Having difficulty getting your students to remember which preposition to use with different forms of transport? Here's a clever memory trick devised by one of my authors, Maria Rice-Jones, to help you. I hope you find it helpful.

Do you feel the primary curriculum is too full without adding MFL? Do you need to persuade others in the school of the importance of MFL? Do parents ask you why you are teaching French/Spanish/etc? If so, I hope this small leaflet will be useful for you. It contains 10 good reasons why you should teach foreign languages in primary school. If you can think of more, please let me know!

Introduce pupils to the 26 Olympic sports using this attractive PowerPoint display. Also included are slides giving information on France at the Olympics, Olympic Games held in France, French Olympic medals and France at the Paralympics - ideal for helping to address the Intercultural Strand of the KS2 Framework for Modern Languages.

<p><strong>Les animaux</strong> is a great song for teaching the French words for animals. The PowerPoint has an embedded MP3 recording of the song, performed by a native French speaker. The song is sung to the tune of <em>Twinkle, twinkle little star</em> so it is easy for children (and you!) to focus on the lyrics. The instrumental version enables karaoke performances. As you listen the the recordings, each line of the song is highlighted, making it easy to follow along.</p> <p>The e-resource includes reproducible flashcards to help introduce the vocabulary and an English translation.</p> <p>Animal words taught are: dog, cat, horse, bird, sheep, cow, chicken, pig and donkey and sparrow.</p> <p>The song is written by Catherine Barlow and was originally published by Brilliant Publications as part of <em>J’aime Chanter</em>.</p>

Introduce pupils to the 26 Olympic sports using this attractive PowerPoint display. Also included are slides giving information on Spain at the Olympics, Olympic Games held in Spain, Spanish Olympic medals and Spain at the Paralympics - ideal for helping to address the Intercultural Strand of the KS2 Framework for Modern Languages.

<p>Teach the French words for the 32 sports at the 2024 Paris Olympics using this PowerPoint. Sports are colour coded so that you can easily see which are masculine and which are feminine. Also contains useful background information on France at the Olympics.</p>

Introduce pupils to the 26 Olympic sports using this attractive PowerPoint display. Also included are slides giving information on Germany at the Olympics, Olympic Games held in Germany, German Olympic medals and Germany at the Paralympics - ideal for helping to address the Intercultural Strand of the KS2 Framework for Modern Languages.

Here's a PowerPoint to help your pupils to remember some key important little words in French. These clever memory tricks were devised by one of my authors, Maria Rice-Jones. The words covered are: si, même, pendant, chaque and souvent. I hope you find them useful!

Capitalize on children's interest in the Olympics. Teach the Welsh words for the 26 Olympic sports using this PowerPoint. Also contains some useful background information on the Olympics.

<p>This free 84-page e-book contains imaginative, open-ended activities. It provides genuine opportunities to use and apply language and numeracy skills. The tasks are ideal for setting as English or maths homework. Some have links to other subjects, including science and technology, art and design and PSHE.</p> <p>Giles Hughes, the author, has spent months of research, trialling the ideas in a number of Year 5 and Year 6 classrooms. All the activities have been specifically designed to stimulate children’s imaginations and bring out the creative element in every child, whilst providing genuine opportunities to practise essential skills.</p> <p>Even the most recalcitrant children will be keen to rise to the challenge of these homework tasks. Ideas include:</p> <ul> <li> <code>Personal Rain Catcher </code> </li> <li> <code>Secret Codes! </code> </li> <li> <code>Living on an Island </code> </li> <li> <code>Message in a Bottle </code> </li> <li> <code>Tessellating Shapes </code> </li> <li> <code>Calculator Fun! </code> </li> <li> <code>Mars Landing </code> </li> <li> <code>Abstract Noun Poem </code> </li> <li> <code>How to Make Your Parents Really Angry</code> </li> </ul>

<p>This free 84-page e-book contains imaginative, open-ended activities. It provides genuine opportunities to use and apply language and numeracy skills. The tasks are ideal for setting as English or maths homework. Some have links to other subjects, including science and technology, art and design and PSHE.</p> <p>Giles Hughes, the author, has spent months of research, trialling the ideas in a number of Year 3 and Year 4 classrooms. All the activities have been specifically designed to stimulate children’s imaginations and bring out the creative element in every child, whilst providing genuine opportunities to practise essential skills.</p> <p>Even the most recalcitrant children will be keen to rise to the challenge of these homework tasks. Ideas include:</p> <ul> <li> <code>Duster Slippers for Cats </code> </li> <li> <code>Word Squares </code> </li> <li> <code>Plotting Points </code> </li> <li> <code>Odd One Out </code> </li> <li> <code>Design a Robo-pet </code> </li> <li> <code>Sahara Survival </code> </li> <li> <code>Talking Hands </code> </li> <li> <code>Living by the Rules </code> </li> <li> <code>Haunted House</code> </li> </ul>