[eal-bilingual] Re: eal-bilingual Digest, Vol 42, Issue 1

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Can anyone help please?  I am looking for downloadable resources in 
Dari/English for a newly arrived year 6 pupil.  Would appreciate any help 
with this.
Many thanks.
Jean Swain

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>   1. Inclusive Secondary Schools Project - Pilot Partnership
>      Recruitme nt (Nora Mckenna)
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> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:41:40 -0000
> From: Nora Mckenna <Nora.Mckenna at RefugeeCouncil.org.uk>
> Subject: [eal-bilingual] Inclusive Secondary Schools Project - Pilot
> Partnership Recruitme nt
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> You may have already participated in the Inclusive Secondary Schools 
> Project
> through our surveys of refugee community organisations, schools and local
> authorities and/or taken part in interviews. The information from all of
> these is being analysed in depth, and we already have identified key 
> factors
> which will inform the next stage of the project.
>
>
>
> http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/lobbying/research-projects.htm#sc
> hools
> <http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/lobbying/research-projects.htm#s
> chools>
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> We are now looking to recruit four partnerships, one in each of the four
> project regions - Eastern, London, West Midlands and Yorkshire and
> Humberside. Each partnership will consist of a school (or network of
> schools) and a refugee community/supporting organisation (or 
> forums/networks
> of these groups) and will run for one year (April 2007 - March 2008). 
> These
> partnerships will collaboratively develop ways of working with refugee and
> asylum seeking parents and carers, focussing on strategies to increase 
> their
> participation in their children's education. Partnerships will receive 
> seed
> funding and support from the project team.
>
>
>
> This is a developmental project and therefore we welcome applications from
> organisations or partnership who have little or no experience of working 
> on
> these issues. However, only joint applications from schools and community
> organisations, will be accepted. If you are interested but would like help
> with identifying potential partners, please contact Calvin Armstrong on 
> 0207
> 346 1162 calvin.armstrong at refugeecouncil.org.uk
> <mailto:calvin.armstrong at refugeecouncil.org.uk>
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>
>
> You will need to access three key documents - Guidance Notes on the
> partnerships, Joint Application Form and a Summary of key issues raised in
> the research so far - in order to apply to become one of the partnerships.
> These are available from us directly, or from next week on the Refugee
> Council website.  If you have any questions about this process, please
> contact Calvin or Lisa. (Please note that I am on annual leave from the
> afternoon of Friday the 2nd March until Thursday the 8th March).
>
>
>
> The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday the 23rd March 2007.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Lisa Doyle (on behalf of the Project Team)
>
>
>
>
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>
> Dr Lisa Doyle
> Nora McKenna
>
> Inclusive Schools Research Project Co-ordinator
> Education Policy Adviser
>
> The Refugee Council
> Tel:  020 7346 1168
>
> 240 - 250 Ferndale Road
> nora.mckenna at refugeecouncil.org.uk
>
> London
>
> SW9 8BB
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>
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> Tel: 020 7346 1028
>
> Fax: 020 7737 3306
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>
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> http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/research
>
>
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