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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.

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

Teaching note-taking skills
A table and template with four useful note-taking strategies.
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Templates to Help Your EAL Learners

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

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Text type activities
A resource with a model text and corresponding activities for your learners.
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Text types professional development activity
A quick professional development activity that can be completed with your colleagues, overing three common text types. It asks teachers to match a text type to the function of the text type, and gives an example of that text type and its language features.
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Transitioning interview and activity ideas
This questionnaire can be given to students before their transition to their new school or can be used by teachers in a first meeting interview. There are also activity ideas for the old and new school to make transitioning easier.
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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.

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.

Winter story and activities
A learner resource making use of simple vocabulary and language structures to tell an engaging story of two penguins and their new friend. Linked activities focus on the vocabulary of ‘feelings’ to explore the story and expand the learner’s knowledge of sentence structures. There are beginner, intermediate, advanced and extension activities, along with a full flashcard set.
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Word Origins Resource

A detailed resource listing word origins from different language roots, with handy lists and tables!

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World Refugee Day Resource
This resource will provide exercises and activities to help your learners explore the causes of displacement, and celebrate the achievements of refugees throughout history.

Writing frame for comparative essays
A helpful writing frame for comparative essays, ideal for secondary-level EAL learners.
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Writing lesson activity
This resource includes an activity to hook your secondary school learners into a writing lesson, using a storyboard.
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EAL teacher guidance

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