Resources for supporting Afghan pupils
For all schools welcoming pupils from Afghanistan, 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 either Pashto or Dari, the two main languages spoken in Afghanistan. You may find that some Dari speakers can understand Farsi, as this is a similar language to Persian.
Background reading
- Bell Foundation Blog: How to support Afghan refugee children in schools
- Bell Foundation Blog: How schools can support the language needs of refugees from Afghanistan
- International Rescue Committee Supporting Afghan Students in Schools & Youth Programmes document
Parent Partnership resources
- Six steps to supporting Afghan refugees arriving in your school, English as an additional language EAL resource,s assessment curriculum
- Entitlements to NHS Services for migrants in England
- Refugee Education UK Welcome Pack (Pashto)
- Refugee Education UK Welcome Pack (Dari)
- Bell Foundation Information Leaflet: About the English Education System: Primary Schools (English)
- Bell Foundation Information Leaflet: About the English Education System: Primary Schools (Pashto)
- Bell Foundation Information Leaflet: About the English Education System: Primary Schools (Dari)
- Bell Foundation Information Leaflet: About the English Education System: Secondary Schools (English)
- Bell Foundation Information Leaflet: About the English Education System: Secondary Schools (Pashto)
- Bell Foundation Information Leaflet: About the English Education System: Secondary Schools (Dari)
- Bell Foundation Information Leaflet: Helping Children Learn (English)
- Bell Foundation Information Leaflet: Helping Children Learn (Pashto)
- Bell Foundation Information Leaflet: Helping Children Learn (Dari)
Induction
Education Above All 'My Host Country' Induction Booklets for 6-7 year olds (English, Dari and Pashto), 8-10 year olds (English and Pashto) and 11-16 year olds (English and Pashto)
PSHE resources
Reading and teaching resources
- A booklet of survival language resources with Farsi translations for working with primary-aged children, created by primary education trainees at Edgehill University
- Story Books UK (online stories in home languages, including Pashto and Persian)
- WorldStories (online stories in home languages including Dari, Pashto and Farsi)
- Mantra Lingua (purchasable dual language story books in home languages including Dari, Pashto and Farsi)
- Waterstones (purchasable books in Pashto)
- Twinkl (paid for website but includes EAL resources with Pashto and Dari translations such as survival English fans and so on)
- Newsround videos regarding Afghanistan