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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

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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
French 5 Lesson Unit Bundle : France
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French 5 Lesson Unit Bundle : France

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This is a 5 lesson French unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. It teaches children about France and French speaking regions. The lessons are: Lesson 1 - French Countryside - The children learn the vocabulary for places in the countryside in French e.g. lavender fields, rivers and mountains. Lesson 2 - Regions of France - The children learn the vocabulary to describe different regions of France e.g. In the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, there are mountains. The lesson teaches children sentences to describe seven different regions. Lesson 3 - French Speaking Countries - The children learn 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. Lesson 4 - Paris - The children learn about tourist sites around Paris and how to describe in French places they would like to visit e.g I would like to visit the Eiffel Tower. There is also a bit of information in English about each of the eight places that are mentioned. Lesson 5 - French Festivals - The children learn about six festivals. There is the French word for each festival, a little bit of information in English and two more French phrases linked to the festival. 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 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 PowerPoints are not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open them. In total there are 21 pages of lesson plans (PDFs), 88 PowerPoint slides and 32 pages of resources for the activities (PDFs). This is Unit 12 French designed by Blossoming Minds but could be used individually. This unit could be combined with units 1-5, all created by ‘Blossoming Minds.’ Beginner French 25 Lesson Bundle
Beginner Spanish 25 Lesson Bundle
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Beginner Spanish 25 Lesson Bundle

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Fantastic value This is a bundle of 25 Spanish lessons, perfect for using with absolute beginners. They cover greetings, introductions, where you live, age, appearance, family, clothing, pets, food and drink and hobbies and interests. They are aimed at children aged 7-11. The Lessons are: 1 - Greetings 2 - Emotions and Feelings 3 - Greetings for different times of day 4 - Introducing Yourself 5 - Where you live (countries) 6 - Numbers 7 - How old are you? 8 - Colours 9 - What do I look like? (eye and hair colour) 10 - Describing myself (height and size) 11 - Family Members 12 - Clothing 13 - Pets 14 - Pet Descriptions 15 - All About Me Revision 16 - Fruit and Vegetables 17 - Bread and Pastries 18 - Drinks 19 - Breakfast 20 - Dinner 21 - Days of the Week 22 - Sports 23 - Hobbies and Interests 24 - Musical Instruments 25 - 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 final task. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practice 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 335 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 349 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in the zip file. No further preparation needed. This is Units 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds. These lessons are also available as individual lessons or as smaller units from our shop: Blossoming Minds
Beginner French 25 Lesson Bundle
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Beginner French 25 Lesson Bundle

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Fantastic value This is a bundle of 25 French lessons, perfect for using with absolute beginners. They cover greetings, introductions, where you live, age, appearance, family, clothing, pets, food and drink and hobbies and interests. They are aimed at children aged 7-11. The Lessons are: 1 - Greetings 2 - Emotions and Feelings 3 - Greetings for different times of day 4 - Introducing Yourself 5 - Where you live (countries) 6 - Numbers 7 - How old are you? 8 - Colours 9 - What do I look like? (eye and hair colour) 10 - Describing myself (height and size) 11 - Family Members 12 - Clothing 13 - Pets 14 - Pet Descriptions 15 - All About Me Revision 16 - Fruit and Vegetables 17 - Bread and Pastries 18 - Drinks 19 - Breakfast 20 - Dinner 21 - Days of the Week 22 - Sports 23 - Hobbies and Interests 24 - Musical Instruments 25 - 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 final task. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practice 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 363 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 347 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in the zip file. No further preparation needed. This is Units 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 French designed by Blossoming Minds. These lessons are also available as individual lessons or as smaller units from our shop: Blossoming Minds
Beginner Spanish 20 lesson bundle
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Beginner Spanish 20 lesson bundle

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Fantastic value 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.)
Beginners Italian - Greetings and Introductions Bundle
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Beginners Italian - Greetings and Introductions Bundle

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This is a 5 lesson Italian unit for total beginners to use with KS2. It teaches children greetings, feelings, how to say their name and how to talk about where they live. Lesson 1 - Greetings In this lesson children learn to say ’hello’ and ‘goodbye.’ The lesson plan gives details of a group starter, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, simple reading/writing activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows the children to practise a range of language skills. All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. The resources include: a 4 page PDF lesson plan; a 10 slide animated PowerPoint presentation containing the vocabulary to act as a visual aid (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.); a sheet for the starter; and colour and black & white versions of the reading activity. Lesson 2 - Feelings and emotions The focus in this lesson is on how to ask 'how are you’ and reply. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘feelings’ vocabulary, a speaking and listening activity, paired game, reading/writing activity and plenary discussion. 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 a zip file. These are: The 4 page PDF Lesson plan A 21 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open it. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow.) 5 PDF pages of resources for the speaking activity 2 PDF pages for the paired game 3 PDF pages for the Reading/Writing activity. There is a colour and black & white version of the worksheet and an answers sheet. Lesson 3 - Greetings for different times of day The focus in this lesson is on how to greet people at different times of the day. The plan gives details of a starter whole class game, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, reading/writing activity and plenary whole class discussion. 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. They are in a zip file. These are: The 5 page PDF lesson plan A 15 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open it. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow.) 3 PDF pages for the game 3 PDF pages for the Reading/Writing activity. There is a colour and black & white version of the worksheet and an answers sheet. Lesson 4 - Introducing yourself/Saying your name The focus in this lesson is how to ask someone their name and to reply. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘name’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, reading/writing activity and plenary discussion. 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. They are in a zip file. These are: The 4 page PDF lesson plan A 10 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is run as a slideshow.) 1 PDF sheet for the speaking/listening activity 2 PDF pages for the Reading/Writing activity ( a worksheet and answers sheet) All you need to take with you is a ball or beanbag for the whole class game. Lesson 5 - Where you live The focus in this lesson is how to ask someone where they live and reply. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘countries’ vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a speaking activity, writing activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practice a range of language skills. All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in a zip file. These are: The 4 page PDF lesson plan A 14 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.) 3 PDF sheets for the speaking activity 2 PDF pages for the writing activity (A worksheet and answers) This is Unit 1 Italian designed by Blossomingminds. Unit 2 is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804 You might be interested in Units 1 and 2 together: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12518073
Italian Lesson and Resources : Where you live
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Italian Lesson and Resources : Where you live

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This is a lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a fourth or fifth Italian lesson, after children have learnt to say hello and talk about how they are feeling. The focus in this lesson is how to ask someone where they live and reply. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘countries’ vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a speaking activity, writing activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practice a range of language skills. All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in a zip file. These are: The 4 page PDF lesson plan A 14 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.) 3 PDF sheets for the speaking activity 2 PDF pages for the writing activity (A worksheet and answers) This is lesson 5 of Unit 1 Italian designed by Blossomingminds. Unit 1 is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072 Unit 2 is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804
Italian Lesson and Resources: Numbers 1-10
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Italian Lesson and Resources: Numbers 1-10

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This is a lesson plan and resources for a beginners Italian lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning numbers up to 10 and could be used as an individual lesson or following a few lessons on basic vocabulary. The lesson plan gives details of a whole class starter game, how to teach the ‘numbers’ vocabulary, a paired game, a reading game, written activity and plenary activity. 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. They are in the zip file. These are: 4 page PDF Lesson Plan 23 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open.) 4 PDF pages of resources for the reading game (Colour and Black & White sheets) 5 PDF pages for the written activity (Colour and Black & White sheets and an answer sheet) This is the first lesson in Unit 2 designed by Blossoming Minds. Unit 1 is available on Blossoming Minds’ shop on the TES: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/beginner-italian-greetings-and-introductions-bundle-12397072 Unit 2 is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804
Italian lesson : What do I look like?
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Italian lesson : What do I look like?

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This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for describing eyes and hair in Italian. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, but would work well if children have learnt some colours in Italian first. 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. 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 A 14 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.) 1 PDF page for the speaking activity 1 PDF page for the Written activity No further preparation needed. (This is the fourth lesson in Unit 2 designed by Blossoming Minds.) You might also be interested in our first Italian Unit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072 Unit 2 is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804
Bumper Year 2 Christmas Activity Bundle
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Bumper Year 2 Christmas Activity Bundle

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Keep your year 2s busy throughout December with this collection of comprehensions, maths activities, SPaG activities, and interactive advent calendars, all with a Christmas theme. Worth nearly £50 if bought individually! Included in the bundle are: Christmas Maths Problems Christmas SPaG packs x 2 Comprehensions x 9 Interactive Advent calendars x 2 - maths, jokes Interactive Christmas Quiz General KS1 Activity Booklet All resources also available individually or as part of a smaller bundle.
Bumper Year 1 Christmas Activity Pack
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Bumper Year 1 Christmas Activity Pack

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Keep your year 1s busy throughout December with this collection of comprehensions, maths activities, phonics activities, and interactive advent calendars, all with a Christmas theme. Worth £45 if bought individually! Included in the bundle are: Maths activity booklet (20 pages) Phonics activity booklet (20 pages) General activity booklet (30 pages) Comprehensions x 6 packs Interactive Advent calendars x 4 - phonics, maths, jokes Christmas Quiz All resources also available individually or as part of a smaller bundle.