story in English? Can you send pictures or videos of your work to your class teacher?
• You could share a story in your home language by visiting http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
• Practise your number skills with games from https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
• Practise reading words in English with https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Please do get in touch with us. We are here to help.