Our very own Arthur McKeown, who set up our ESOL programme a few years ago, was awarded the prestigious ESOL SIG Champion award by IATEFL. He was due to collect his prize at IATEFL’s conference in April, but that unfortunately fell through due to the lockdown. We are now very excited to know that he will be recognised at next year’s conference.
IATEFL published an interview with Arthur on their August newsletter, which we are proud to share with you.
This resource pack has some really good resources and links to online resources for parents and Community Workers alike..
As always I hope you are all keeping safe and well.
Currently, most of us are using Zoom for online teaching and learning and for meetings – work or leisure related!
The City of Glasgow College very helpfully put together this instruction booklet in different languages on how to use Zoom, and kindly gave permission to share it. We hope you find it useful!
Some advice on learning at home from RISE NI: https://view.pagetiger.com/RISENI/covid19/pagetigeradviceleafletsparentscovid19.pdf
Some useful information for the Education Authority on Eating well and also useful Education Resources in 11 different languages:
Eat Well, Live Well
Education Resources in 11 different Languages
Our ESOL classes had to stop quite suddenly because of the COVID-19 emergency, but our volunteer tutors and our staff have been working behind the scenes to bring them back in different formats. Our Conversation classes are now online on Wednesdays at 6:30 (email ESOL@burc.org for information on how to join them) and we’ll be offering different online classes to our lower-intermediate and absolute beginners learners.
We do miss you, our learners, and we all hope you are all well and keeping safe! We’re thinking of you and want to show it! Our tutors just made this lovely video for you to send you just a simple message: we’re here, you’re all on our mind and we’ll be back very soon!
Keep checking this website, our Facebook page and Twitter account @BURCProgrammes for updates!
In the meantime, this is for you, from all of us:
Check out this really this brilliant resource on how to explain to children and young people how to behave in this really challenging period: Dave the Dog
Parents/Carers
With everyone on lockdown, home schooling children and young people can be difficult. Here are some useful links to help with extra resources which are FREE to download and use as often as you wish. I will refresh this every week, if you have any ideas please send them to me and I will put them up on the website and Facebook. You can contact me on my email aiveen.kavanagh@burc.org
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
We may be in uncertain times but we are still here providing advice and up to date information, if you are claiming benefits or considering claiming benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
You can either email Joanne.Farrell@burc.org and provide a brief explanation of your enquiry or you may telephone 028 9096 1111.
Recent announcements from the Department for Communities (DFC):
If you have any questions, issues with payments, difficulties claiming benefits, unsure of what to claim, send an email to our Welfare Advice Service and you will get one to one advice from our adviser. In response to Coronavirus (COVID-19), the centre is closed but we have adapted other ways of advising our clients and keeping everyone safe
Check out our website, Facebook and Twitter for regular updates as information is changing often.
