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

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.

Small-group teaching planning template

An editable table for you to plan small-group lessons.

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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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Story-telling stages
A list of story-telling stages with suggested ideas to excite your learners.
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Student teacher pack

A comprehensive document for student teachers, outlining the research and methodology behind EAL teaching, welcoming new arrivals, assessment and more, as well as practical tips and useful links.

Subject-specific vocabulary booklet
An image-based vocabulary booklet for teaching some key maths vocabulary.
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Successful ways to motivate your learners checklist
An ideas checklist of tried and tested ways to motivate your learners.

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

Survival language helpers (primary)
Survival language helpers designed for primary learners that help them understand the language of making friends and classroom instructions.

Survival language helpers (secondary)
Survival language helpers designed for secondary learners that help them understand the language of making friends and classroom instructions.

Swimming Sports Resource
A resource all about Swimming Sports. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.
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Talking about bullying Resource
A resource all about the language we use to speak about bullying.

Teacher Actions and Strategies for Supporting Refugees

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

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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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Teaching note-taking skills
A table and template with four useful note-taking strategies.
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EAL teacher guidance

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How do EAL learners become effective writers?
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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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