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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.

Celebrating Cultural Diversity Resource
An incredible, in depth resource celebrating cultural diversity, with activities for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Non-fiction text activity ideas
Leveled activity bank for non-fiction text engagement, using Bloom's Taxonomy ladders.
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Halloween Resource
A resource all about Halloween. Includes flashcards, an early literacy activity and reading comprehension and fluency activities.

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.

Helpful language for learning English in Science
Questions and substitution tables to prepare learners for Science lessons.
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Christmas Resource
A resource all about Christmas. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

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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Healthy eating resource
Flashcards and substitution tables for learning vocabulary and structures related to healthy eating.
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Games for young learners
List of games to help young learners practise speaking, listening, reading and writing.
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Christmas Customs Resource
A resource all about Christmas customs around the world. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.
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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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International mother language day activities
This game introduces children, in a fun way, to a variety of languages.
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Tricky word activities
Tricky word learning activities for younger learners (easily adapted for older learners).
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Water safety scaffolding resource
A resource all about Water safety at home and in swimming pools. There are flashcard games and substitution tables ready to use, with extension activities in all areas. Text-based activities build on vocabulary and sentence structures to help your learners deconstruct and reconstruct an original text.

New Arrivals Story Resource

A useful resource to use with your new arrivals to talk about their first day at a new school. Includes speaking, listening, reading and writing activities.

Minibeast activities
A home-learning minibeasts project for primary pupils.
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CLIL lesson plan
A planning template for a CLIL (content and language integrated learning) lesson with an example on how it can be used.
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Empathy cards
A set of printable empathy cards with various reflection questions about language learning and transitional experiences. Works well for learners to get to know each other at the start of the school year, to reflect about experiences or to celebrate international mother tongue day.

'What's in an image' resource

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

EAL teacher guidance

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