Bluewater District School Board

Bluewater's Multilingual Learners page

Multilingual Learners

Graphic of multicultural people on a blue background with BWSDB logo and "Everyone is welcome here" text

See below for Welcome Booklets in various languages.

Bluewater District School Board (BWDSB) has welcomed many new students from varying linguistic and cultural backgrounds.  To support our mission to provide a quality education for every student in a safe, accepting, and caring environment, our vision for these students and their families is to develop a culturally diverse learning experience in which students will see, hear, and feel their own languages in their classrooms and school communities.

Initiatives to support this vision include:
1.  adopting the term multilingual learner (ML);
2.  allowing students to use their home language for learning and leveraging technology to communicate;
3.  creating a representative multilingual library of eBooks and videos to reflect the dynamic population of our board;
4.  developing a welcome ambassador program in each school;
5.  fostering collaborative spaces to discuss multilingual pedagogy so all students feel motivated, valued, and connected; and
6.  supporting ongoing dialogues with community partners to foster welcoming communities.

Working with our community to help our community. Settlement and language services click here.

Links to resources: 

Settlement.org
Settlement services help immigrants and refugees adjust to their new lives in Canada by providing assistance to individuals at various stages of the settlement process.

CLB-OSA
The CLB-OSA is an online self-assessment tool for people who are interested in assessing their English as a Second Language (ESL).

Newcomers Grey-Bruce
Community Info and Support for Newcomers.


Arabic


Gujarati


Urdu


English


Punjabi


French


Spanish

Bluewater District School Board is located on the traditional land of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, which is represented by the communities of Saugeen First Nation and Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation.
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