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
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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A bumper pack of 18 comprehension booklets, perfect for using throughout the autumn term with your year 2 class. Each comprehension is differentiated 3 ways and is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
The following themes are covered:
Harvest
Autumn
Halloween
Bonfire Night
Christmas
This is a lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for ‘Happy Christmas,’ as well as six decorations in Spanish.
The plan gives details of a whole class game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a paired reading activity, whole class listening activity, a writing 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. These are:
A 4 page PDF Lesson Plan
An 11 page animated PowerPoint presentation - This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.
Sheets for the paired reading activity (PDF) - A colour and black & white version are included
Written activity (PDF) - A colour and black & white version are included
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Advent Calendar - Spanish Christmas Phrases - La Navidad
This is a Christmas lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s German lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for ‘Happy Christmas,’ as well as six decorations in German.
The plan gives details of a whole class game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a paired reading activity, whole class listening activity, a writing 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. These are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (4 page PDF)
An 11 page animated PowerPoint presentation - This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.
Sheets for the paired reading activity (4 pages PDF) - A colour and black & white version are included
Written activity (3 pages PDF) - A colour and black & white version and answers are included
You might be interested in:
German Greetings Lesson and resources
German lesson and resources : Emotions and Feelings
This is a Christmas plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for ‘Happy Christmas,’ as well as six decorations in Italian.
The plan gives details of a whole class game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a paired reading activity, whole class listening activity, a writing activity and 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. These are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (4 page PDF)
An 11 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open)
Resources for paired activity (4 pages PDF colour and black & white)
Written activity (3 pages PDF colour and black & white and answers)
You might also be interested in our beginners Italian lessons.
Beginner Italian 3 units : 15 lessons
This is a Christmas lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s Polish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for ‘Happy Christmas,’ as well as six decorations in Polish.
The plan gives details of a whole class game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary (including how to pronounce trickier words), a paired reading activity, whole class listening activity, a writing 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. These are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (4 page PDF)
An 11 page animated PowerPoint presentation - This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.
Sheets for the paired reading activity (4 pages PDF) - A colour and black & white version are included
Written activity (3 pages PDF) - A colour and black & white version and answers are included
You might be interested in:
Polish lesson and resources - Greetings
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary to describe different pets in Spanish. The plan would work well coming after a lesson on the names of pets.
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. 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
An 18 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for the listening activity (1 PDF page)
3 PDF pages for the writing activity (Colour and Black & White worksheets and Answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 4 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
You might be interested in our Spanish pets lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11761061
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different pets 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 starter, an introduction to the vocabulary, a whole class writing activity, a speaking and listening activity, a reading 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. They are in the zip file. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 13 Slide Animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
2 PDF pages of resources for the speaking and listening activity (Colour and Black & White versions)
3 PDF pages for the reading activity (Colour and Black & White versions and Answers)
Please note: It would be helpful if children can count to 10 in Spanish prior to this lesson.
You might be interested in our Spanish numbers lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-numbers-to-10-lesson-and-resources-11702906
This is lesson 3 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 plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It is a revision lesson that allows children to recap vocabulary used to talk about themselves.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, a recap of the vocabulary, a whole class listening and reading activity, a speaking and listening activity, a written worksheet 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. They are in the zip file. These are:
Starter template (1 PDF page)
Lesson Plan (5 PDF pages)
A 17 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for the reading/listening activity (8 PDF pages)
Writing activity (Colour and Black & White worksheet) (2 PDF pages)
Plenary ideas (1 PDF page)
The language covered in the lesson includes saying your name, age and where you live, describing your eye and hair colour, family members and pets and talking about clothes. It would be useful if your class have already covered these topics, but not essential.
This is lesson 5 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 5 lesson Spanish unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. It teaches children family members, clothes, pets and pet descriptions. The final lesson in the unit revises lots of ‘All About Me’ vocabulary.
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 86 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 71 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in zip files.
No further preparation needed.
This is Unit 3 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
This unit could be combined with the ‘greetings and introductions’ unit and ‘All About Me’ unit, also created by Blossoming Minds:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11706377
This is a bundle of 15 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
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 218 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 226 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in zip files.
No further preparation needed.
This is Units 1, 2 and 3 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
(These lessons are also available as individual lessons or as smaller units.)
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This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different items of clothing in French. 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/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:
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/written activity (Colour and Black & White worksheets and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 2 of Unit 3 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Beginners French - Greetings and introductions lesson bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397
Unit 2 French 5 lesson bundle - All About Me - Age and Appearance is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339
Unit 3 French Lesson Bundle - Family members, clothes and pets is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-lesson-bundle-family-members-clothes-and-pets-11769370
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 pets in French. 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 starter, an introduction to the vocabulary, a whole class writing activity, a speaking and listening activity, a reading 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. They are in the zip file. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 13 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
2 PDF pages of resources for the speaking and listening activity (colour and black & white versions)
3 PDF pages of resources for the reading activity (colour and black & white worksheet and answers)
Please note: It would be helpful if children can count to 10 in French prior to this lesson. Our French numbers lesson is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11706948
This is lesson 3 of unit 3 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Beginners French - Greetings and introductions lesson bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397
Unit 2 French 5 lesson bundle - All About Me - Age and Appearance is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339
Unit 3 French Lesson Bundle - Family members, clothes and pets is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-lesson-bundle-family-members-clothes-and-pets-11769370
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 third or fourth 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 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.
This is lesson 4 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
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s German lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a second German lesson, after children have learnt to say hello. 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 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:
The 5 page PDF lesson plan
A 17 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 sheets of resources for the speaking activity
2 PDF sheets for the Pairs game
3 PDF sheets for the Reading activity (Colour and black & white versions and answers are included)
No further preparation needed.
You might also be interested in our first German lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12502844
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish 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 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. 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 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)
No further preparation needed.
This is the first lesson in Spanish Unit 2 designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Spanish Greetings and Introductions is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-all-about-me-5-lesson-bundle-beginners-11706377
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 beginners Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for describing eyes and hair in Spanish. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, but would work well if children have learnt some colours in Spanish 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 in the zip file. These are:
5 page Lesson Plan (PDF)
A 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)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 4 of Unit 2 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
You might be interested in Unit 1 Spanish Greetings and Introductions:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-all-about-me-5-lesson-bundle-beginners-11706377
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 beginners Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children talking about how old they are and could be used after children have learnt numbers to 10.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘ages’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking activity, written activity and plenary. 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:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 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)
No further preparation needed.
This is the second lesson in Unit 2 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 - Spanish Greetings and Introductions is available on Blossoming Minds’ shop on the TES here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-all-about-me-5-lesson-bundle-beginners-11706377
Units 1 and 2 are available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-lesson-bundle-1-term-beginners-11710541
A pack of 12 comprehension booklets, perfect for using in the weeks before Christmas with your year 2 class. Each comprehension is differentiated 3 ways and is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
The following themes are covered:
Christmas recipes x 3
Christmas story x 4
Christmas around Europe x 5
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different types of holiday, such as holidays by the sea or in the mountains. 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 listening game, a speaking and listening activity, a written activity and a plenary. It 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) 5 pages
An 11 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for listening activity (pdf) 12 pages - colour and black & white
Resources for speaking and listening activity (pdf) 2 pages - colour and black & white
Written worksheet (pdf) 8 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 versions of the written worksheet. This is optional. You can choose to use the printed worksheets instead. (pdf) 2 pages. There are 18 Google Slides split into 3 levels.
This is Lesson 3, Unit 6 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually. You might be interested in Units 1-5:
Beginner French 25 Lesson Bundle