Lara

Passionate about EAL and Multilingual Pedagogies #alllanguagesmatter Recently started a new adventure as head of a primary school.

[Lara @lararikers]

@easkelton @mlielang @TanKHuynh @SarahOttow @ancatoma12 Such great memories!

[Melissa Mikulich @MelissaMikulich]

Did you know that the translations of animal sounds may vary across different parts of the world. Check out these multilingual onomatopoeias. #EALD #bilingualismrocks

[Lara @lararikers]

@tirleteanga @m_mccracken11 @MrsLauraW @ISH_EAL That’s fantastic!

[Miriam Munneke @miri_munn]

Sometimes you have a lesson that blows you away. Today's Gr 5 goal: to share what we 'notice' about poetry and I'll admit that I totally underestimated these #emergentbilinguals and their observations. One student 'I think poetry is like a work of art that everyone needs to see!'

[EAL @ISH_EAL]

Surely #translanguaging is good for a student’s #wellbeing!. At #ISH_EAL 4 keen Y4 students, fairly new to English and covering 5 languages, shared their transition words with each other to support their #Writing.

[Lara @lararikers]

@m_mccracken11 @MrsLauraW @tirleteanga @ISH_EAL Awwww, absolutely love this! Sharing is caring, love that this continues to affirm identities of so many students!

[Miriam Munneke @miri_munn]

Students helped me display our Multilingual Me unit. We analysed our language identity profiles (thanks @ISH_EAL), learned new vocab to talk about #multilingualism, explored language origins and families and inquired into different forms of #communication. Love this unit 💖

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

The best teachers aren’t perfect teachers, they are human teachers - they go off on tangents, they explore stuff, they focus on the detail but make mistakes, they have fun but they are serious about the job - the students love these teachers.

[Christy Thompson - instagram @chthompson188 @TeacherThomp]

My 4th grader dropped a wisdom bomb yesterday that shook me. “I wish my teachers knew the outside-of -school-me. Teachers only know kids they way they are in school. I’m the real me at recess but they don’t pay attention then.” What does this say to us about play!? #StudentVoice

[W @WFarahslt]

All languages are beautiful and important

[Miss B @slb_ltu]

Really pleased with how my classroom map display is coming on 🗺 I’ve included books that link to diverse cultures to the suitcase, which are featured on the map, have labels of key places & pics that show where the children’s families originate from! #edutwitter @MrTs_NQTs

[EAL @ISH_EAL]

#Maths has a lot of #language! We are working on our Maths language in our #homelanguages with #addition and #subtraction. #alllanguagesmatter #multilingual #eal #esl

[Mindy McCracken @m_mccracken11]

Visually supported science #root words for #multilingual learners. https://t.co/E8axpjb5nV

[El Camino Spanish Classes @ElCaminoSpanish]

#biliteracy #multilingual #multicultural

[Lara @lararikers]

@MissAmyEAL Totally insane, so cool though and well deserved!

[Amy Kuong @MissAmyEAL]

Making sure our new starters with no English have a voice and are welcomed by having some survival phrases in their #homelanguages along with visuals to help them express their needs and feelings in the classroom. #alllanguagesmatter #multilingual #eal #esl #translanguaging

[Dr Paul Walton @paultwalton]

“Every day is a chance to begin again. Don’t focus on the failures of yesterday, start today with positive thoughts and expectations.”

#motivation #challenge #positivity

[Julia Stiglitz @juliastiglitz]

Lack of career advancement and development is now the top reason why people leave their job according to a new McKinsey study.