EAL (English As An Additional Language)

Multilingualism at Claremont Primary School

At Claremont, we believe that language is an important part of identity. Establishing the importance and value of first/home language is paramount at Claremont. For our multilingual learners to feel confident and have positive self-esteem they need to feel proud of their bilingual skills and heritage. These are important skills that they can utilize during their learning. 

Please see at the below of the leaflet regarding promoting bilingualism and the benefits of maintaining and developing home languages. These leaflets are published by Aberdeen EAL service and are available in different languages.

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (English)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Urdu)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Bangla)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Romanian)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Punjabi) Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Italian)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Polish)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Arabic)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Slovak)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Gujrati)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Russian)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Turkish)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Latvian)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Bulgarian) Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Somali)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Pashto)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Chinese)

Be Bilingual Leaflets - Promoting Home Languages (Spanish) Support for Mid Phase Admissions & Multilingual Learners: 

Here at Claremont, we do our best to cater for each individual child’s learning experience using and adapting different methods of pedagogy. We also provide small group intervention sessions to ensure effective opportunities for speaking and listening, reading and writing.

• Nursery and Reception 

The structure of Early Years enables children to learn English rapidly. There is also an additional intervention programme called ‘Talk Boost’. The Talk Boost approach helps children to develop not only their understanding and use of language, but also other important skills like attention and listening and turn taking, which can help ease them into the school environment. 

• Year 1 - Year 6

After arriving at Childs Hill, children are supported during the first few weeks by the EAL Lead, the class teacher and are allocated a ‘buddy’ (preferably with the same first language) who will show them around the school and help them understand the new school routine. They will also be given access to ‘Flash Academy’ which is a digital learning platform to help develop English language skills. Phonics and EAL assessments are carried out during the first two weeks of the child joining the school to assess the best way to support the child.The child will then be able to access support for phonics in the ‘Read Write Inc’ programme and support for everyday language through the ‘New arrivals programme’. Children will have access to Bilingual dictionaries and Google Translate via their chromebooks (Yrs 4-6) to allow them to use their first language to deepen their understanding.