Depending on your school's context, it might not be possible to put all these strategies into practice. Nevertheless, even 1 or 2 can help you improve home-school links with parents with EAL.
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Make parents with EAL feel welcome
Set up a welcoming environment for parents to help them feel confident joining the school community.
Create a global ‘welcome’ board in all the languages spoken in your school. Ask parents with EAL to contribute with a greeting in their own language. It’s an easy way to involve parents and make sure the greeting is accurate.
Set up EAL coffee mornings to communicate important messages to parents. Smallwood Primary School holds theirs once a half