PORTUGUESE ACHIEVEMENT CONFERENCE (Lambeth EMAT)

" O CÉU É O LIMITE – THE SKY’S THE LIMIT "

28th March 2007 - Lambeth Borough of London

By kind invitation of the Ethnic Minorities Achievement Team (EMAT) MENTORS Project Reps participated in the Portuguese Achievement Conference (Lambeth Education Dept.) and organised a Workshop for all attending Delegates to this important Education Conference. This regular event is a professional reference and of particular relevance to matters related to the residing portuguese speaking community.

PORTUGUESE ACHIEVEMENT CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Welcome by P. Dunipace (Executive Director, Lambeth Children and Young Peoples Services) and A. Araújo (Minister Councellor, The Portuguese Embassy)

The "Portuguese" context in Lambeth by C. Twist (Assistant Director, Inclusion and Standards Division) and B. Netto (Adviser for Ethnic Minority Achievement)

Raising Portuguese Achievement – Perspective 1
Stockwell Primary School

Raising Portuguese Achievement – Perspective 2
Wyvill Primary School

The British Council

RONDAVELS (20 minute repeated workshops) :

> Henry Fawcett School
Science and Portuguese
> Wyvill Primary School
Extended school focus
> Stockwell Primary School
After school support for Portuguese
> Archbishop Sumner School
Working and planning with Portuguese pupils
> Tam Tam Tales Trust
Multilingual DVDs
> The British Council
International Links/Asset Languages/Portuguese assessment
> MENTORS Project (inset photo)
Careers advise and professional mentoring to Portuguese pupils
> King’s College University
Higher education opportunities for Portuguese studies
> Stockwell Park Secondary School
Celebrating Portuguese Culture

Questions and Development

Conference close and Lunch

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The Conference focused on sharing good practices regarding the achievement of Portuguese speaking children. The programme also included 10 Roundavels covering Classroom Practices, Professional Mentoring and Careers Advise, Volunteers Projects, After School Clubs, Celebrating Portuguese Culture and International Links.
EMAT also announced that thanks to a partnership with the British Council, this Easter 6 Lambeth Teachers were to visit Portuguese Schools with a view to develop direct educational links in Portugal. The Conference was well attended (fully booked) and generated considerable interest with attending diplomatic representatives from Portuguese speaking countries. A copy of "Aiming High - Raising Portuguese Achievement" (Conference Report, 2005) was distributed to all Delegates.

(click on the photo)

For further information please contact :
Luísa Ribeiro > lribeiro@lambeth.gov.uk
Advisory Teacher for Portuguese Achievement (EMAT)