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We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary to describe the landscape in different French speaking countries e.g. In Guadeloupe there are beaches. The children are taught sentences to describe eight French speaking countries or regions. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer unit on France and French speaking regions.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a speaking activity, a reading and writing activity, a speaking task and a plenary whole class game. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan - 4 pages (PDF)
An animated PowerPoint presentation - 20 pages (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for listening game - 8 pages (PDF)
Resources for Reading and Writing activity - 3 pages (PDF)
No further preparation needed.
It would be helpful but not essential if your class have completed our French countryside lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12667431
This is Lesson 3, Unit 12 French by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual lesson.
You might be interested in Units 1, 2 and 3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
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This is a bundle of 20 Spanish lessons, perfect for using with absolute beginners. They are aimed at KS2.
The Lessons are:
Lesson 1 - Greetings
Lesson 2 - Emotions and Feelings
Lesson 3 - Greetings for different times of day
Lesson 4 - Introducing Yourself
Lesson 5 - Where you live (countries)
Lesson 6 - Numbers
Lesson 7 - How old are you?
Lesson 8 - Colours
Lesson 9 - What do I look like? (eye and hair colour)
Lesson 10 - Describing myself (height and size)
Lesson 11 - Family Members
Lesson 12 - Clothing
Lesson 13 - Pets
Lesson 14 - Pet Descriptions
Lesson 15 - All About Me Revision
Lesson 16 - Fruit and Vegetables
Lesson 17 - Bread and Cakes
Lesson 18 - Drinks
Lesson 19 - Breakfast
Lesson 20 - Dinner (including several dishes from Spain)
The plans all give details of a starter, how to teach the new vocabulary, followed by a combination of listening activities, speaking activities, reading/writing activities and a plenary. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources are included in the price. This includes a PowerPoint for each lesson containing the new vocabulary. The PowerPoint presentations are not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open them. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations.
In total there are 290 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 285 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in zip files.
No further preparation needed.
This is Units 1, 2, 3 and 4 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
(These lessons are also available as individual lessons or as smaller units.)
This is a 5 lesson Spanish unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. It teaches children numbers, how to say their age, colours, how to describe their eyes and hair and how to describe their height and size. The lessons are highly interactive and allow children to practice a range of language skills.
Lesson 1 - Numbers
In this lesson the children learn numbers up to 10.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, how to teach the ‘numbers’ vocabulary, a paired speaking game, a reading game, simple written activity and whole class plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are:
4 page pdf Lesson Plan
23 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
4 pdf pages of resources for the reading game (colour and black & white versions)
5 pdf pages for the written activity (colour and black & white versions and answers)
Lesson 2 - How old are you?
In this lesson children learn to talk about how old they are.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘ages’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking activity, written activity and plenary.
All the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file.
These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
21 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘read only’ button to open.)
6 PDF pages of resources for the Speaking activity (Colour and Black & White versions)
6 PDF pages for the Written activity (Colour and Black & White versions and answers)
Lesson 3 - Colours
In this lesson children learn the vocabulary for seven different colours in Spanish.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘colours’ vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a game, reading activity and plenary game.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
11 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘read only’ to open.)
2 PDF pages for the game
2 PDF pages for the Reading activity (a worksheet and answers)
Lesson 4 - Eye and Hair Colour
This lesson involves children learning the vocabulary for describing eyes and hair in Spanish.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the eyes and hair vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a game, written activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price in the zip file. These are:
5 page Lesson Plan (PDF)
14 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. )
Resource for the speaking activity (1 PDF page)
Written activity (1 PDF page)
Lesson 5 - Height and Size
In this lesson children learn the vocabulary for describing their height and size in Spanish.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, how to teach the descriptive vocabulary, a whole class speaking and listening activity, a group sorting activity, reading activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price and are in the zip file. These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
7 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
12 PDF pages of resources for the speaking activity (Colour and Black & White versions)
8 PDF pages of resources for the sorting activity (Colour and Black & White versions)
5 PDF pages for the written activity (Colour and Black & White versions and Answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is Unit 2 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
You might be interested in Unit 1 - Greetings and Introductions:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Units 1 and 2 are available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-lesson-bundle-1-term-beginners-11710541
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for seven different colours in French. The lesson could be used as an individual lesson or as part of a unit.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘colours’ vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a game, reading activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
There is a PowerPoint which includes an audio version of each French word or phrase to make it easier for anyone to be able to teach the lesson. You can also play the PowerPoint without the audio.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
An 11 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
2 PDF pages of resources for the game
2 PDF pages for the Reading activity (a worksheet and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 3 of Unit 2 French designed by Blossomingminds.
You might be interested in Unit 1 - Greetings and Introductions:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397
Unit 2 French - All About Me - Age and Appearance is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339
This bundle contains 10 French lessons for beginners, perfect for using with KS2.
The lessons are:
Lesson 1 - Greetings
Lesson 2 - Emotions and Feelings
Lesson 3 - Greetings for different times of day
Lesson 4 - Introducing Yourself
Lesson 5 - Where you live
Lesson 6 - Numbers
Lesson 7 - How old are you?
Lesson 8 - Colours
Lesson 9 - What do I look like? (eye and hair colour)
Lesson 10 - Describing myself (height and size)
The plans (pdfs) all give details of a starter, how to teach the new vocabulary, followed by a combination of listening activities, speaking activities, reading/writing activities and a plenary. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lessons are included in the price. There is a PowerPoint for each lesson which includes an audio version of each French word or phrase to make it easier for anyone to be able to teach the lessons. You can also play the PowerPoints without the audio. (The PowerPoints are not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open them. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations.)
In total there are 46 pages of lesson plans (pdfs), 153 slides of animated PowerPoints and 86 pages of games and worksheets (pdfs). All of the lessons are in zip files.
No further preparation needed.
This is Units 1 and 2 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
Each Unit is also available separately.
Unit 1 French Greetings and introductions lesson bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397
Unit 2 French - All About Me - Age and Appearance is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different items of clothing in Spanish. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of an ‘All About Me’ unit.
The plan gives details of a whole class game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a paired speaking and listening activity, a reading activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 12 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
3 PDF pages of resources for the speaking and listening activity (Colour and Black & White versions and Answers)
3 PDF pages for the reading activity (Colour and Black & White versions and Answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 2 of Unit 3 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Beginner Spanish Greetings and Introductions Bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me 5 lesson bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11706377
Unit 3 Spanish lesson bundle : Family members, clothes and pets is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11762016
This is a lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s Polish lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a first Polish lesson, as it involves children learning the most basic vocabulary (4 Polish words/phrases).
The plan gives details of a group starter, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, a simple writing activity and plenary whole class game. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are:
Detailed Lesson Plan (4 PDF pages)
Animated PowerPoint presentation. This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the presentation is played with the animations. (6 Slides)
Starter activity (1 PDF page)
Speaking activity labels (1 PDF page)
Reading activity. There is a colour and black & white version of the worksheet. (2 PDF pages)
No further preparation needed.
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘how’ and ‘when’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
This comprehension is all about Christmas in Italy and covers December traditions, nativity scenes, food and Epiphany.
PDF file format & editable Microsoft word format included in price.
This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2.
They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 simple questions.
The theme in this pack is ‘Christmas in France.’ There are four different comprehensions:
St Nicholas’ Day
Nativity Scenes
French Christmas Food
Epiphany
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary to describe different pets in French.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, an introduction to the vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a speaking and listening activity, a written worksheet and a plenary whole class game. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
18 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
1 PDF page for the listening activity
3 PDF pages for the written activity (colour and black & white worksheet and answers)
No further preparation needed.
The plan would work well coming after a lesson on the words for pets. Our French lesson on pets is available here:
French lesson and resources : Pets
This is lesson 4 of Unit 3 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
You might be interested in Units 1-3
French Lesson Bundle : 15 lessons
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different breakfast items in French. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a food and drinks unit.
The plan gives details of a game for a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, an active speaking game, a reading activity and a plenary game. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (PDF) 4 pages
An animated 12 slide PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Starter ideas (PDF) 1 page
Resource for listening activity (PDF) 16 pages colour and black & white
Resource for speaking activity (PDF) 2 pages colour and black & white
Reading activity (PDF) 3 pages colour and black & white and answers
No further preparation needed
This is Blossoming Minds’ Lesson 4 Unit 4 French, but can be used individually. You might be interested in units 1-3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
This is a 5 lesson French unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. It teaches children hobbies and interests vocabulary, covering days of the week, sports, hobbies, musical instruments and days out.
The plans (pdfs) all give details of a starter, how to teach the new vocabulary, followed by a combination of listening activities, speaking activities, reading/writing activities and a plenary. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lessons are included in the price. This includes a PowerPoint for each containing the new vocabulary. The PowerPoint presentations are not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open them. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations.
In total there are 75 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 65 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in zip files.
No further preparation needed.
This is Unit 5 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
This unit could be combined with the four previous Blossoming Minds’ French units:
Beginner French 20 lesson bundle
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for hobbies and interests, such as going to the cinema and playing on the computer in French. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer hobbies unit.
The plan gives details of a game for a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a speaking activity, a written activity and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (PDF) 4 pages
An 11 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for speaking and listening activities (PDF) 4 pages colour and black & white
Written activity (PDF) 2 pages colour and black & white
This is Lesson 3, Unit 5 French by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually.
You might be interested in Units 1-4:
Beginner French 20 lesson bundle
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different countries they might like to visit. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer holidays/vacations unit.
The plan gives details of a game for a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a speaking and listening activity, a written activity and a plenary. The written activity is split into 3 differentiated levels. The lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
I have also included a version of the written activity for Google Slides if you would like your class to complete it on a tablet or computer. To do this both you and the children need internet access and Google accounts. You can choose to use either the printed or digital worksheets.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (pdf) 4 pages
A 40 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Starter resource (pdf and word) 34 pages
Resources for speaking and listening games (pdf) 13 pages
Written worksheet (pdf) 16 pages (split into 3 levels) colour and black & white and answers
A downloadable pdf file that includes links to make copies of the Google Slides version of the written worksheet. This is optional. You can choose to use the printed worksheets instead. (pdf) 2 pages. There are 19 Google Slides split into 3 levels.
This is Lesson 1, Unit 6 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually. You might be interested in:
Beginner French 25 Lesson Bundle
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different types of holiday accommodation, such as hotels and tents. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer holidays unit.
The plan gives details of a game for a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class speaking and listening game, a reading activity, a reading and writing activity and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (pdf) 4 pages
An 10 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for speaking and listening activity (pdf) 2 pages - colour and black & white
Resources for reading activity (pdf) 4 pages - colour and black & white
Written worksheet (pdf) 12 pages (split into 2 levels) colour and black & white and answers
This is Lesson 4, Unit 6 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually. You might be interested in Units 1-5:
Beginner French 25 Lesson Bundle
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for days of the week in Spanish. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer unit.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, an active speaking game, a reading activity and a whole class plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (pdf) 4 pages
An 18 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for listening activity (pdf) 1 page
Reading activity (pdf) colour and black & white and answers 5 pages
No further preparation needed.
This is Blossoming Minds’ Lesson 1 Unit 5 Spanish, but can be used individually.
You might be interested in Units 1-4:
Beginner Spanish 20 lesson bundle
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for hobbies and interests, such as going to the cinema and playing computer games in Spanish. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer hobbies unit.
The plan gives details of a game for a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a speaking activity, a written activity and a plenary game. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (4 pages PDF)
An 11 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for speaking and listening activities (PDF) 4 pages colour and black & white
Written activity (PDF) 2 pages colour and black & white
This is Lesson 3, Unit 5 Spanish by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually.
You might be interested in Units 1-4:
Beginner Spanish 20 lesson bundle
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to label parts of the head in French.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a listening game, a song, a written worksheet and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are:
The plan
A PowerPoint presentation
Written worksheet
Please note: The children should be able to name other parts of the body before this lesson. e.g. the knees, the feet etc.
You can buy Blossoming Minds’ Lesson 1, Unit 10 to teach them this.
(This plan is Lesson 2, Unit 10 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used on its own.)
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to talk about the types of books they enjoy in French. For example, they learn to say they prefer adventure stories among many others.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a listening game, a writing game, a further written activity and a plenary game. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price.
These are in the zip file and are:
The lesson plan (6 PDF pages)
A 13 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
Resources for the writing game (1 PDF page)
Writing template (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions)
Please note: It would be helpful if the children can already name some hobbies prior to this lesson, but not essential.
This plan is Lesson 1 of Unit 11 French designed by Blossoming Minds, but can be used on its own.
You might be interested in some of our other lessons including Units 1, 2 and 3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
This is a plan and resources for a beginners Italian lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different fruit and vegetables in Italian. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a food unit.
The plan gives details of a paired game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a group speaking activity, a reading game, a written activity and a paired plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan - 5 pages (PDF)
An animated PowerPoint presentation - 11 slides (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for the reading game - 4 pages (PDF) (colour and black & white)
Template for the written activity - 2 pages (PDF) (colour and black & white)
Please note: You will need a few chopped up fruits and vegetables for the lesson. Details are included in the plan
This plan is Blossoming Minds’ Italian Lesson 1 Unit 4, but can be used individually.
You might be interested in units 1, 2 and 3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12590110
