When our visiting guest asylum seeker, Bara’a Ismail, visited Allens Croft Primary School during Refugee Week, she was met by 60 Year 5 students all poised to become star newspaper reporters. Class teacher, Melissa Holloway, had listened to Bara’a last year with a Year 6 class and knew the children would get frank and honest answers to their questions:
“Being able to hear the story first-hand gives it a sense of gravity and helps the children to empathise with those who have had a hard struggle.”
“I have never had the chance to speak to a refugee before and listening is important because it helps you understand their struggles.”
“It touched our hearts when she told us she was taken in front of her kids. Her son was about the same age as us.”
a cookery social enterprise set up by Oasis Foundry School for parents who were seeking sanctuary
art project connecting Norwich's refugee history and its present refugee population
curriculum planning: the contribution of immigrants to society
sharing your work online
a language ambassador ready to help newcomers
"Many of our ESOL students would have had nothing to do on Christmas Day, so we organised a football match"
a befriending day with refugees from Leeds and Leicester
Norfolk Schools of Sanctuary welcome cards for Syrian families resettling in Norwich
Students took part in an art exhibition in Refugee Week to raise money for support organisations
Birmingham City University researchers involved in a project on integrating migrants into schools
Imagine what you would pack if you had to flee
a parent talks about his experience of seeking sanctuary in the UK