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Parent information card

Key questions that parents can ask their children in their home language to aid learning.

Parent introduction card

Ideas for parents who are supporting a child attending a new school.

EAL scheme of work

A scheme of work for providing new-to-English learners with survival language.

Phonics tricky words flashcards

Printable flashcards for learning phonics tricky words.

Successful ways to motivate your learners checklist

An ideas checklist of tried and tested ways to motivate your learners.

Lesson plan on self-assessment

Learners will use language structures based around the language of self-assessment. The learner will be introduced to a sliding scale of vocabulary to communicate how much of the lesson or part of the lesson they understood.

Questions for bilingual teaching assistants

A list of questions for a bilingual support partner to use when supporting families.

Template for reflection on provision

A template for reflection on the quality of your provision and next steps.

Initial Maths assessment

An initial Maths assessment for EAL pupils to identify gaps in learning.

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EAL resources to support your induction to English in the curriculum

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Learner resources

Healthy eating resource

Flashcards and substitution tables for learning vocabulary and structures related to healthy eating.

International mother language day activities

This game introduces children, in a fun way, to a variety of languages.

Minibeast activities

A home-learning minibeasts project for primary pupils.

Trade goods introduce me activity

A collaborative, group-focused, role-play activity for learning subject-specific vocabulary.

Bug team game

Let your learners build friendships with this snakes and ladders variation!

Subject-specific vocabulary booklet

An image-based vocabulary booklet for teaching some key maths vocabulary.

Home school diary

An English Language Learning Diary with blank pages to add in your own topics.

Adjective flashcards

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

Adverbs flashcards

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

Conjunctions - because and so - flashcards

Scaffolded flashcards to lead learners in steps from speaking and listening to writing. Topic: Conjunctions because and so

Personal pronouns flashcards

Scaffolded flashcards to lead learners in steps from speaking and listening to writing. Topic: Personal pronouns

Basic verbs flashcards

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

Feelings flashcards

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

Classroom instructions flashcards

Scaffolded flashcards to lead learners in steps from speaking and listening to writing. Topic: Classroom instructions

EAL teacher guidance

The Learning Village is powered by Across Cultures. These articles are written by specialists in the area of EAL and include free downloads to support differentiation across the curriculum. For all articles, click here. To sign up to the monthly newsletter which includes these articles, click here.

Transitioning between home and school learning: some success stories

29/06/2020

'Inside The Black Box' for EAL Learners

04/06/2020

Home learning during school closures: A minibeasts project for primary pupils

03/06/2020

Calling home - working with a bilingual support partner (or bilingual teaching assistant or teacher)

20/05/2020

Parents working at home with a learner who is working in another language

29/04/2020

'Inside The Black Box' for EAL learners

06/03/2020