Supporting refugees/asylum seekers in schools
What refugees say is important to them:
- Going to school
- Making friends
- Caring, supportive and friendly teachers who are confident and interested in teaching children from diverse backgrounds
- Being included in all activities
- Opportunities to do activities with refugee and non-refugee peers, both in and out of school
- Being in a school that values and celebrates their languages and cultures
Bill Bolloton, NALDIC research paper, 2016
Best practice:
- Admissions and induction systems and procedures for new arrivals
- Listening to refugee children
- Confidence and skills in teaching children learning a new language
- Peer support and friendship building
- A culturally inclusive curriculum that values diversity and includes learning about refugees
- Tackling bullying and derogatory language
- Engaging with families
Bill Bolloton, NALDIC 2016