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School Camping Trips Resource
A resource all about school camping trips. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

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.

Story-telling stages
A list of story-telling stages with suggested ideas to excite your learners.
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Summer learning activities
This resource includes a summer learning pack which will give pupils fun, collaborative and sociable ways of continuing to practise their speaking, listening, reading and writing during the summer break period.

Summer Olympics Resource

An incredible, in-depth resource all about the Summer Olympics - includes activities for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Summer Reading Bingo Challenge
A fun bingo game to challenge your class over the summer - who can complete all the activities on the card?

Swimming Sports Resource
A resource all about Swimming Sports. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Templates to Help Your EAL Learners

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

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Track and field sports resource
A fun set of activities all about track and field sports. This resource includes differentiated activities suitable for beginners and intermediate learners.

Trade goods introduce me activity
A collaborative, group-focused, role-play activity for learning subject-specific vocabulary.
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Tricky word activities
Tricky word learning activities for younger learners (easily adapted for older learners).
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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.

Valentine's Day Resource
An in-depth resource all about Valentine's Day traditions, with activities for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Vocabulary Game Resource
A fun game which can be used for teaching your pre-literate, EAL or SEND learners basic vocabulary.
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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.

Welcoming Ukrainian learners
A resource containing useful suggestions and links to articles and resources for welcoming and supporting Ukrainian learners.

Winter Olympics text resource
A text resource about the Winter Olympics 2026.

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EAL teacher guidance

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