Excellence and enjoyment: learning and teaching for
bilingual children in the primary years
(DfES, January 2006)
Building on
the Excellence and Enjoyment strategy for schools, this
guidance focuses on applying the principles of ‘excellence’ and
‘enjoyment’ to support primary schools in promoting the progress
and achievement of young bilinguals and children with
EAL
.
Featured topics include
personalised learning, the role of leaders, effective CPD,
coordinating EAL and characteristics of effective schools.
The pack consists of four
units:
- Unit 1 - Planning and
assessment for languages and learning
- Unit 2 - Creating the
learning culture: making it work in the classroom
- Unit 3 - Creating an
inclusive learning culture
- Unit 4 - Speaking,
listening, learning: working with children learning EAL
There are also
CPD
materials for EAL
progression, ICT for EAL and first language learning: using
bilingual strategies.
Excellence and enjoyment: a strategy for
schools
(March 2003)
A document examining how
schools can raise standards and achievement by enhancing the
‘enjoyment’ value of learning as part of good teaching practice.
The strategy discusses ‘making learning fun’ and emphasises
creativity in education, with schools shaping the curriculum to
match their own particular needs.
Teachers are encouraged to
use the flexibility allowed by the national curriculum strategies
to develop creative approaches to planning and organisation.