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From paper houses to independent storytelling: seven engaging activities for beginner English learners.

Three Little Pigs ESL Activities for Beginner Kindergarten Students

Turn a familiar folk tale into a week of meaningful English practice. Explore seven Three Little Pigs ESL activities we tried with Kindergarten students, moving from supported vocabulary practice and crafts to independent storytelling while developing speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.

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A blog post by Ilvira Groom featuring 10 fun Halloween ESL activities for primary English learners.

10 Halloween esl Activities for a Spooktacular Classroom

Looking for fun and meaningful Halloween ESL activities for your primary classroom? Discover 10 easy ideas for vocabulary, speaking, reading and writing, including Bingo, word searches, Readers’ Theatre, scavenger hunts, crafts and procedure writing. These activities are simple to adapt for beginner, emerging and developing English learners.

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10 Halloween ESL Activities for a Spooktacular Classroom blog post by Ilvira Groom.
Practical Halloween ESL activities for primary EAL/D and English language learners.

Fun Halloween Activities for your ESL Classroom

Looking for fun and meaningful Halloween ESL activities for your primary classroom? Discover 10 easy ideas for vocabulary, speaking, reading and writing, including Bingo, word searches, Readers’ Theatre, scavenger hunts, crafts and procedure writing. These activities are simple to adapt for beginner, emerging and developing English learners.

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10 Halloween ESL Activities for a Spooktacular Classroom blog post by Ilvira Groom.
Practical Halloween ESL activities for primary EAL/D and English language learners.

Harmony Day Arts and Crafts Ideas for Primary Classrooms #2

Discover simple Harmony Day arts and craft ideas for your classroom. These creative Harmony Week activities help students celebrate culture, diversity, and belonging while making meaningful classroom displays.

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Harmony Day arts and crafts ideas to help primary students celebrate diversity and inclusion in the classroom.
Harmony Day arts and crafts ideas to help primary students celebrate diversity and inclusion in the classroom.

Harmony Day Arts and Crafts Ideas for Primary Classrooms

Discover simple Harmony Day arts and craft ideas for your classroom. These creative Harmony Week activities help students celebrate culture, diversity, and belonging while making meaningful classroom displays.

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Meaningful Harmony Week Activities for Your Classroom – A practical guide for primary teachers by Ilvira Croom, Excel English.

Meaningful Harmony Week Activities for Your Classroom

Want Harmony Week to feel deeper than decorations and orange shirts? Explore meaningful Harmony Week activities for your classroom that build real belonging, cultural pride and confident multilingual learners.

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Why Reader’s Theatre is a powerful and effective strategy for supporting ESL and EAL/D students.

Why Use Reader’s Theatre With Your ESL Students

Discover why Reader’s Theatre works so well for ESL students and why so many teachers keep coming back to it. Learn how this simple strategy builds fluency, confidence, and real spoken English without pressure.

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An EAL/D teacher supports students learning English as an additional language or dialect through inclusive classroom practices.

Who Is an EAL/D Teacher? Role and Responsibilities Explained

Who is an EAL/D teacher and what do they actually do in Australian primary schools? This practical guide explains the role, responsibilities, and why EAL/D matters for multilingual and dialect learners.

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Supporting new arrival students through routine, visual support, and small-group learning in the first weeks of school.

Supporting New Arrival Students in the First Weeks of School

Supporting new arrival students in the first weeks of school sets the foundation for everything that follows. In this post, I share how I support newly arrived learners in a Sydney primary school — from orientation and buddy systems to gentle assessment, visual support, and language learning grounded in research and real classroom practice.

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Reading newspapers together helps ESL students understand how news articles work.

5 Simple Ways to Teach ESL Students News Writing 

Teaching news writing to ESL students doesn’t have to be stressful. In this post, I share 5 simple ways to teach ESL students news writing using clear modelling, visual prompts, and scaffolded planning that actually works in Stage 3 classrooms.

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