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We were very lucky to have the author and illustrator Fifi Colston visit the Senior School on Thursday. Fifi delighted both staff and students with tales of how she became an author and illustrator. Many of the students are now begging to read her books. Wonderful to see such a response.

ESOL Other Teacher Resources

***Don't forget to check out the ESOL folder on First Class as this is regularly updated with newly made games and resources!***

Other ESOL related teacher resources include:
- Classroom instruction that works with English language learners
- Cross Cultural Communication - A resource for staff working with International Students (DVD and Video)
- English Grammar in Use
- English Grammar in Use and Supplementary Exercises
- Exploring Korea
- From Surviving to Thriving in the English Speaking classroom Level 1
- From Surviving to Thriving in the English Speaking classroom Book 3
- Literacy Now for Ages 7-8
- Philips Atlas of New Zealand and the world
- Practise Vocabulary and Grammar Book 3
- Practise Vocabulary and Grammar Book 5
- The code breakers guide to English (Phonics rules)
- Think Global: Global Perspectives in the lower primary classroom

ESOL Suggested Websites

www.tki.org.nz/r/esol/esolonline/
- This website is designed with units of work, links to activities and advise for New Zealand Primary Classroom Teachers, ESOL Teachers and ESOL Students.

http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/tr i
- This is a website that will translate blocks of text and webpages.

www.childrenslibrary.org
- Downloadable stories in a range of languages can be found at this site. These books are in fourteen languages (they are not bilingual) and suitable for students aged from three to thirteen years old.

www.starfall.com
- This website includes on-line books for early readers (approximately yellow-orange on the colour wheel).

www.storyplus.com
- This site has a number of stories in French and English suitable for a range of ages.

www.manythings.org/e/tt.html
- Interesting things for ESOL students. This site includes word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more. It takes a bit longer to search and find appropriate activities but there are some useful things on the site.

ESOL Picture Packs for Guided Writing

These resources are most suitable for new English learners.
Each pack is barcoded.
They are for teacher issue only.

Favourite places 1
(Contains one picture card and one key word card)
- Library
- School
- The farm
- The shopping mall
- The swimming pool

Favourite places 2
(Contains one picture card and one key word card)
- The Beach
- The Dairy
- The Petshop
- The Playground
- The Zoo

Instructional Writing Packs
(Each pack contains a book, an instruction card and photos and caption cards to sequence)
- How to make a sand saucer
- How to make popcorn
- How to make jelly

ESOL Language Games

These resources are located in the ESOL resource room and can be borrowed through the ESOL teachers.

- Action Bingo
- Alphabet match wooden puzzle
- Alphabet sound cards
- Basic word snap
- Consonant Snap x2
- Contraction Bingo
- CVC Word Spin
- Farmyard first word pairs
- Guess What? cards
- Ladybug lower/uppercase game
- Lets go to the Zoo
- Let’s go shopping
- Lowercase letters for threading
- Making sense of Measurement puzzles
- More making stories is fun
- Number match wooden puzzle
- Opposites match wooden puzzle
- Press and play - Busy Road
- Press and play - Funny Farm
- Press and play - Make a Meal
- Press and play - Shipwreck
- Silly Sentences
- Smart chute cards - Alphabet
- Smart chute cards - Idioms
- Sound, Read and Snap!
- Spot the difference
- Still making stories is fun
- Storybook picture cards
- Talking Traffic
- Three letter word puzzles
- Time telling card game
- Vowel bingo
- Where's Puppy? Listening word lotto
- Word detective games

ESOL Picture Dictionaries

These resources are individually barcoded.
They are for teacher issue only.

The Oxford Picture Dictionary
- English/Chinese
- English/Korean
- English/Japanese

Picture Dictionary for New Learners of English
- Picture Dictionary (8 copies)
- Picture Dictionary Teacher Notes and Activities

- EPB School Picture Dictionary Chinese/English
- The Oxford ABC Picture Dictionary (English)
- Times Visual Dictionary (English)

ESOL Non-Fiction Books (Sails series)

These resources are most suitable for Year 3-6 students.
The books are barcoded as a set of three titles.
They are for teacher issue only.

- A bird’s eye view (Topic: Mapping)
- A stomach full of stones (Topic: Dinosaurs)
- Buildings
- Leafcutter ants
- Snakes that rattle
- Snow and ice
- Space, stars and planets
- Storms
- Trees
- Trunks, humps and tails (Topic: Animals)

ESOL Non-Fiction Books (Blake series)

This resource is most suitable for Year 2-4 students.
The books are barcoded as a set of four titles.
They are for teacher issue only.

School:

• School rules
• Our school week
• Friends
• My school

ESOL Non-Fiction Books (Macmillan Outlook series)

These resources are most suitable for Year 2-4 students.
The books are barcoded as a set of six titles.
They are for teacher issue only.

Families
- Grandparents
- Looking after each other
- Special places
- Working and playing together
- Growing
- Different families

Celebrations (Two copies of this set)
- Names
- Birthdays
- Weddings
- Happy New Year
- Mother’s Day
- Festivals

Local Resources
- Our fete
- Hamburgers
- My chair
- People who help us
- At work
- Our library

Schools
- City schools
- Country schools
- Schools around the world
- Saturday school
- Hospital school
- Schools at home

Shopping
- Neighbourhood shops
- At the supermarket
- Shopping centres
- To market, to market
- Recycle shops
- Fixing things

ESOL Non-Fiction Audio CD and Books (Fast Forward series)

These resources are most suitable for Year 4-6 students.
Each title is individually barcoded.
They are for teacher issue only.

Level 6
- Animal groups
- At the shops
- Caves
- Celebrating New Year
- Food from the world
- Move it (Topic: Machinery)

Level 7
- Bridges
- I remember when
- Ice on Earth
- Skateboarding
- What’s the Time?
- Who are you?

Level 8
- Animal disguises
- Hot and cold
- Making a cake
- Money travels
- Sheep station
- Understanding rules

Level 9
- Antarctic Animals
- Cars
- Discovering planets
- Let’s dance
- Skeletons
- The history of money

ESOL Vivid English CD Rom

This resource is most suitable for new English learners.
We only have a site licence for five computers so see Glenys to borrow/install.

Topics
- Alphabet
- Colours
- Numbers
- Parts of the Body
- Parts of a house
- Days of the week
- Months of the year

ESOL PM+ CD Rom and Readers

The colours of the sets match the colour wheel reading levels.
The books are barcoded as a set.
The CD roms are barcoded separately. Our site licence only covers being loaded onto school computers.
They are for teacher issue only.

Red Set A
- Photo Time
- Kitty Cat
- Sam and Bingo
- Here comes Little Chimp
- The Big Hill
- Little Chimp and Big Chimp
- Sam’s Race
- Let’s Pretend

Red Set B
- Mother Bird
- Kitty Cat and the Fish
- Baby Panda
- Run, Rabbit, Run!
- The Toytown Rescue
- Monkey on the Roof
- At the Toyshop

Blue Set A
-Bugs for Breakfast
- Sam Plays Swingball
- Kitty Cat and the Paint
- Baby Bear Climbs a Tree
- Little Chimp and the Bees
- Rabbit’s Ears
- The Swan Family
- The House on the Hill

Blue Set B
- Max and the Bird House
- The Toytown Racing Car
- The Broken Flower Pot
- Mother Tiger and her Cubs
- Tom’s Ride
- Our New House
- Our House is a Safe House

Orange Set A
- The Rocket Ship
- Look Out!
- The Little Work Plane
- The Big Bad Wolf
- The Lions and the Buffaloes

Orange Set B
- The Secret Cave
- Jordan at the Big Game
- The Triceratops and the Crocodiles
- Taking Care of Ourselves
- Our Bodies

Purple Set A
- Rally Car Race
- Sea Otter Goes Hunting
- A Spider in my Bedroom
- Bend, Stretch, Leap

Purple Set B
- The Giant Seeds
- Mack’s Big Day
- Winter on the Ice
- Sky Changes
- Seasons and Weather

ESOL Fiction Audio CD and Books (Fast Forward series)

These resources are most suitable for Year 4-6 students.
They are barcoded as a levelled set.
They are for teacher issue only.

Level 6
- Anna goes to the zoo
- Dad and Dan go fishing
- Ben Fox saves the day
- Noises in the night

Level 7
- A night out
- Harry helps out
- Max and the Tornado
- The mess

Level 8
- Danger in the Snow
- Taking off
- The jewellery shop robbery
- The mystery of the missing bike

Level 9
- Magic tricks
- On the team
- Slow down Mrs Brown!
- Time travel: The dinosaurs

ESOL Fiction Audio CD and Books

These resources are most suitable for Year 4-6 students.
They are barcoded as a CD/Book set.
Selected titles are located in the blue ESOL box for children to issue and take home (on trial).
The remainder are for teacher issue only.

- Aesop’s fables
- Aladdin and his magical lamp
- Badness for beginners
- Can’t you sleep little bear?
- Kipper story collection
- Knights
- Mouse hole cat
- Owl babies
- Robots
- Six dinner Sid
- Snore
- Stories of Dragons
- Stories of Pirates
- Stories of Robots
- The little mermaid
- The pig in the pond
- The princess and the pea
- The snow queen
- The nutcracker
- The emperor’s new clothes
- Treasure Island
- Winnie the witch

ESOL Bilingual Picture Books

These resources are most suitable for Year 1-4 children.
They are individually barcoded and stored in a labelled box.
Children are allowed to issue one at a time and take them home.

English/Korean
- Dragon’s Tears
- Farmer Duck
- Fox Fables
- Guess how much I love you?
- Hansel and Gretel
- Lima’s hot chilli
- My Daddy is a giant
- Nita goes to hospital
- The Crow King
- The little red hen
- Tigers, Frogs and Rice Cakes (Korean proverbs)
- Wibbly Wobbly Tooth

English/Chinese
- Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain

Book lists - Senior

Spies

• Alex Rider series Anthony Horowitz
• Maz Remy Superspy Deborah Abela
• Cherub series Robert Muchamore
• Zack Power H. I. Larry
• Jack Stalwart E. S. Hunt
  

Fantasy

• Harry Potter J K Rowling
• The Hobbit J.R.R.Tolkien
• Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien
• Indian in the Cupboard L. R. Banks
• A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket
• Chronicals of Narnia C.S. Lewis
• Deltora Quest Emily Rodda
• Rowan of Rin Emily Rodda
• Redwall B. Jacques
• Percy Jackson R. Riordan (Half Greek god - myths & legends)
  
• Inkheart trilogy Cornelia Funke
  

Diary Stories

• Dolphin Diaries Lucy Daniels
• My Story series

Slapstick Humour

• Just tricking /Just Annoying/ Just Disgusting/ Just Crazy Andy Griffith
  
• Francis Bacon / A pig called Bacon Stephen Measley
  
• Tongue tied Paul Jennings
• Uncanny / Unbearable / Unreal (Many more)
  

Animal Lovers

• Heartland Lauren Brooke ( Horses )
• Animal Ark series Lucy Daniels
• Saddle Club B. Bryant
  

Horrible histories

• Horrible Histories Terry Dreary
• Cruel Crime & Painful Punishment
• Horrible Geography Anita Ganeri
• Raging Rivers
• Earth Shattering Earthquakes
• Odious Oceans
• Stormy Weather
• Horrible Science Nick Arnold

War

• Boy Overboard Morris Gleitzman
• Once Morris Gleitzman
• Milkweed Jerry Spinelli
• Lord of the nutcracker men Iain Lawrence
• War horse Michael Morpurgo
• Parvana & Parvana's journey D. Ellis (Afghanistan)
  

Book lists

Girls Mystery / series   Year 5- 6

• Jane Blonde J. Marshall
• Nancy Drew C. Keene
• The sisters Grim M. Buckley
• Lady Grace mysteries

Classics

• Pippi Longstocking                          A. Lindgren
  
• The secret garden                           F. H. Burnett
• Anne of Green Gables L. Montgomery
• Tom's midnight garden                    P. Pearce
• Black beauty A. Sewell
• Famous five and Secret seven        E. Blyton

Just for fun series           (Year 3 - 4)

• Ramona                                           B. Cleary
  
• Go girls   various authors
• Abby Hayes   A. Mazer
• Rainbow magic D. Meadows
• Spiderwick T. Di Terrlizz
• Magic tree house                           M. O. Osborne
• Jack Russell - dog detective D. & S. Odgers
• Judy Moody M. McDonald
• Clarice Bean L. Child

• Milly Molly Mandy Stories          J. Lankester 
• Diary of a Cat Killer Cat               A.Fine
• Walking Lightly                             F. Beale 
• Aussie Bites
• Aussie Chomps
• Flat Stanley                                    J. Brown
• Wild West Gang                            J. Cowley

Gritty and sophisticated readers       Year 5- 6

• Anne Frank : the diary of a young girl      
  
• Chinese Cinderella        A. Mah
  
• Alone on a wide wide sea                        M. Morpurgo
• Parvana                                                      D. Ellis
  
• Parvana’s journey
  
• Once                                                           M. Gleitzman
  

Great for mileage reading

• Geronimo Stilton                               G. Stilton
  
• Zac Powers                                        H. I. Larry
  
• Star Wars
  
• Captain Underpants                           D. Pilkey
  
• Boyz Rule
  
• Jack Stalwart                                      E. Hunt
  
• Evil Fred
  
• The Legend of Spud Murphy   E. Colfer
  
• Cool by Michael Morpurgo
  
• The deltora Quest series                     E. Rodda
  
• World of adventure series                  G. Paulsen