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Introduction
The Access Service is part of the Children and Young People's Department and is a member of the Social Development and Inclusion Group. The Access Service is committed to working in partnership with schools to improve curriculum access and raise standards in order to provide equality of outcome for both English as an Additional Language (EAL) pupils and those from a minority ethnic background. Derby City Council is the lead authority for EAL support in Derbyshire Local Authority.
Our aim is to raise the attainment of targeted underachieving minority ethnic pupils in speaking, listening, reading and writing. We use a range of assessment processes including Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) steps for developing bilingual pupils' Foundation Stage assessments and analysis of tests are given at the end of Years 2, 6 and 9 to show progress to identify underachieving groups and pupils at risk of disaffection and/or exclusion.
The service deploys central support staff across the City and County, as appropriate, to support pupils from minority ethnic and EAL backgrounds on a time-limited basis.
Additionally, a total of 32 schools in the city currently receive a formula based Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant (EMAG) allocation to raise standards for a range of targeted underachieving pupils. This EMAG money is given to schools on the understanding that it is only used to support minority ethnic pupils.
The grant has two purposes:
1. To enable strategic managers in schools and Local Authorities to lead whole school change to narrow achievement gaps and ensure equality of outcomes;
2. To meet the costs of some of the additional support to meet the specific needs of bilingual learners and underachieving pupils. The categories that are defined by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) as the nationally underachieving pupils groups include the following: Pakistani; Bangladeshi; Black Caribbean; Black African; White & Black Caribbean; White & Black African and any other Black background.
If you are a school seeking support for pupils with EAL please ring the Access Service office on 01332 256334. The information required can be found on the New Arrivals City and County form
- 19 kb. Please make sure you have all the details before contacting the office. A New Arrivals Pack, which includes EAL guidelines and significant words/phrases, will then be sent to the school. If appropriate, a member of the team will visit the school and provide an initial English language assessment to determine the level of support required.
A basic handbook for supporting EAL children at Initial Stages entitled "New Starters"- 1.26Mb, is a useful resource for teachers and support staff.
The significant words and phrases are available here in the following languages:
The following documents are in pdf format
Survival words: Bosnian; Czech;Chinese; Finnish; Latvian; Russian; Turkish; Urdu; Japanese
Phrases: Polish phrases; Latvian phrases
The Access Service Team:
Education Officer - Rajesh Lall
Rajesh has overall management responsibility for this service.
Senior Achievement Co-ordinator - Sheila Kondras
Primary Achievement Co-ordinator - Paula Nightingale
Sheila and Paula co-ordinate the support service we offer to schools across the City and County.
Administration Support - Sudha Bhandari & Elaine McLean
For more information please contact us using the details below. You can also make a comment or ask a question online, by completing our Contact Us form at the foot of this page.
Derby City Council
Children and Young People's Services
The Access Service
2nd Floor, Norman House
Friar Gate
Derby
DE1 1NU.
Telephone : 01332 256334 Fax : 01332 256727 Email: accessservice@derby.gov.uk
Roles, Responsibilities and Targets 2008/09: EMAG Monitoring Procedures
Roles, Responsibilities & Targets 2008 - 2009 - 147kb/26 pages
Movement Levels ME Groups- 13kb
Support for New Arrivals: City and County
New Starters 1301kb
Welcome Booklet - Primary School- 400kb- This template is for schools to use as appropriate.
Initial Language Assessment - Key Stage 1 - 534kb
Initial Language Assessment - Key Stage 1 in Punjabi - 534kb
Initial Language Assessment - Key Stage 2 - 1mb
Initial Language Assessment - Key Stage 3/4 - 2.22mb
QCA Steps - 28kb
QCA Levels Student Record Sheet 400 kb
2008 Attainments by Ethnicity and Gender
Derby Ethnicity 2008- 17kb/2 pages
FSP 2006-2008 Ethnicity Derby Comparison- 102kb/21 pages
KS1 2006-2008 Ethnicity Derby Comparison - 57kb/12 pages
KS2 2006-2008 Ethnicity Derby Comparison- 87kb/18 pages
KS3 2006-2008 Ethnicity Derby Comparison- 88kb/18 pages
GCSE 2006-2008 Ethnicity Derby Comparison (not available at the moment)
Primary & Secondary Attainment of Minority Ethnic Pupils 2007 Summary
Conferences
Our next "Educating our Black Children Three: without Exclusion" Conference will be held on Saturday 6 June 2009 at Derby University. To find out more information or to book a place please download this leaflet . If you require any further information please contact Shamim Akhtar on 01332 256738.
In June 2007, we held a conference entitled "Educating Our Black Children Two: Empowering them to succeed" at the University of Derby. There were eight workshops in total, with two of them being designed specifically for students. There were two guest speakers, Trevor Gordon and Paul Obinna and also Richard Grant: Poet Laureate, known as Dreadlocks Alien, who gave a talk on a relevant topic.
A full Evaluation Report of the day was done showing delegate's feedback.
In October 2005, which was officially Black History Month, we ran a very successful conference at the University of Derby "Educating our Black Children: Learning from Success". Guest speakers included Trevor Gordon, Professional Training/Management Consultant; Bruce Gill, Inquiry Secretary to the Zahid Mubarek Inquiry and Gina Yashere, Comedian and TV Personality.
Training and Development:
In February 2007, Professor Martin Cortazzi delivered a training course entitled "Developing the Writing Skills of the Advanced Bilingual Learner" as part of the Secondary EAL Pilot. Some of the course content can be found below:
Activities to help develop writing- 70kb
Aspectsof Writing and Implications for EAL- 66kb
Principles of Developing EAL - 23kb
Assessments
On arrival into primary and secondary schools, direct entry pupils with English as a second language are given the following language assessments in line with the language they are supposed to have acquired at each QCA step.
Initial Language Assessment - Key Stage 1- 534kb
Initial Language Assessment- Key Stage 2- 1mb
Initial Language Assessment - Key Stage 3/4- 2.2mb
QCA Steps- 28kb
Administration Documents
Resources for Teaching Assistants and Teachers
Foundation Stage/Key Stage 1
The following documents are in pdf format
Big Books:
Sikh Diwali - Festival of Lights
Our Local Area' by Hardwick Infant School
Who Ate the Sweet?
Sharing A Book
Spring
Hey! You’re going on a Holiday
A resource full of activities for pupils going on extended leave. An explanatory letter to parents has been translated into Punjabi and Urdu.
Support for schools with Polish children:
Maths Vocabulary:
- Year 1
- 44 Kb - this is English to Polish
The following Maths Vocabulary documents are in PDF format in English to Latvian:
Key Stage 2
Maths Vocabulary and Science:
The following Maths Vocabulary documents are in PDF format in English to Latvian:
- Year 3 Block A, Year 3 Block B, Year 3 Block C, Year 3 Block D, Year 3 Block E
- Year 4 Block A, Year 4 Block B, Year 4 Block C, Year 4 Block D, Year 4 Block E
- Year 5 Block A, Year 5 Block B, Year 5 Block C, Year 5 Block D, Year 5 Block E
- Year 6 Block A, Year 6 Block B, Year 6 Block C, Year 6 Block D, Year 6 Block E
Series of Year 3 Science Lessons: Magnetism (the following documents are in pdf format )
Key Stage 3/4
Shakespeare Learning Materials
Produced by the EMA Secondary Network
Macbeth:
Twelfth Night:
Book based games and activities produced during a workshop on 7 June 2007 can be downloaded here:
Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL)
SEAL focuses on five social and emotional aspects of learning: self-awareness, managing feelings, motivation, empathy and social skills.The materials help children develop skills such as understanding another’s point of view, working in a group, sticking at things when they get difficult, resolving conflict and managing worries. The following are SEAL key words in Polish, SEAL key words in Slovak and SEAL key words in Czech (these documents are in pdf format ).
Further Information
If you require any further information about English as an Additional Language please visit the following websites:
The DCSF
(Department for Children, Schools and Families) will provide you with further information on English as an Additional Language (EAL) and Ethnic Minorities. A copy of the Ethnic Minority Achievement Unit(EMAU) Summer 2007 newsletter can be downloaded here EMAU Issue 8 Summer 2007
The QCA (Qualifications & Curriculum Authority) provides information about the education and training framework that meets the changing needs of individuals, business and society.
The Refugee Council is one of the largest organisations in the UK working to support and help asylum seekers and refugees.
Sue Stevens of ICTC recommends the websites which are listed in EAL Websites- 37.2kb,as being potentially useful.