ESOL Queen

 Hi everyone, After receiving many requests, I have now managed to update my Easter and Ramadan/ Eid phonics resources. These resources no longer have the dates included, so they can be used each year. These resources have been designed to be used with low literacy students at Pre-Entry (Pre-beginner level). They can also be used with students at Entry 1 (beginner) level. I hope you find them useful. 😃 Here are my Ramadan/ Eid resources: PowerPoint:  Worksheet:  Easter PowerPoint:  Easter Worksheet: 

I really love the build up to Christmas lessons at my school, as there are so many great opportunities to find out about important days and festivals in my students' own cultures. I am so blessed to teach students from over 20 countries currently and know learners from over 50 places (from Argentina to China and every country in between!).  From my experience students love to share about their own cultural traditions and celebrations. It is a great opportunity for them to learn from each other and to learn about important celebrations in the UK, It is also a good time for students to practice making comparisons between cultures. Just the last week I discovered the Egyptian Christmas is on a different date to the Polish one and that the Kurdish New Year (Naroz) is different from the UK! Here are some of my Pre-Entry and low Entry 1 Festival activities (click on the pic to download):   Here are some of my Level 1 and 2 Festival writing worksheets (click on the pics to downloa...