Big sister

Bilingual assistant Mina Yusuf spells out her typical week helping nursery and school children in their mother tongue Monday The vast majority of children in the early years centre at Greenfield Primary School in Hyde, Cheshire, where I work, originate from the district of Sylhet in Bangladesh. Their native language is Bengali and they speak the Sylheti dialect. Most of their parents don't speak English so I'm needed to help the children interact with the staff. My daily routine is not always...