When a new family of Roma children arrived at Eglinton Primary School and Early Years Centre, teachers were keen to find out more about their culture and particular needs as learners.
“This was a unique situation for us as we had never had pupils from the Roma Gypsy culture before,” said Lisa Ludford, the school’s lead in research and early years.
“To enable us to integrate the children successfully we decided to do research and produce a case study to share with staff. We discovered many unique qualities that helped us to integrate the children into school life. We found out, for example, that their language is spoken and not written down and therefore the children had not developed any reading or writing skills.
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