Wilbraham Primary SchoolEAL (English as an Additional Language)
Enriching our school community
At Wilbraham Primary School, almost 70% of the pupils have English as an additional language. There are more than a million EAL learners in English schools and like many Manchester schools, our EAL pupils are in the majority.
Our aim at Wilbraham Primary is to welcome, value and support our EAL children and their families. All teaching staff are aware of the need to provide an education for all of the pupils in their classrooms and have an inclusive curriculum.
We have created a welcoming environment and ethos that includes establishing strong links with parents/carers and their communities. The home languages of our EAL pupils are valued. We feel that having children who speak many different languages enriches our school community. We currently have 40 different languages that are spoken at Wilbraham Primary School. The main languages spoken are Urdu, Panjabi, Arabic and Somali.
In school we have a range of adults that can speak many languages including Arabic, Somali, Swahili, Urdu, Dari, Farsi, Kurdish and German.Our Team
The Support That We Provide
Support is offered at a range of levels and individual needs are taken into account. It is important to us that we support both children who are new to English from Year 1 to Year 6.
Support is offered at a range of levels and individual needs are taken into account. It is important to us that we support children who are new to English and those who are more advanced EAL learners, who may need extra support to fully access the curriculum.
Teachers are aware of the need for newly arrived EAL learners to be supported in speaking, listening, reading and writing and that more advanced EAL learners should be offered curriculum support when need is identified.
For pupils who are new to English and new to the UK, initial assessments are carried out to decide how best to support the children, targets are set and time sensitive teaching can be carried out by year group staff.
