Equalities and Diversity Picture Books

Here is a link to recommended Equality and Diversity Picture Books for use ion classrooms. There are also lesson plans available on the highland Literacy Blog.

https://highlandliteracy.com/equality-and-diversity-picture-books/

Highland Council’s Equalities Improvement Group and LGBTI+ sub-group have published a series of lesson plans in December 2017 to support the development of Equality and Diversity across the curriculum. 18 picture books have been selected; for each picture book there have been lessons created for Early – Fourth Levels (Curriculum for Excellence) driven by the Literacy and English and Health and Wellbeing Experiences and Outcomes.

Click each of the book cover image below to download the lesson plan for each book.

The Great Big Book of Families
King and King The Sissy Duckling
And Tango Makes Three Red Jacob’s New Dress
Malala and Iqbal 10,000 Dresses The Dot
Daddy, Papa, and Me Mommy, Mama, and Me The Paper Bag Princess
My Princess Boy William’s Doll Whoever You Are
The Invisible Boy

I Have the Right to Be a Child

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress

EAL Profile for nursery

EAL Profile Nursery
For pupils who are learning English as an additional language, please use this sheet to monitor English language development.  This can be used to supplement information gained from the Overviews and is very helpful to pass on to schools.

For pupils at Stage 1, please use the Teddy Talk resource.

Contact the EAL team for training in Teddy Talk or if you have a concern about a pupil. Please attach a completed Profile (above).

Basic Phrases and Signs in Arabic

Here are some Arabic resources including basic phrases, welcome signs and useful classroom vocabulary.

 

Or you can download this….

For Dual Language Resources and Dictionaries in Arabic here are some book suggestions and book sellers to buy them from:

EAL resources for new arrivals (Arabic)

EAL dual language dictionaries for secondary pupils (Arabic)

There are also more resources if you follow the link below for maths, subject key words, topic words and general information….

Arabic resources

Supporting Bilingual Learners of English in Highland Schools