English as an Additional Language
At The Beacon we have children who speak a variety of home languages as well as English. We support, encourage and celebrate the diversity of language, the opportunities this gives us all to learn together and understand the real-world importance of developing our language skills.
As a school, we work closely with the EAL team at Devon County Council to ensure that pupils with English as an additional language are able to access the curriculum. To help our families, we have put together a selection of websites to encourage and build your child's use and understanding of English.
Helpful websites:
- https://ealresources.bell-foundation.org.uk/ EAL Nexus is great helping pupils research different science, history and geography topics.
- collaborativelearning.org This website has activities that focus on speaking and listening. Resources are in simple English to help understanding.
- http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/ This website has a mixture of online activities and printable work to. Very good for children who are new to English.
- https://www.englishactivities.net/englishgames interactive games for basic vocabulary and sentence building.
- https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/ interactive games for vocabulary, tenses and sentence building.
- Google translate page
- https://www.collinsdictionary.com/translator/french-english Another translating website.
There is a section on the twinkl website which specialises in EAL. There are lots of different resources in different languages. Click on the image where it will direct you to a parent/ guardian information web page.