English Language Learners

We provide learning programs for English Language Learners and proficient speakers of English as a Second Language. We believe that our students who speak English as their second language benefit from extra support with academic vocabulary well after they have mastered social and functional English Language.

ELLs are identified at enrolment and established in our system through their enrolment procedure.

Our qualified ELL learning support teacher monitors all ELLs alongside class teachers to determine their learning needs.

We meet once a term with each class teacher, the learning support team and the principal/SENCO and have a team discussion about the progress, achievement and next step of all our ELLs. This is then prioritised and introduced into the learning support timetable and noted in teacher planning.

ESOL Funding

We spend more than our ESOL funding and the funding supports:

ELL learning support teacher wage

Contribution to release time for teachers to work with ELL learning support team

ELL resources - in 2019 we bought the "Everyday Living" series of Books, and in 2020 we bought the Science in my World Series

ELL groups

Group 1

Basic conversation, working vocabulary

Group 2

Conversation,

Listening,

Intro curriculum vocab, particularly maths language.

Book and story-telling language

Group 3

Curriculum front-loading.

Listening for grammar and fixing.

Group 4

Looking for correct grammar,

Extending speech, curriculum front-loading

(Have a look at Sheena Cameron oral language book)

Group 5 - curriculum front loading. We may look at splitting this group if too big

Group 6 - curriculum front-loading, some high achieving, remember academic language always lags for ELLs so even high achieving ELLs have further potential

Group 7 & 8 - Curriculum Front-loading

SAMPLES OF REPORTING TO THE BOARD, INCLUDING ELL

STAFF TRAINING SAMPLES