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Questions for bilingual teaching assistants
A list of questions for a bilingual support partner to use when supporting families.
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Template for reflection on provision
A template for reflection on the quality of your provision and next steps.
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Lockdown engagement activities
Instructions and examples for remote games to engage learners during remote lessons.
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World Refugee Day Resource
This resource will provide exercises and activities to help your learners explore the causes of displacement, and celebrate the achievements of refugees throughout history.

Collaborative role-play resource
Instructions and resources for a collaborative role-play activity with EAL learners in class.

Top Tips to Make You A Great EAL Teacher

A list of top tips to help you become a great EAL teacher.

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'Who we are' activity
A fun activity to introduce new arrivals or to start the school year. It can be used throughout the year to scaffold learning.
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Templates to Help Your EAL Learners

A useful set of downloadable templates to help your EAL learners.

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School language profile template
A useful template to complete a school language profile.

'What's in an image' resource

A lovely resource which encourages your learners to explore an interesting image and create and discuss their own.

Parent information card
Key questions that parents can ask their children in their home language to aid learning.
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New arrival diary template
A great little template to guide a new arrival and their mentor through the first few weeks in a new environment.

Inclusive EAL Classroom Tips

A list of tips to help you create an inclusive classroom for your EAL learners.

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Parent introduction card
Ideas for parents who are supporting a child attending a new school.
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Welcoming Ukrainian learners
A resource containing useful suggestions and links to articles and resources for welcoming and supporting Ukrainian learners.

Teacher Actions and Strategies for Supporting Refugees

A practical list of strategies to help foster equality in your classroom.

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Lesson plan on self-assessment
Learners will use language structures based around the language of self-assessment. The learner will be introduced to a sliding scale of vocabulary to communicate how much of the lesson or part of the lesson they understood.
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Behaviour for learning chart
A printable behaviour for learning chart with space for translation.
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How to encourage your EAL learners to be friends of nature

A list of tips to help you encourage your learners to enjoy and celebrate the natural world.

International mother language day activities
This game introduces children, in a fun way, to a variety of languages.
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EAL teacher guidance

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Word finding
27/11/2023
Storytelling
13/11/2023
Expressive language: Feelings & emotions
13/11/2023
Listening to and giving instructions: Prepositions
13/11/2023
One school, many languages: Making languages matter
25/10/2023
UN children’s rights and refugees: Fostering equality in the classroom
25/10/2023
UN children’s rights and refugees: Fostering equality in the classroom
25/10/2023
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