Ethnic Minority Achievement

Turkish Resources

Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish-Cypriot Week (TKC) 2008 (Celebrating the 800th anniversary of the birth of Nasreddin Hodja) Primary Topics - Turkey, Bilingual Poem: Five Flowers, Introduction on Nasreddin Hodja, Literacy Plan for Hodja and the Mixed Up Feet, Bilingual Nasreddin Hodja Story The First Banquet: Text Visual, - The First Banquet: Reading and Writing Activities, - The First Banquet: Speaking and Listening Activities, Useful words and expressions (Turkish, English and Kurdish),

History of Turkey - Timeline Tilecards - Turkish tiles for Maths and Arts, Turkish ceramic design; Bilingual Primary Maths vocabulary; Ceren’s Love for Books - illustration, Bilingual stories for primary; Turkish science words; Menemem - Turkish recipe. Growing Plants - turkish vocabulary

KS2 – KS4 Turkish Bilingual Science Resources - A bilingual science resource pack targeting Turkish Speaking (TS) KS3 young people, looking at key English words as well as scientific words. The document adopts a bilingual approach to scientific enquiry, coursework structure and model answers.

Turkish and English Rhymes - (singing and counting 1-10. Flash Player required.)
SKOOOL (Turkish version) - Links to all the Intel Skoool content for secondary in Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Physics.

The story of Hodja - the clever, wise Turkish man

Useful links

Gazete Istanbul - Turkish online newspaper
Turkish language class - free on-line turkish resources
National Centre for Languages - a greater national capability in languages
Turkish poetry in Translation
Multikulti - information, advice, guidance and learning materials in community languages