1. At Arbury School this term...Autumn 2011

2. LanguageNumber of pupils Bengali37 Polish12 Lithuanian7 Turkish7 Russian6 French5 Spanish4 Czech4 Portuguese4 Hungarian3 Tamil (Indian)3 Albanian3 Tagalog (Filipino)3 Arabic3 German2 Urdu2 Japanese1 Malayalam (southern India)1 Bulgarian1 Vietnamese1 Yoruba (Nigerian)1 Gujarati1 Mandarin1 Chinese1 Nepali1 Sinhala (Sri Lanka)1 Languages spoken at our school Sept 2011 This year we have 26 different languages spoken in our school! Total number of languages: 26 Total EAL pupils: 115 which is 30% of our school population. Bengali speaking pupils continue to be our biggest bi lingual groups, accounting for 32% of all EAL pupils.

3. Response to parents’ request -set up new homework club aimed at Bengali pupils.

4. Opportunities to complete homework in home language.

5. Homework club aimed at Bengali pupils and pupils at risk of not completing homework for a range of reasons including lack of a computer at home. Age 7-9 21 attending, club over subscribed and a waiting list in operation Age 10-11 13 attending

6. Response to parent’s request in questionnaire Maps outside both Reception classes showing global family links/ greetings

7. Meeting for parents/carers on Being Bilingual Visiting speakers from the University Linguistics Department to underline the key messages about the benefits of bilingualism. 33 people attended

8. Two governors attended plus another Cambridgeshire County Leading Teacher.

9. Second International Tea planned for this Christmas.

10. Finally- our website now has a New To English section.

11. Example from website:

12. Links from our website:

13. Thankyou and Gracias!