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Election resource

A useful resource to use with your new arrivals to talk about local or national elections. Includes speaking, listening, reading and writing activities.

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.
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English language learning record
EAL learning record to track the strategic use of flashcards.
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Exercise Resource
A resource all about exercise. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Extreme weather resource

A useful resource to use with your new arrivals to talk about extreme weather. Includes speaking, listening, reading and writing activities.

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

Fitness Regime Resource
An in-depth resource all about fitness regimes, with activities for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Football Competition resource

A useful resource to use with your learners to explore football competitions, with resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Game ideas
Need some more EAL games? Find here a number of fun game activities for your EAL and multilingual learners.

Games for young learners
List of games to help young learners practise speaking, listening, reading and writing.
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Graphic organiser template
A graphic organiser template for a report text that can be used in a number of different ways.
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Halloween Resource
A resource all about Halloween. Includes flashcards, an early literacy activity and reading comprehension and fluency activities.

Healthy eating resource
Flashcards and substitution tables for learning vocabulary and structures related to healthy eating.
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Helpful language for learning English in Science
Questions and substitution tables to prepare learners for Science lessons.
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Holiday projects for older learners
This resource includes a holiday learning pack which will give older pupils fun, collaborative and sociable ways of continuing to practise their speaking, listening, reading and writing during the holiday period.

Home-School diary
An English Language Learning Diary with blank pages to add in your own topics.

How to encourage your EAL learners to be friends of nature

A list of tips to help you encourage your learners to enjoy and celebrate the natural world.

Hygiene text deconstruction and reconstruction
Text-based deconstruction and reconstruction activities for learners. Topic: Hygiene.

Hygiene text resource

Vocabulary for hygiene, infection and cleanliness, using an instructional genre.

Inclusive EAL Classroom Tips

A list of tips to help you create an inclusive classroom for your EAL learners.

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EAL teacher guidance

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