Further resources:

• Explore this year’s theme of Community as a Superpower with the National Literacy Trust’s curriculum-linked resources for primary and secondary schools. The resources provide detailed plans for activities that can be used throughout Refugee Week to develop writing, reading and oracy skills. Each set of resources is built around a high-quality text and includes a free online author workshop for pupils aged 5-8, 8-11 and 11-14.  There is also a booklist with suggested activities for pupils aged 3-5.
• Sign up for a free webinar from The Bell Foundation to hear real-life stories and explore practical approaches to help schools build an inclusive, welcoming environment to support their refugee and asylum-seeking learners. Community as a Super Power: A celebration of how schools are working with refugee families is on 18th June.
• Help primary-aged children reflect on the value of community with this selection of picture books, longer texts and non-fiction titles from Books for Topics.
• Find recommendations for books that explore immigration and the refugee experience in age-appropriate ways for KS1 and KS2 pupils from Books for Topics.
• Explore further book recommendations for children, teens and young adults from School Reading List.
• Explore a range of films for primary and secondary pupils on the theme of Refugees from Into Film, available to view with a free membership.
• CLPE has created free teaching sequences for a range of high-quality picture books that explore the refugee experience. The teaching notes are aimed primarily at KS2 and KS3 pupils and can be downloaded with a free introductory membership.
• Explore the refugee experience with pupils in Years 6, 7 and 8 through poetry with the free teaching sequence created by CLPE for Nicola Davies’ CLiPPA-shortlisted poetry collection Choose Love. Available to download with a free introductory membership.
• Support EAL learners in KS3/4 to read, understand and analyse the poem The Émigrée by Carol Rumens with the free teaching resources from The Bell Foundation. Available to download with their free membership.
• Download a free lesson plan exploring how the media reports on refugees from Topical Talk to help pupils aged 10-14 build essential critical thinking and communication skills.
• The Red Cross provides a range of free teaching resources to promote informed discussion and help primary and secondary pupils develop empathy and an understanding of the challenges faced by refugees and migrants around the world.
• The National Education Union has a free ‘Welcoming Refugee Children to your School’ teaching resource with information about how to create a welcoming environment and tips on how to make the curriculum more accessible.
• The Hampshire EMTAS Moodle has collated a number of useful links and resources for staff working with children and families who have come to the UK as asylum seekers or refugees.
• Explore our range of resources to support EAL students here.