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Resources to support Refugee and Asylum Seekers

This section contains information about Refugees and Asylum seekers, resources for teaching about Refugee experiences and useful links to external websites.

Refugees in Hackney - Resources and Guidelines for schools on identifying Refugee and Asylum-Seeking children.

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Refugee Week

Refugee Week is a unique opportunity to: celebrate the positive contributions that refugees and asylum seekers make to the UK, and to promote understanding about why people seek sanctuary.

Journey home

Year 1 lesson plan | Year 1 Resources |
Year 4 lesson plan | Year 4 Resources | Picture of Said Abdi to support Y4 lesson |
Year 5 lesson plan | Year 5 Resources |
Year 6 lesson plan | Year 6 Resources |

Map of Vietnam |

The other side of Truth - Medium lesson plan for Y9 (7 weeks)

Materials

First they came | Racism - It's in the way | Poems for Refugee week | Suggestion for working with images |

Resource Centre

The Resource Centre is a unique and essential resource available to Hackney teachers for borrowing resources. A sample of the resources available are listed below:

  • Books - Bilingual fiction and non-fiction
  • Tapes and CDs - Stories, educational and culture
  • Posters - Maps, Photographs, historical, cultural
  • Activity packs - Game pack covering Numeracy, Literacy, Science
  • Artefacts - Historical (Egyptian, Roman etc), Religious
  • Teacher Reference - Refugee education, languages
  • Collaborative teaching materials - covering the national curriculum

The centre is located at the address below and is open two afternoons a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 2 – 5.30pm (last arrivals before 5.00 please).

Sir Thomas Abney School
Fairholt Road
London N16 5ED
Tel: 0208 8022314
E-mail: emaresourcecentre@learningtrust.co.uk


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