Beck Shih
Principal, Shanghai SMIC Private School
I am very grateful to be able to get a thorough and detailed planning of EAL in the U.K. from the views of both administrators and teachers. Thank you also for generously sharing with me the resources I requested. The efforts you have made in the workshop is very much appreciated and the materials cherished.
Anna Szuma
St Vincent's Academy
It was truly amazing training with all of the answers to my questions. I think in my school I will choose some elements from the training to help my colleagues to understand and support more EAL students efficiently across the school. I will try to bring small changes and establish the good practice I have learnt to my school. Thank you for the very useful and inspiring training.
Caroline Black
Sayes Court Primary School
I can't wait to get started! I think it will drastically overhaul EAL provision at my school, from when pupils start with us to when they leave. I think all staff and children will benefit from the training. Thank you Caroline!
Christie Carson
Epsom College, Malaysia
Improved knowledge of mainstream class planning and how to marry EAL primary with it. Also much better equipped to help language learners develop their writing skills. Got loads of websites, links, books etc. to go away and look at.
Clare Taylor
International School of Aberdeen
Very informative and thorough.
Kimberley Campbell
Cameron International Primary School, Spain
A great course, very useful and entertaining. Thank you!
Veronika Stedronska
The Forest Academy
I realised there is so much more to it and it is a brilliant tool which I will endeavour to use it a lot more.
Kim King, Head of High School
The English International School of Padua, Italy
The training delivered was superb. Our teaching and learning group will take up the challenge now to see what we need to do to take this forward.
Malini Patel
HLTA, Preston Park Primary School
I will be able to identify immediate needs of our school and try to put these in place. Teachers and LSAs will definitely be grateful for the resources and ideas.
Camellia Faiz-Mahdavi
Class Teacher/EAL Working Party, Preston Park Primary School
This training will be effective as I have learnt several strategies for EAL learners. This will hopefully lead to a success rate for those learners who have recently arrived in the country. Finally, I now have a clear outline of what I am going to do once I get back to work with all my action points. Thank you!
Maria Evans
EAL support, St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School
This training has been so important. I now feel confident to return to my school, share ideas and resources. I will begin the base line assessment straight away and meet with SLT to share ideas and plan next steps for out school. Thank you so much
Nicola Hughes
Assistant Headteacher, Filton Avenue Primary School
Lots of ideas to take away!
John Musgrave
Deputy Headteacher, Lawdale Junior School
Brilliant course Caroline! Thankyou
Malini Patel
HLTA, Preston Park Primary School
Management were really impressed with the way the pupil was supported. Thank you for the ideas
Belinda Hobbs
Teacher, European School of Strasbourg, France
We covered all areas discussed before the training today, even in such a short period of time. This was a great training that fostered healthy discussions with my colleagues.
Nancy Hogg
SENCO, Vale View Primary
Combined with all of the resources provided I feel confident that teachers will improve assessment and provision for our EAL pupils. It is good to know that we now have a knowledgeable contact to ask when we have any issues or questions.
Joanna McDonagh
Grade 4 Class Teacher, International School of Hamburg
In the space of 3 days, I learnt a great deal. I would now feel confident to lead an EAL Department and feel I have a strong enough grounding to do this with enough knowledge and skills to be a competent leader of other members of staff.
Sharon Short
Deputy Head of Primary, International School of Milan, Italy
The EAL 'Train the Trainer' course exceeded my expectations and the intervention resource is really good.
Bindu Grover
EAL Coordinator, The British School New Delhi
The EAL 'Train the Trainer' course is highly recommended for EAL and mainstream teachers for Primary and Secondary teachers in international schools. It offered me a range of resources, strategies and plans to meet the language needs of beginner to advanced EAL learners.
Khadijah Mohamudbucus
EAL Leader, Kings' School Nad Al Sheba
The EAL 'Train the Trainer' course offered extremely content rich resources which were under pinned by research and were very thorough. The trainer was outstanding. It has given me a very comprehensive understanding of the EAL learner, the ways school can help and how to become an advocate. All the solutions are in the book.
Paula Bell
Barton Hill Academy, Teacher, SLE Languages
Despite the EAL 'Train the Trainer' course being a very intense and work heavy, it has been brilliant and has equipped me with the language I need to confidently train others in my school and also to implement some of the great practice and resources given on the course.
OFSTED Report, Re: Across Cultures Consultant
Wood End Academy, UK
The consultant who works with pupils who are learning English as an additional language provides effective support and helps those pupils catch up quickly with their peers.
Cinzia Corradini
The English International School of Padua
The school inset was practical, fun and well led - thank you! Lots of teaching ideas!
Jessica Bell
The English International School of Padua, Italy
The school inset brought together aspects of my training which I had not previously considered holistically, really practical!
Emma Booth
Hemdean House School, Reading
I just wanted to say thank you for the excellent training you delivered for us today. It was really informative and your knowledge and experience shone through. Everyone felt that it was really helpful and are more confident about moving forward. Thank you again.
Georgie Mosel
Southbank International School, London
Teachers have a greater awareness and knowledge of strategies to differentiate for EAL students.
Neil Crosbie
Deputy Head, Wood End Academy, London
You gave us all that we need in order to provide more focused sessions for language development.... Really well delivered, well timed and we revelled in your enthusiasm.
Geraldine
Alban City School, St Albans
Well done and thank you Caroline. Very well prepared and plenty of different approaches to support how we can further help our EAL children and families. Made us think. Great delivery.
Head of Foundation Stage, CES, Egypt
I would recommend Caroline Scott’s training programme to any school, whether international or UK based; as she is friendly and enthusiastic in her approach and demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the issues and needs of EAL learners.
Sharon Short
Deputy Head or Primary, International School of Milan, Italy
It exceeded my expectations and the intervention resource is really good.
Alexandra Sentcheu
College Du Leman, Geneva, Switzerland
Just wish it could have been longer.
Selena Lynn
EAL Coordinator, Southbank International School
Great active learning throughout! Caroline is extremely knowledgeable and supportive. Ideas we already had were reinforced and we came away with a bank of new resources.
Sarah Gibb
EAL Department, International School of Dusseldorf, Germany
Its always extremely useful to get practical teaching ideas and resources when doing professional development. The plans are succinct and great to refer to when doing your own planning for EAL classes. I also like the idea of the resources which can be shared between EAL and mainstream. Thanks for the input and the pace in which the course was delivered.
EAL Coordinator
British School Muscat, Oman
The inset definitely has people talking about EAL learners and dictogloss is now being used throughout our school. The EAL team have been inspired to develop a targeted intervention programme to help fill gaps in children's English language learning and the Across Cultures resources will help to shape forthcoming EAL inset sessions. An intense and helpful couple of days! Thank you.
Robert Taylor
Headteacher, International Preparatory School, Lisbon
The course exceeded expectations and enthused a staff who already, in most cases, have worked in an EAL context for many years. Awareness was heightened and positive thoughts and ideas for developing and improvement are in abundance. I cannot recommend this course too highly.
Marc Radford
Primary & Secondary EAL Teacher
A super day! Really thought provoking, fun and reflective! It makes my vision of what I need to do a lot more structured.
Lynne Cadenhead
Year 4 teacher, CES British International School, Egypt
It has made me more aware of the difficulties faced by ESL students on a daily basis across the curriculum.
Susan Hills
Key Stage Two Coordinator, CES British International School, Egypt
Lots of ideas that should be encompassed in the whole school plan.
Kiran Toor
Teaching Assistant, The Abbey Junior School
I will try and integrate basic survival language learning into everyday interactions.
Jane Maxfield
Class Teacher, Ferham Primary School
Lots of practical ideas to use in school to support our EAL children.
Tracey Emms
FS teacher, CES, Cairo
I will be more reflective in my use of language.
Ivelina Miteva
EAL Coordinator, Minerva Education, London
I have the confidence that I'm equipped with strategies, knowledge and advice to train others and share my expertise. The course was everything I was expecting it to be - really useful and beneficial.
Kevin Yoon
Head of EAL Department, ISG Jubail School, Saudi Arabia
This course was exactly what I was looking for! The instructor is very professional, approachable, knowledgeable and excellent! Thank you!
Lisa Tudehope
EAL Coordinator, British Embassy School, Turkey
The opportunity to discuss potential EAL concerns and issues was invaluable.
Anne-Lise Cooper
SEN Teacher, Blankenhagen School, Germany
A focused and interesting course covering lots of issues pertinent to my school/role.
Beatrice Hagstrom
Teacher, Staffangymnasiet, Sweden
Lots of valuable facts and information as well as practicing, interactive lessons and materials that are useful to use in the classroom with pupils.
Victoria Cowx
Head of Learning Support, St Christopher's School, Bahrain
The training will help us develop a whole school approach, offering consistency and progression.
Amaya Echaide
EAL Teacher, Catton Grove Primary School
The training will provide the school with an outstanding structure for teaching EAL in the mainstream.
Marcella Meerloo
Healthy Child Curriculum Leader, Crown Lane School, UK
We will have great support for teaching staff and pupils and be able to optimise each pupil's opportunity in school, their well being and learning.
Margie Rayner
Independent EAL Teacher Adviser (Secondary)
Good tools to support integration of language development into mainstream planning.
Marlene Pretorius
Deputy Head and EAL Teacher, River House Montessori School
It will provide a much better structure and bank of resources to improve EAL learning.
Jamie Alexander
Class Teacher, London
The resources are very effective and easy to use and it will definitely help my school. I will apply what I have learnt ASAP.
Sara Lomas
PYP coordinator, International School of Milan
I have learnt new strategies to support EAL learners that I will use to assist teachers with students in their classrooms.
Jane Keatley
EAL Teacher, The British School of Amsterdam
I really enjoyed the course. Full of new ideas that I hope to implement.
Ruth Gibson
Inclusion Coordinator, Highlees Community Primary School
The materials that have been provided will be very supportive.
Rebecca Staples
West Sussex, Advisory Teacher EMAT Team
Great course... Good pace - interspersed with hands on activities.
Claudia van de Laar-Newson
Head of Early Years, The British School of Amsterdam
Really enjoyed the course, learnt a lot. It was supported with great resources to implement better English support.
Sonia Rutherford
Headteacher, Ark Oval Primary School, UK
It will help us on our journey to outstanding!
Rushna Avari
Assistant Head, Manley Park Primary School
I will now be able to support and guide/coach staff into using the strategies effectively. The course was good value for money. I think it will help my school by offering a whole school consistency, a clear action plan and support for pupils and staff.
Jill Wilson
ELL Teacher, UNIS, New York
This training is for ALL.
Gemma Fanning
EAL Specialist Teacher, Dwight School London
This excellent, hands-on course answered all my questions and beyond. Not only did it get me reflecting on my concerns within my school, but also what I need to do in my own teaching to maximise the benefits of EAL learning. I have many ideas to take back and share with my colleagues and I can't wait to put it into practice!
Christine L. Jacobsen
English Language Learning Teacher, United Nations International School, New York.
This course exceeded my expectations! It's exactly what I needed.
Sapna Holcombe
West Lodge Primary School, London
A wonderful inset. I feel more confident teaching and supporting our EAL Children. I found the book very useful.
Annette Oliver
Headteacher, Lawdale Junior School
Caroline Scott has written an excellent resource for the ever busy teacher. These lessons, for the new entrant with little or no English, provide a supportive structure to ensure children experience success in their new environment. Caroline Scott's book considers and supports the whole child and the worries and anxieties they will be experiencing as they start a new life in what is likely to be a new country, new home, new friends and new school. Her programme stresses the importance of a welcoming, positive environment as essential to securing progress for these pupils. The programme is based on sound educational research and practical experience of trialling the programme. It is carefully focused on what language the new entrant immediately requires to access their needs in a new school. Learning is reviewed and then developed by a daily programme that identifies key vocabulary and structures with a strong focus on oral practice. Resources are identified and supplied but Caroline understands that the most important resource at this time in a child's life will be the people around them and has a homework progamme that supports the engagement of the child's family. This is a very useful resource that has a place in every school. It is thorough and easy to use for either a trained TA or class-teacher. Most importantly it will set children with EAL on the road to success.
Tower Hamlets Ethnic Minority Achievement Service
London
We have used Caroline's approach to teaching English as an additional language for some years now and it has been particularly successful with newly arrived pupils at Key Stage 2 who are early stage learners of English.... Schools in Tower Hamlets who have used Caroline's programme have reported good progress for their pupils.
Kate Sheasby
Teacher, Ben Jonson Primary School, London
The lesson delivered in Thai was truly eye opening and really illustrated what it must be like to be a newly arrived pupil.... We are looking forward to developing an even more effective programme, based on the materials from the course, to support our newly arrived pupils in the best ways possible.
Lena Ramzi
Teaching Assistant, Cairo
The programme is a step by step guideline to help teachers bridge the gap of learning for EAL students. It has personally given me the tools to provide the students with the primary, essential information they need to build a solid foundation in English.
OSFTED Inspection report
Tudor Primary
Tudor Primary use the Learning Village to support early, short-term interventions: "Early, short-term interventions for pupils new to learning English draw upon rich resources and strategies which immerse pupils in the language from the time they join the school." OFSTED Inspection report: Tudor Primary School, 6–7 March 2018 (case study to follow)
Kasia Talbot
EAL Coach, Holly Lodge School
I have been using the new Plant and Animal Cells lesson with my Science Intervention groups and it’s great. It’s challenging but since we have already done the basic differences between the cells the lesson consolidates the students’ knowledge and works as an extension. Thank You!
Tammy Marsh
EAL Teacher, Amity International School, Abu Dhabi
I just wanted to say what a great time we are having with the Learning Village! It is such a fabulous resource!
Alistair Harding
EAL Coordinator, Holly Lodge High School
The Learning Village has provided our school with a very practical, individualised learning tool for EAL students, with a clear curriculum, structure and pedagogy. This allows both more and less experienced staff to effectively support students’ language development. There is a wealth of materials and resources available, as well as plenty of support and training to help optimise our use of the tool.
Jonathan Marquez
EAL Teacher, Academia Británica Cuscatleca International School, El Salvador
As a school, we are proud to be part of Learning Village and have seen the improvements the students are making in their EAL learning. We would recommend every school to be part of Learning Village as it is an essential tool that offers valuable resources not only for EAL learners but for all.
Catherine Brennan
Education Consultant, Better Bilingual
I'm loving the Learning Village - it is a fantastic resource and I keep finding new things too! My learners are so motivated by it and like the messaging facility.
Kamil Trzebiatowski
EAL Coordinator, Teacher, Trainer, Speaker, Education Blogger
You're revolutionising my classroom and allowing me to make significant changes / improvements to the lives of these children.
Elizabeth Mickiewicz
EAL Teacher Advisor, Wolverhampton Local Authority
I understand the Village a lot more and how to link it to the curriculum.
Sudha Dogra
EAL Coordinator, Colton Hills Community School
This course will fill a gap in the provision we are able to provide to EAL learners at an early stage of English acquisition.
Stacy Allen
Lead of Nurture, Colton Hills Community School
Fantastic resources to support children within the classroom and teacher planning.
Sam Thorne
Hylands Primary School
The Learning Village is great. The children absolutely love it and I have to say I’ve been enjoying and learning as I go along. We had a Teaching and Learning Review at our school the other day and I used the Learning Village to demonstrate how we support our EAL pupils. [The consultants] seemed very impressed and actually spoke to the Local Authority Advisor about how well the Learning Village was being used at our school.
Roxbourne Primary
Our pupils have really benefited from their work on the Learning Village! Well done children, keep up the great work!
Michelle Wain
EMA Adviser, London Borough of Havering
The Learning Village materials are of an excellent quality with clear language progression. The programme works very well as a teaching tool.
Vicki Wilson
Year 2 EAL teacher and EAL Team Leader, YCIS HK Primary
I really liked the sentence activities, it really stretched my students and I saw a marked improvement. Overall I love the concept of the Learning Village- making friends highly motivated my students and they loved exploring the village. The graphics are wonderful.
Shirley Rowe
Head of Department, ESOL, New Plymouth Boys High, New Zealand
A student arriving from overseas being 18 years old and having limited oral skills and no reading or writing. He really felt pleased being able to use the Learning Village for self-study, without feeling conscious in front of the others in the class.
Sam Mobbs, Class Teacher
Oasis Watermead Academy, UK
The Learning Village has proved to be a good intervention programme for our EAL children and SEN. The children are very enthusiastic about using it, and are becoming more independent. We use it as an intervention throughout assembly in the morning and in some afternoons, when some of the learning is irrelevant to them and they would benefit from that more. It is clear that the children are making progress...
Laura Haines
EAL Coordinator, International School of Milan, Italy
I see the children relaxed and happy when they are on the Learning Village. I can see that they are proud of their progress and feel a sense of achievement which they can share with others. I think that there are a lot of good EAL ‘games’ available but this is a comprehensive programme that can be integrated into any curriculum.
Ellen Copsey
Assistant Head Teacher, Willow Bank Primary, UK
A really fantastic resource. We can't wait to start using it with our pupils.
Keith Shurlock
Principal, Grace International School, Bangladesh
It is a delight to see a resource that has grown out of good practice in schools.
Hanneke Blijham
EAL Teacher, Groningse Schoolvereniging, Netherlands
Thank you so much for this inspiring workshop. I was enthusiastic about it when first trying it but even more so after today!
Holly Eeles
Millpond Primary School
The system is easy to understand and the resources are amazing.
Sonya Brady
Uplands Manor
A very helpful introduction to the Learning Village.
Kerri Lillico-Davies
STEPS New Arrival Centre
Thank you for the interesting and informative day.
Merjam Shoushka
Ormiston Forge Academy
A very clear explanation of how to find our way with the Learning Village, the resources, lesson topics, ideas and activities... It was overall amazing!
Salinder Sahota
Royal Wolverhampton School
Excellent, well planned course.
Alina Bistricianu
Colton Hills
Everything was very, very interesting. Thank you so much.
Amy Jordan
Holly Lodge High School
Brilliant day - very informative, great learning tool.
Sukhjinder Sanghera
Seva School
Step by step guide to resources, assessment, implementation and planning.
Kerren Thethy
Seva School
Really helpful with lots of information, the handbook is great to take away.
Beth Dawes
Northwood Park Academy
It was great to have time to look through the site to experience what the child will experience.
Jay Chohan
Tudor Primary
The Learning Village gives more opportunities for the average EAL learner who can't fully access English.
Donata Hall
Roxbourne Primary
Excellent course! I am looking forward to using it more and sharing with other teachers, and adding more children.
Anu Illankovan
Roxbourne Primary
Very interesting and fun way of learning
Gillian Hutchinson
Bournemouth Park Primary School
Using the Learning Village I will be able to observe and work with children more closely, and be able to really observe and gain an insight into their understanding.
Breda Matthews
The weekly reports are great - keep them coming
Ruth Nind
Timbertree Academy
A great resource, that was fully explained