Tag: EAL

FREE! Widgit Induction Week CPD Webinar – Getting started with symbols – Practical tips on your journey to being a Symbol-Friendly School

💠 Rebecca Lynch,  Global Education Specialist at Widgit, will explore Widgit’s new Dual Language Resource Pack and share practical tips for getting started with symbols in your school.

💠 The session will focus on creating whole-school consistency to support understanding and help all children thrive.

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FREE! CPD Webinar – Visual Literacy in Action: How Widgit & Mighty Writer Work Together to Transform Early Language and Writing

💠 Join Lisa from Widgit and Emma from Mighty Writer for a practical, engaging session on how visual literacy transforms learning.

💠 Discover how combining symbols, structured talk and hands‑on sentence building helps pupils develop vocabulary, speak in full sentences and write with confidence.

Picture ➡️ Symbols ➡️ Oral Sentence ➡️ Sentence Build ➡️ Writing

💠 With a strong focus on inclusion and high expectations, this webinar will share simple strategies you can implement immediately across your classrooms.

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FREE! Mighty Writer CPD webinar: Ask the Expert with Emma Ralph

💠 Mighty Writer is a unique physical resource that transforms children’s literacy almost overnight, guaranteed!

💠 It is designed for every class of EYFS, KS1 and for intervention in KS2.

💠 Join the Founder and Literacy Improvement Director from Mighty Writer to understand how the Mighty Writer tools can help your students in your classrooms.

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FREE! CPD Webinar – How to engage parents and carers of EAL learners with FlashAcademy

Join this panel webinar to hear how schools are building stronger relationships with the families of their multilingual learners. This session will explore what meaningful parental engagement looks like in practice and how to apply it in your own setting.

You’ll leave with:

☑️ Clear principles for communicating effectively with multilingual parents and carers.
☑️ Insight into how schools are removing barriers to family engagement for multilingual communities.
☑️ Practical strategies and tools you can implement immediately.

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FREE! CPD Webinar – Why home language matters: Translanguaging in English language learning

Hosted by FlashAcademy® with experienced EAL leads from UK and international schools. We’ll examine what the evidence tells us about translanguaging, why home languages might be the missing piece in your EAL strategy – and how you can start using it in your classroom today.

Attendees will come away with:

☑️ An understanding of translanguaging and why it matters in English language learning
☑️ Deeper knowledge of how using home languages can unlock the potential of your learners
☑️ Practical classroom strategies to start using translanguaging approaches straight away

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FREE! CPD Webinar – Visual Literacy with Widgit & Mighty Writer hosted by Louise Dawson

Join Louise as she hosts Lisa from Widgit and Emma from Mighty Writer for this powerful introductory session, where we’ll show how Widgit symbols and Mighty Writer’s sentence‑building approach work together to strengthen:

🔸 Vocabulary and oral rehearsal
🔸 Sentence structure and accuracy
🔸 Transcription foundations in Reception & KS1
🔸 Confidence for SEND, EAL and reluctant writers
🔸 Overall independence and writing success

This practical, classroom‑focused webinar walks you through the full visual‑to‑verbal learning journey:

Picture ➡️ Symbols ➡️ Oral Sentence ➡️ Sentence Build ➡️ Writing

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FREE! EAL With FlashAcademy Conference in Dubai – November 2025

Improving Outcomes for Multilingual Learners

A free, in-person conference hosted at the Louise Dawson centre in Dubai Friday 14th November 2025 from 9am.

📌 Join us in Dubai for an in-person conference dedicated to exploring the best ways to support multilingual learners both inside and outside the classroom.

This event will bring together educators, school leaders, and practitioners from across the region to share insights, strategies, and whole school approaches that ensure every learner feels included, supported, and able to thrive.

✅ FREE in-person event with refreshments and lunch.
✅ Inspiring speakers from schools across Dubai, alongside experts from FlashAcademy® and other leading organisations championing inclusion and learner wellbeing
✅ Practical strategies for supporting multilingual learners in the classroom
✅ Approaches to nurturing wellbeing and inclusion
✅ Opportunities to network and share best practice with colleagues

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FREE! Drop-in Session To Meet Jenny and Milly from FlashAcademy – September 2025

Join us for a FREE Thursday morning drop-in session with Jenny and Milly from FlashAcademy.

Jenny will be speaking about… 
– Data from some FlashAcademy international schools that show amazing progress for their ELL learners 
– FlashAcademy’s new AI-assisted marking feature 
– The new FlashAcademy teacher dashboard and how it can help to optimise and streamline ELL strategy 

Please come along to hear more, or to discuss your queries directly with the FlashAcademy team in person.

Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be provided.

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