25TRA025 EAL – Ways to Develop Language Outside the Classroom

DATE:      Wednesday, 12th February 2025
TIME:       7.00 pm to 8.00 pm
VENUE:   Online Via Zoom

Target Audience: SNAs, Primary Teachers 

What happens when we take our learning outside?  Do you know what outdoor is and how it benefits the development of language?

Kirsten moved here last year from Scotland where outdoor learning is an entitlement of all learners.  She will share some ways of how taking EAL learners outside can provide targeted support.

Kirsten will share ready made resources that can be used with all learners in the classroom.

Presenter - Kirsten Barrett 

Kirsten Barrett is a Scottish primary school teacher from Glasgow. Glasgow has been welcoming refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants for decades.  Kirsten has taught for 15 years and has specialised as an English as an Additional Language (EAL) teacher.  In that time she has spoken at various different events and is keen to help others learn from each other.

Recently she has relocated to her home in Cork and is looking forward to developing her own knowledge of the Irish system.  She is a keen reader of children’s books and a huge advocate for Reading for Pleasure.