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Welcome To Bangladesh – learn more about the children of Bangladeshi heritage in your setting

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Target Group:

Practitioners working within the EYFS, this includes day care providers, childminders and school based staff

Course Aims:

• To develop awareness of the difficulties that children of Bangladeshi heritage face while learning and adapting to a new setting.
• To gain an insight into our Bengali-speaking children's heritage by exploring and experiencing Bangladeshi culture, religion, history and language.
• To explore bilingual resources to support new arrivals from Bangladesh in an early years setting, to use with Bengali- speaking parents and to provide opportunities for all children to experience the Bangladeshi culture.
• To discuss strategies for supporting our more advanced bilingual learners.
• To examine some of the differences between Bengali and English and to learn a few useful Bengali words.

Intended Impact:
Practitioners will feel more confident and equipped to welcome, support and include Bengali-speaking children in early years settings.

Course Trainer:
Lynne Chinnery - ESOL tutor and teacher of EAL

Date: 13 May 2013    Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm

Venue:
Downside Community and Learning Centre, Furrlongs, Newport, IOW, PO30 2AX

Numbers: Min: 14 Max: 16

Cost:
No further charges for subscribing organisations. Non subscribing organisations will be charged £220