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Salusbury WORLD 2005
Salusbury WORLD
Successfully Integrating Refugee Pupils
Salusbury WORLD 2005
Salusbury Primary SchoolLondon Borough of Brent
• Inner city school with 650 children, aged 3 – 11• 78 different nationalities• 42 different languages• 45% middle class, 20% refugees and 35%
working class• 60% ethnic minority• 38% free school meals• In year 6, only 22% of children started in the
Nursery
Salusbury WORLD 2005
Our Vision
Salusbury Primary School is a multiracial, multicultural, multilingual and multi-religious school. We value this for the diversity of experience and knowledge it brings.
We positively encourage the adults who work in the school and the children to respect each other’s beliefs, language, family structure and way of life.
We help children to understand the world in which they live and how individuals, groups and nations depend upon each other.
Salusbury WORLD 2005
Which means….
“We aim to add something positive to the life of every child who
attends our school, whether this is for one day or for the whole of
their primary schooling.”
Carol Munro
Salusbury WORLD 2005
Salusbury WORLDWorking On Refugees’ Learning and Development
Salusbury WORLD is an independent charity that supports refugee and asylum seeking children and families.
Established in 1999, it was the first refugee centre to be set up within and by a primary school.
Salusbury WORLD aims to share good practice among schools, and seeks to influence provision for refugee children and their families across the country.
Salusbury WORLD 2005
Salusbury WORLD Activities
• Extra English classes
• After School and Holiday Club
• Home School Liaison
• Family Learning
• Advice and advocacy on social issues
• Training
Salusbury WORLD 2005
Our Volunteers
• Trustees: 7/12 have a refugee background• After School Club: 4/20 (3 identified
themselves as grand/children of refuges)• Interpreting/translating• Reading and classroom support: 1/4• Training• Media relations• Mentoring• Trips and parties
Salusbury WORLD 2005
Possible Opportunities
• Interpreting /translating• Mentoring• Learning support• Trips, parties and assemblies• Sharing home culture, food and languages• Sharing experiences• Specific skills, e.g. art, sport, building, admin and
finance • And?
Salusbury WORLD 2005
Possible Barriers
• Recruitment
• Language
• Cultural expectations
• Time/pressures of surviving
• Young children
• Lack of confidence
Salusbury WORLD 2005
Potential Solutions
• Induction: building good relationships from the start
• School culture of volunteering
• Communication: outreach and personal contact
• Maximising opportunities for informal contact
• Creative thinking
Salusbury WORLD 2005
Benefits: for the school
• A means of engaging with refugee families• Provides support for other refugees• Enjoying and learning from cultural
diversity• Building the capacity of the school, e.g.
interpreting and translating• Good role models promoting self esteem
and social harmony• Can open avenues of funding
Salusbury WORLD 2005
Benefits: for the volunteers
Volunteering provides opportunities:• to be of use, to give • to support their children’s learning• to learn about the English education system• to gain work skills• to gain references• to meet new people• to practice English• to be busy
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Some responses
“ I love British people because of Salusbury School. I see the school and Salusbury WORLD as my family. Therefore it is my duty, as well as my pleasure, to help whenever I can. And great things have come out of it for me too.”
“ For every asylum seeker life is difficult. But we want to be part of life, and to rebuild our own lives”
Salusbury WORLD 2005
Finally…
Recent research shows that there is an observable link between people’s acceptance of asylum seekers and refugees and whether or not they have personal contact with them.
‘Tolerance and familiarity on Britain’s streets’ (nfp Synergy 2004)