As you know, EMAS is a TPRC we have produced this document to help parents understand how EMAS staff can help them report hate in the community. Third Party Reporting Service
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Third Party Reporting Centre
EMAS is a ‘Third Party Reporting Centre’ (TPRC) for hate crime. This means that all of our staff have received training about hate crime and are able to support parents (in first language, if available), and to report any incidents in the community to the police, either with or for them. This can always be […]
Welcome to a new school year!
EMAS are working in schools as normal, with a full range of training, assessment and support opportunities. Contact Karen Thomas for more details.
A new way of training
While we are apart, our training will be a self-guided offer followed by a short webinar with our advisory team. Contact Karen Thomas for details on karen.thomas.emas@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
Bumper resource offer for 2020!
Our advisers and BLAs have been working hard during lockdown creating and translating a whole range of new resources. These will be shared with schools in the near future. For details please contact Jordane via Jordane.faye@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
We are back!
EMAS staff will be going into schools again from 14th September 2020. For details of BLA deployment please contact Ruth Nabholz Duncan on 023 9284 1549.
Additional information
Our EAL professional association, NALDIC, has collated a huge range of websites and resources to support pupils with home learning. The list has been published on the EAL journal blog here https://ealjournal.org/2020/03/20/resources-for-eal-learners-during-school-closures/ and there will be further ideas and blog entries added soon. We have also had information from Doctors of the World and the […]
Resource creation/translation for Portsmouth
Our team has limited access to emails at the moment, usually outside of office hours, but please do contact us if you have any resources that you need us to find in first language or to translate for you.
Interpreting support for Portsmouth
EMAS staff are all working remotely at the moment but please continue to contact us should you need any help with interpreting, especially in a safeguarding situation, using the EMAS mobile number 07769 368770. We are offering phone or face to face support (depending on the individual levels of BLA self-isolation) in the following languages: […]
SEN/EAL assessments
It’s that time of the year when schools start referring pupils for additional assessments to try and unpick if there is something else at play, other than English acquisition (Mary and I are currently snowed under with SEN assessments!) So, a quick plea… When you complete the referral form, could you please add some details […]