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School Song

9/3/2023

We have a school song!

Over the past few months, our children and staff have been listening to and enjoying our new school song, written by Sarah C. We have been learning the words and we now sing it together at assembly on Fridays too.

We felt it was time to share this wonderful song with our school community - have a listen!

Mother Tongue Week Was a Great Success

7/3/2023

Thanks again to all the parents who volunteered to be involved in Mother Tongue Week.

These parents brought in picture books in their home languages and read them aloud to classes at school. Children and staff were enthralled by hearing familiar stories in a different language, and many even learned a few words in a new language.

We are so lucky to have a Parents Association that organises initiatives like this.
Thanks,
Aoife

Mother Tongue Week

3/3/2023

Last week, our Parents Association organised a reading event to celebrate the linguistic diversity in our school community.

Throughout the week, each class in the school had a visit from one of our parents. The parent then read a book to the class in the parent's mother language.

This is a fantastic way for us to recognise and affirm the linguistic diversity in our community. Many children benefited from having a language that isn't their own, flowing over their ears. They experienced story telling in a different way - appreciating tone of voice, facial expression, and the book's illustrations more than ever before.

Children were also supported by the parent reader, who took time to discuss the story in English.

Some particularly lucky children had the bonus of the story being read aloud in their home language - what a treat for them to hear their native language being spoken and read at school, and having their friends learn some of the words and sounds in that language!

Read more about the barriers that can be experienced by parents with English as an Additional Language, and some of the steps that Educate Together schools are encouraged to take to support those parents in feeling involved as valued members of the school community.

Some of the parents who took part in the Mother Tongue book-reading initiative.