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A School In Luton Where 90% Of The Pupils Are Of Asian Origin Has Won Praise For Its Unique Achievements

1987 , Luton (Bedfordshire)

Cat no. 34400

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Government's School Inspectors impressed by teaching and community.

Classroom, gym and playground scenes filmed at Denbigh Infants School in Luton, Bedfordshire. 90% of the 217 pupils are Asian, and at home they may speak Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali or Vietnamese. At a Yorkshire school with a similar ethnic mix, the parents of white children have been in the news for boycotting the school, but Denbigh School has been praised by government inspectors for its achievements in the quality of teaching. Head Teacher Alison Edmonds is asked about the reasons for this success. She praises the dedicated and hardworking teachers. She says they share a philosophy that infant teaching is about four Rs rather than 3 Rs and that (along with reading, writing and arithmetic) the most important is relationships. They try to support the child’s self-image so they can blossom. Teaching is in English, but there are mother-tongue classes with stories and nursery rhymes. Children flock to the Head Teacher in the playground. The reporter was Greg Barnes for this video made to be shown in a news story on Anglia Television early evening news / magazine programme About Anglia.

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Schools; Primary schools; Teaching; Learning; Multi-ethnic communities; Relationships; Languages

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A School In Luton Where 90% Of The Pupils Are Of Asian Origin Has Won Praise For Its Unique Achievements

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