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Lockdown engagement activities
Instructions and examples for remote games to engage learners during remote lessons.
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Talking about bullying Resource
A resource all about the language we use to speak about bullying.

Minibeast activities
A home-learning minibeasts project for primary pupils.
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Rainforest reading comprehension
A reading comprehension resource about rainforests, including flashcards, gap fills and more.

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.

Trade goods introduce me activity
A collaborative, group-focused, role-play activity for learning subject-specific vocabulary.
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EURO 2020 learner resources
This resource includes substitution tables and flashcards on the EURO 2020 football league that is going to start on 11th June 2021. Teach your learners about player positions and participating countries with our flashcards, and let them express their views on who will win using our simple and expanded sentence creators.

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.

Subject-specific vocabulary booklet
An image-based vocabulary booklet for teaching some key maths vocabulary.
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Plant and animal cells flashcards
Scaffolded flashcards to lead learners in steps from speaking and listening to writing. Topic: Plant and animal cells

International mother language day activities 2
A wonderful array of activity ideas to celebrate International Mother Language Day with your learners, by special guest author Mary Langford.
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Home-School diary
An English Language Learning Diary with blank pages to add in your own topics.

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

Celebrating amazing women scaffolded resource
A great resource about female role models and their characteristics. Includes speaking, listening, reading and writing activities. Great for International Women's Day.

Adjective flashcards
Scaffolded flashcards to lead learners in steps from speaking and listening to writing. Topic: Adjectives

'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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A step-by-step guide to teaching vocabulary

A comprehensive guide to teaching your EAL learners vocabulary, with activities.

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Basic verbs flashcards
Scaffolded flashcards to lead learners in steps from speaking and listening to writing. Topic: Basic verbs

Learning to learn resource
Scaffolded flashcards and activities to lead learners in steps from speaking and listening to writing. Topic: Learning to learn

EAL Wellbeing Resource
An EAL Wellbeing Resource that introduces EAL learners to the vocabulary and language structures they need to understand and talk about their feelings, and importantly, to access support. It covers simple mental health vocabulary and communication techniques.

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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