Supporting Refugee and Asylum Seeker pupils

Resources for supporting Ukrainian pupils

For all schools welcoming pupils from Ukraine, the EMAS specialist advisory teacher team are available to offer new arrival support and advice.

We have compiled a list of useful resources, some of which are available in Ukrainian or Russian (which may be the home language of some of our Ukrainian pupils):

Background Reading

DFE Guidance Resources to help support children and young people arriving from Ukraine

Language Support in the Classroom

PSHE Resources

Reading Resources

Unite for Literacy ebooks available in English and Ukrainian

Story Books UK (online stories in Ukrainian and other languages)

WorldStories (online stories in Ukrainian and Russian and other languages)

Mantra Lingua (purchasable dual language story books in Ukrainian and Russian and other languages)

Twinkl (paid for website but includes EAL resources with home language translations such as survival English fans and so on)

The Coventry Schools Library Service offers the opportunity to loan dual language books and books on the theme of sanctuary

Parents

Continued Education in First Language

More suggestions can be found in this information guide prepared by the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (available in Ukrainian and English).

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