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

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.
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Literacy Scaffolding Resource

A literacy scaffolding resource, with carefully chosen activities to support your learners. 

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Lockdown engagement activities
Instructions and examples for remote games to engage learners during remote lessons.
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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.

Minibeast activities
A home-learning minibeasts project for primary pupils.
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New arrival diary template
A great little template to guide a new arrival and their mentor through the first few weeks in a new environment.

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.

Non-fiction text activity ideas
Leveled activity bank for non-fiction text engagement, using Bloom's Taxonomy ladders.
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Northern Hemisphere Seasons Resource
A resource all about seasons in the Northern hemisphere, and the months associated with them. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Observation of pupil chart
A chart to record learner behaviours and their frequency.
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Parent introduction card
Ideas for parents who are supporting a child attending a new school.
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Parents' evening summary sheet
A useful checklist for before and during your parents' meetings.
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Personal pronouns flashcards
Scaffolded flashcards to lead learners in steps from speaking and listening to writing. Topic: Personal pronouns

Phonics tricky words assessment sheet
Phonics tricky word assessment for phases 2 to 5.
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Phonics tricky words flashcards
Printable flashcards for learning phonics tricky words.
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Punctuation explained resource
A resource explaining different types of punctuation in a simple manner, including examples.

Question and answer prompts
A series of question starters and responses for dialogic teaching that you might want to print off and refer to when planning lessons.
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EAL teacher guidance

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