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Lockdown engagement activities
Instructions and examples for remote games to engage learners during remote lessons.
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Mary Seacole Resource
A resource all about Mary Seacole, the Jamaican Florence Nightingale. Includes flashcards, an early literacy activity and reading comprehension and fluency activities.

Minibeast activities
A home-learning minibeasts project for primary pupils.
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Northern Hemisphere Seasons Resource
A resource all about seasons in the Northern hemisphere, and the months associated with them. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Plant and animal cells flashcards
Scaffolded flashcards to lead learners in steps from speaking and listening to writing. Topic: Plant and animal cells

Rainforest reading comprehension
A reading comprehension resource about rainforests, including flashcards, gap fills and more.

Royalty flashcards: King Charles III
Scaffolded flashcards to teach learners about King Charles III.

Royalty flashcards: Queen Elizabeth II
Scaffolded flashcards to teach learners about Queen Elizabeth II.

Royalty flashcards: The coronation
Scaffolded flashcards to teach learners about the coronation process.

Royalty flashcards: The life of Queen Elizabeth II
Scaffolded flashcards to teach learners about the life of Queen Elizabeth II.

School Camping Trips Resource
A resource all about school camping trips. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.
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Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day resource
A super resource about pancake-making that can be used to teach British Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) traditions! Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing. This is a limited-view resource. For access to the full, members-only resource, please log in.

Southern Hemisphere Seasons Resource
A resource all about seasons in the Southern hemisphere, and the months associated with them. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Sports Day Resource
A resource all about Sports Day. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.
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Subject-specific vocabulary booklet
An image-based vocabulary booklet for teaching some key maths vocabulary.
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Swimming Sports Resource
A resource all about Swimming Sports. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.
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Teaching 'online English' resource including flashcards
Examples about how to consider elements of EAL pedagogy when planning lessons for the topic of ‘online English’, including vocabulary and language structure flashcards.
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Trade goods introduce me activity
A collaborative, group-focused, role-play activity for learning subject-specific vocabulary.
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Trip to the Museum Resource
A resource all about a trip to the museum. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Trip to the Zoo Resource
A resource all about a trip to the zoo. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

EAL teacher guidance

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How do EAL learners become effective writers?
15/04/2024
Teaching pre-literate learners
07/02/2024
SEND support: Past tense
07/02/2024
SEND support: Supporting deaf learners
07/02/2024
Using a multimodal approach in the classroom
10/01/2024
Why provide EAL learners with small-group teaching?
06/12/2023
SEND support: Word finding
27/11/2023
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