Friday, 10 June 2022

Ukraine : Resources to support new pupils and families


Below you will find a range of resources to cover all sorts of needs that may occur as schools begin to welcome in refugees from Ukraine and other countries. All links will be redirects, but should be live and active as of today (I checked them all, honest!)  

If you have any more that could be added, please contact me and I'll endeavour to add as we go. 

I have listed contributors Twitter handles either in the body of the blog or at the end. 

Please share as you wish. 

Government advice and documentation

How many pupils from Ukraine have been given school places in England?

https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2022/06/09/how-many-pupils-from-ukraine-have-been-given-school-places-in-england/ 

How do families arriving from Ukraine apply for a school place and childcare? / Як родинам, що приїжджають з України, подавати заяви на отримання місць у школі та допомоги з оплати послуг з догляду за дитиною?

https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2022/04/11/how-do-families-arriving-from-ukraine-apply-for-a-school-place-and-childcare-%D1%8F%D0%BA-%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC-%D1%89%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%97%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0/


 Webinars

One-hour webinar (June 14th) on supporting child refugees and students with interrupted formal education may provide some leads. Good luck and hats off to you for your work.

Supporting the linguistic and socio-emotional development of refugee and asylum-seeking children in...

Supporting the linguistic and socio-emotional development of refugee and asylum-seeking children in UK schools – #EAL In this joint Chartered College of Teaching and NALDIC webinar, Professor Jo...

 Welcoming Ukranian Arrivals, Lina Maksymuck provides valuable insight into children’s education in Ukraine. https://youtu.be/YS7imlESFx0


Resources to support discussions with children

 https://phoenixgrouphq.com/tools for general overview of webite and more specifically, here... 

phoenixgrouphq.com

Resource for non-clinicians to support children here https://phoenixgrouphq.com/_files/ugd/bbe3de_dedaaed846bc466d867b17b99483164f.pdf…


Parental support and guidance

 The Bell Foundation resources are invaluable with EAL pupils https://bell-foundation.org.uk they have added Ukrainian parental resources too.


Resources to support translating lessons into other languages

https://support.thenational.academy/is-oak-available-in-other-language

The above support article available here in Ukrainian: https://support.thenational.academy/ukrainian-translations…

Lessons can be auto-translated into Ukrainian - here’s a link for tech support 

Here are art & design lessons (for 11-14 year olds) : https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-3/subjects/art 

Key stage 1-2 primary art & design here: https://nsead.org/resources/curriculum/oak-national-academy/…


Books to support early language skills

 The literacy charity Bookmark are offering a book box of resources for primary schools

bookmarkreading.org

https://www.rubytuesdaybooks.com/

https://kidsown.ie/  has a range of titles created by children, for children through collaborative projects with artists. They are valuable tools for intercultural education and offer children with relatable voices and experiences of their peers and are beautiful too!


Signalong resources and in school support

jltsfamilyservices.org.uk

 

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Guidance for supporting the mental health and wellbeing of displaced Ukrainians - Thrive LDN

thriveldn.co.uk 

Guidance for professionals or volunteers that will come into contact with the Ukrainian displaced refugee population.


General tech resources

@language3teach

On TEAMS you can put voice onto your PowerPoint and have subtitles appear in Ukrainian

@c_peppard

EMTAS have some great resources. Also, the 'SayHi' app (powered by Amazon's AI) seems to be a better translation into Ukrainian than Google Translate.

@mattdoody

Our staff have been using Google translate to speak into a device so that they can communicate with the children.


Visual Aids





https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Gx-zRkCKRnf6v1ikDDkwoHoGTzQ_yF3Z?fbclid=IwAR0-T45wx54UJinwpaPgd7iyBoNozOtJ6CqVvT89iHcjZPmWgM5AyNrA6fE


https://widgit.com have some resources for Ukrainian children. Images and words. And they’re free.


www.communication4all.co.uk    - Brilliant resources to support inclusion. 


Sports resources

youthsporttrust.org

 

Resources to support teachers and staff welcome and support pupils from Ukraine

Padlet packed full of resources  https://padlet.com/head260/1ef8sxok1fd0ypxo

https://globaldimension.org.uk 



 A huge thank you for signposting resources, links, documents and general advice to : 

@SusanWicht

@PhoenixEdSarah

@clairelbills   

@jessicacestaro

@NSEAD1

@OakNational

@WheelerMads

@FionaDunlop5

@RubyTuesdayBks

@ReelResearch

@Kidsown 

@JLTSFamily

@SarahAitchMCCT

@MatthewClark_HT

@RosMadeMe

@EShelbourn

@sarahmurrayv

@teachin_machine

@vawells1

@YouthSportTrust

@AlbaRuthe

@twinkl_eal

@ElaineGelder

@grahamandre 

                               

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