A plea for help.
I have a new student aged 11. her first language is Arabic. Her english is not too bad, but she does need quite a bit of support. She is a charming child, who is finding scince hard, beause of understanding the language.
I work in a mixed sex, comprehensive school that is 98% White intake. I have no muslim members of staff to assist me, or older stuents that I can call on for help, so I am asking you smashing people to help me out
First thing, we are covering reproduction atm. What a topic to come into the class on! Poor child, they are all a bit twitchy over it as it is
So, are there any muslim cultural issues, sensitivities that I should be aware of? I know that sex during the menstrual period is not encouraged. But that is all I know IYSWIM. Is it 'normal' for mother's to have discussed this with girls of this age I realise you can't generalise that much....what I'm asking is is this something that just 'isn't done', so menstruation will come as a shock. I do know that the age of the first MP can be earlier in middle eastern girls, but she is quite tiny, so I'm assuming she hasn't started yet
I have to teach this, I don't have an option, but I want to be sensitive to the girls needs.
In addition are there any words in arabic that you could spell out phoneticaly for things like, baby, pregnancy, blood, menstrual period, that I can use to support her. I wouldn't expect her to know the anatomical names for things like fallopian tubes etc......we don't expect that from the english as a first language kids, but some basic vocab would be a HUGE help.
Many, many thanks, I don't want to make an ass of myself and say anything that would upset this little girl
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Blandmum · 10/02/2006 14:44
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