05
Jan
2023
08
Sep
2022
START OF THE NEW TERM – EAL TRAINING
This academic year launched Hounslow Language Service Training from ournew base at Brentford School for Girls in Hounslow. On the first days of term,our EAL Training programmes began in earnest. Over the last few months,schools have been welcoming new arrivals from a range of countries and EALtraining needs are as important as ever.On the 1 st September, Andy Harvey went to All Saints Primary School inCroydon to provide a half day course for the whole school. The aim of hissession was to develop reading and writing for EAL Beginners in the classroomsetting. As always, Andy gave useful examples of the…
02
Feb
2022
WALES – IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HLS EAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES
We were pleased to be able to continue to develop our relationship with The Adviser for Vulnerable Pupils in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. In December, Rehana Ahmed (HLS) in consultation with Martine planned bespoke EAL Beginner sessions for Primary and Secondary schools on Zoom. These webinars enabled a number of teaching staff from different schools to have access to top quality training online. Following these sessions, Manny Vazquez (HLS) visited St Cyres a secondary school in Wales and they booked further training for 2022 via zoom on 4th January. The first whole school session focused on Developing Academic…
08
Sep
2021
HLS IN DUBLIN!
HLS have worked with international teachers every summer, and this August was no exception. Two Italian schools sent over 20 teachers to Dublin for a long course covering the teaching of CLIL subjects. CLIL stands for 'content, language, integrated learning', essentially meaning that teachers are required to teach some of their subject content through the medium of another language; in this case English. The teachers we worked with represented a range of subjects, including Maths, Physics, History, Computer Science and English.
23
Mar
2021
EAL Webinars for Jersey Schools
This term has seen the development of our training in Jersey, linking with the EAL Head of Service and the EAL Team in Jersey. The partnership has launched with a series of 10 webinars during this term. The sessions were wide-ranging with topics from TA training on ‘Key Strategies to support EAL Learners’ to ‘Developing Grammatical Accuracy in the Writing of EAL Learners’. Participants on the TA training commented that the webinar was helpful and easy to understand and provided “lots of examples to put into practice straight away.” The ‘Critical Reading’ and ‘Grammatical Accuracy’ sessions provided “Great activities that…
27
Jan
2021
Andy Harvey – Keynote Speaker – Global Education Conference – India!
HLS joins the Global Education Initiative hosted by the Global Education and Training Institute in India.We were pleased to have the opportunity to join colleagues from 50 different countries for the ‘13th Education Leadership international Virtual Conference’ held online from 21 st to 24th January 2021.The Conference for Education leaders and teachers focused on key issues ineducation today and gave opportunities for Round Table sharing of ideas and practice. The Keynote speech by Andy Harvey from HLS led the discussion on ‘Empowering Pupils through Language’. His session stressed the importance of spoken language as a key bridge to academic language…
28
Sep
2020
HLS School-based sessions Continue
The new term started with HLS still managing to meet with teachers in school to continue our workshops (as well as our new Webinars).This month, Li Yen French worked with staff at Dairy Meadows school on a session entitled 'Classroom Strategies to support EAL Pupils from Beginners to Advanced Learners.'Participants thoroughly enjoyed the session and "the range of activities which can easily be incorporated in lessons that support EAL pupils and other children in the class." The interactive and practical session was described as providing "Lots of informative ideas to use in our classrooms"Please get in touch with Rehana on 0208 538 1802 0r 07891618408…
28
Sep
2020
EAL Pupil Support for the new term
At Rokeby School Kingston, the term started with a school-based HLS training session led by Andy Harvey. In a socially distant safe setting, Andy presented a workshop of practical activities to support pupils from Reception through to Year 2 who are new to English.In a dynamic session, Andy also included classroom activities and interactive resources for Year 3-6 pupils. Additional teaching strategies also recognised the needs of Advanced EAL learners. A packed session to motivate us all for the challenges of the term ahead!We can bring a similar session or series of sessions to your school so please call Rehana Ahmed on…
17
Jun
2020
LIVE WEBINARS – OFF TO A GREAT START!
We are so glad that we can continue our EAL training programmed online in the current situation. Our trainers are enjoying meeting you via the new format. We have had a great start to our live webinars with attendees from across the country and abroad joining the first sessions on Beginners and Developing Academic Language and Literacy. We aim to keep the high level of support activities and practical classroom advice that have always been appreciated by our enthusiastic participants. The Beginners session was a great mix of practical strategies and interactive activities. We will also try to include the opportunity to share ideas…
12
May
2020
EAL Online Courses
We hope you and your families are keeping well and safe during this very difficult time.Due to several requests from schools for online training we are now able to offer 2 of our most popular courses ie Beginners and Advanced Learners in the form of a webinar.If you are interested in booking a 1.5 hour session for your school staff, please get in touch. This session will cost £250+ VAT and will allow up to 20 staff to join.We can also provide bespoke sessions if you would like to contact me to discuss your needs.Looking forward to hearing from you.…