Parents/carers who speak English as an Additional Language
We work with Hampshire children, families and schools on all aspects of provision in relation to English as an Additional Language (EAL)
The Hampshire Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS) is part of Children's Services in Hampshire County Council.
- 2-Year-Old Early Years education offer
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Free Early Years education for eligible 2-year-old children is now available. If you are in receipt of certain benefits, you may qualify for up to 15 hours’ free nursery education for your pre-school child/children.
Find out more information and see if you are eligible to apply
Advice from Services for Young Children for parents on how to prepare their child for school is available in various languages on this page: Childcare provider resources.
- Safeguarding advice
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Safeguarding advice and guidance for parents, including information on keeping children safe online and FGM in various languages.
Safeguarding considerations for before and after school (drop-off and pick-up) from the NSPCC, September 2018.
- Language phone lines
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Parents and carers can call the EMTAS language phone lines - during term time only.
- Helpful downloads
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Starting school in England
Information about the education system in England, and tips on preparing your child to start school are available in English and a range of other languages
Key information about secondary school in England
Information for parents and carers with a child starting in secondary school in England. Available in various languages.
- Key things to know about secondary schools in the UK - English
- Key things to know about secondary schools in the UK - Russian
- Key things to know about secondary schools in the UK - Ukrainian
Options after secondary school
Information about the options for children after they finish secondary school is available in English and a range of other languages
First language, home language and ascription
A leaflet explaining what first language, home language and ascription are, and why it is important for parents to let schools know this information about them and their children.
First language, home language and ascription leaflet
Bringing up your child in more than one language
More information and guidance on bilingualism in the early years is available from the National Literacy Trust. Some of this has been translated into other languages.
- Bringing up your child in more than one language - Bengali
- Bringing up your child in more than one language – Chinese
- Bringing up your child in more than one language – Simplified Chinese
- Bringing up your child in more than one language – Dari
- Bringing up your child in more than one language – English
- Bringing up your child in more than one language – Greek
- Bringing up your child in more than one language – Hungarian
- Bringing up your child in more than one language – Italian
- Bringing up your child in more than one language – Pashto
- Bringing up your child in more than one language – Polish
- Bringing up your child in more than one language – Portuguese
- Bringing up your child in more than one language – Romanian
Primary menus
The current Hampshire primary school menu has been translated by Hampshire EMTAS into various languages. See Primary menus.
Information about Free School Meals for parents
EMTAS free school meals information for parents
Behaviour strategies for parents
These Behaviour management guides are for parents/carers to help them understand and be able to use the same strategies at home as teachers use in schools.
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Arabic
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Bengali
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Bulgarian
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Chinese
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Dari
- Behaviour strategies for parents – English
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Finnish
- Behaviour strategies for parents – French
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Greek
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Italian
- Behaviour strategies for parents - Nepali
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Pashto
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Polish
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Portuguese
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Romanian
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Russian
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Spanish
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Tagalog
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Turkish
- Behaviour strategies for parents – Ukrainian
Special Educational Needs (SEND)
Best practice in cases where a child is identified as having an additional need is to make sure parents/carers are kept informed. They may be very unfamiliar with SEND practice and provision in the UK, including some of the terminology used. For this reason, EMTAS have produced a guide for parents, which can be shared with them as needed.