Supporting Learners from Gypsy / Traveller Communities

Guidance documents 

Gypsy/Travellers: Educational Outcomes for Gypsy/Traveller children

Resources 

The Travellers ABC – STEP
Culturally relevant reading resources
Digital quick assessment resources from STEP
‘Shifting’ novel, a tale of bullying and discrimination
Stanley Robertson, Gypsy/Traveller storyteller resources 
Article 12 resources to raise awareness of Gypsy/Traveller culture, includes lesson plans and activities

National 2 Google sites – literacy and numeracy 

https://sites.google.com/as.glow.scot/creatingtextnat2/home 
https://sites.google.com/as.glow.scot/national2englishandcommunicati/home 
https://sites.google.com/as.glow.scot/national2lifeskillsmathsmeasur/home 
https://sites.google.com/as.glow.scot/national2maths/home 
https://sites.google.com/as.glow.scot/national2mathsmoneyandtime/home 

National 3 sites – literacy 

https://sites.google.com/as.glow.scot/national-3-producing-language/home 

STEP Google sites

https://sites.google.com/view/step-hair-and-beauty/home
https://sites.google.com/view/step-landscaping/home
https://sites.google.com/view/step–4/home

How to include Gypsy/Traveller culture in the classroom

How to include Gypsy Traveller awareness in your setting 
Cultural awareness – ALDO course

Links 

https://www.step.education.ed.ac.uk/
https://www.mecopp.org.uk/
https://grthm.scot/
https://www.article12.org/
https://education.gov.scot/improvement/practice-exemplars/supporting-gypsy-travellers-in-education/