Celebrating diversity in schools

Chinese Day

Children at Earlsdon Primary enjoyed a special day celebrating different aspects of Chinese language and culture. We were very lucky to have teachers from The Confucius Institute at Coventry University lead sessions in Kung Fu, paper cutting, calligraphy and Chinese painting.

Year 6 loved their karate taster session lead by ATMA Karate. Mora Zhang from Finham Park 2 taught children how to make Chinese knots and use chopsticks. Children also enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year celebrations and the Chinese Zodiac. 

Arabic Day

After being successful in our CREG funding application from Qatar Foundation International, we planned Arabic Day to raise awareness of Arabic language and culture across the school. As we have a high percentage of Arabic speakers amongst our growing number of EAL children, Arabic seemed like the perfect language to start with in raising the profile of our multilingual children. 

During the day, children took part in lots of exciting activities, we had an Arabic teacher visit school to work with each year group to teach them about Arabic language and culture. The children learnt how to form Arabic letters with playdough, how to write their name using calligraphy and how to say whether they liked or disliked different foods. Arabic speaking children presented to their class and parents were invited into school to tell Arabic stories and share information on different aspects of Arabic culture. 

The day was a big success, and it was lovely to see children so excited to share their culture and language with their peers. We plan to look at other languages spoken in our school community in the next academic year and make it a regular part of our school agenda.

Michelle Andrews, Foreign Languages Lead, Earlsdon Primary School, 2022

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