A selection of words from several categories for practising the tricky concept of German word order - verbs, frequency, transport, subjects, etc. They are ideal for printing onto card and/or laminating and pupils can have fun trying to create phrases. It really helps them visualise the order of the words.

A full-colour guide to some of the most useful German verbs shown in the first person in various tenses. Perfect for GCSE. Ideal for laminating

An A4 size learning mat in full colour. Different types of words (opinions, qualifiers, adjectives, modal verbs, connectives etc) are included and colour coded to encourage pupils to use as many different word types as possible. Try to make your sentence as ‘colourful’ as possible by using words from as many different boxes as you can. Ideal for helping to ingrain the high frequency language essential for GCSE.

A full-colour guide to some of the most useful Spanish verbs shown in the first person in various tenses. Perfect for GCSE. Ideal for laminating.

A fun game to give intensive practice of describing pets and colours. It can be used with any language without needing to adapt. Players create a phrase by throwing a dice to give them picture combinations and can practise any or all of the following - names of animals, singular and plurals, possessive adjectives, the verbs ‘to be’ and ‘to have’. Further instructions are on the first slide.

A fun game to give intensive practice of describing pets and colours. It can be used with any language without needing to adapt. Players create a phrase by throwing a dice to give them picture combinations and can practise any or all of the following - names of animals, singular and plurals, possessive adjectives, the verbs ‘to be’ and ‘to have’. Further instructions are on the first slide.

A fun game to give intensive practice of describing pets and colours. It can be used with any language without needing to adapt. Players create a phrase by throwing a dice to give them picture combinations and can practise any or all of the following - names of animals, singular and plurals, possessive adjectives, the verbs ‘to be’ and ‘to have’. Further instructions are on the first slide.

A fun game to give intensive practice of describing pets and colours. It can be used with any language without needing to adapt. Players create a phrase by throwing a dice to give them picture combinations and can practise any or all of the following - names of animals, singular and plurals, possessive adjectives, the verbs ‘to be’ and ‘to have’. Further instructions are on the first slide.

A very comprehensive resource which includes opportunities to practise all the skill areas. It deals with how to say whether you get on with people or not and why. The listening activity is from Expo AQA GCSE but only accounts for one slide. This was originally designed for a 100 minute lesson so would easily be enough for two shorter lessons.

A complete lesson dealing with how to say what your resolutions are and using the immediate future tense in Spanish. Also includes an optional slide for a discussion on what you did during the holidays. Ideal for something different in January. French version also available.

Powerpoint for introducing areas where people live (e.g. en la costa, en un pueblo) Simple practise of vocabulary and includes some translation practice. Also includes reference to points of the compass. Ideal for Yr 7 or 8.

A detailed presentation practising using present and immediate future tenses in Spanish. Includes starter activity, texts to revise present tense through the topic of free time (e.g. likes and dislikes, frequency, key vocab and verbs), whole class 'connect four' game animated to put in different colours, whole class and pairwork battleships game, review of immediate future tense and activity to practise identifying which tense is being used.

A presentation which is also ideal for printing and laminating for display. Contains lots of full colour maps and photos of traditional Spanish food from different regions in Spain.

Lesson to encourage pupils to talk about who their heroes are and why. Leads into getting them to develop a character of their own or describe their real life hero. Good for getting them to extend their writing with connectives, qualifiers, adjectives, etc. Works well with my other resource French essential learning mat.

Lesson based around filling out ID cards providing lots of opportunity for speaking and listening. Includes quick starter to revise key questions and some pre-filled ID on celebrities. Pupils would be given one of these IDs and then have to go around asking others to try and find out the missing celebrities. Ideal for Key Stage 3 or at the beginning of KS4 to revise personal ID.

An A4 size learning mat in full colour. Different types of words (opinions, qualifiers, adjectives, modal verbs, connectives etc) are included and colour coded to encourage pupils to use as many different word types as possible. Try to make your sentence as 'colourful' as possible by using words from as many different boxes as you can. Ideal for helping to ingrain the high frequency language essential for GCSE.

Powerpoint reviewing the two tenses and comparing their use. It encourages pupils to recognise the tenses and includes a detailed text where they highlight tenses in different colours. The answers are animated in the presentation to show pupils exactly what they should have identified. Ideal for higher ability KS3 or low ability KS4.

Millionaire style Spanish quiz. Ideal for KS3 after one/two terms of Spanish.

A powerpoint and short worksheet to introduce clothing and link to activities for low ability KS3 group. Starts with a colour coded quiz (I used the little fans for the pupils) and the links into activities e.g. Je vais au parc en voiture

A 'millionaire-style quiz containing material which should be introduced during Year 7. Based on vocabulary from Expo 1, but could be easily adapted to suit other vocabulary.