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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 lesson and resources - Describing a Scene
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French lesson and resources - Describing a Scene

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This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the French vocabulary for describing different scenes, such as cities or snowy mountains. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer ‘my town’ unit. The children should have some prior knowledge of colours and types of buildings and homes before teaching this lesson. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a speaking activity, a writing activity 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: Plan A PowerPoint presentation Resources for listening and speaking activities Writing worksheet (This plan is Lesson 5, Unit 8 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual plan.)
French Lesson : French speaking countries
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French Lesson : French speaking countries

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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
French Days out lesson and resources
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French Days out lesson and resources

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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 places they would like to visit in town. For example, the park or the funfair. 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 and listening 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 (5 pages PDF) A 12 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.) Starter vocabulary (2 pages PDF) Resource for listening game (12 pages colour and black & white PDF) Resource for speaking and listening activity (2 pages colour and black & white PDF) Written worksheet (2 pages colour and black & white PDF) No further preparation needed. This is Lesson 5, Unit 5 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually. You might be interested in units 1-4: Beginner French 20 lesson bundle
Spanish bread and cakes bakery lesson and resources
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Spanish bread and cakes bakery lesson and resources

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This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different breads and cakes in Spanish. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a food unit. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, 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. These are in the zip file and are: Lesson Plan (PDF) 5 pages Animated PowerPoint presentation 11 slides (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.) Resources for speaking and listening activity (PDF - colour and black & white) 2 pages Reading task (PDF - colour and black & white and answers) 3 pages No further preparation needed. This plan is Blossoming Minds’ Spanish Lesson 2 Unit 4, but can be used individually. You might be interested in units 1-3: Beginner Spanish / 15 lessons
Italian lesson and resources : Pet descriptions
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Italian lesson and resources : Pet descriptions

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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 to describe different pets in Italian. 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 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 An 18 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.) 1 PDF page resource for listening activity 3 PDF pages of resources for the writing activity (colour and black & white worksheet and answers) The plan would work well coming after lessons on the words for pets, describing myself and colours. Our Italian lessons on pets, describing myself and colours are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12584397 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12514759 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12509405 This is lesson 4 of Unit 3 Italian designed by Blossoming Minds. You might be interested in Unit 1 Beginners Italian - Greetings and Introductions Bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072 Unit 2 Italian All About Me 5 lesson bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804 Unit 3 Italian Lesson Bundle : Family members, clothes and pets is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12589727
Italian lesson and resources : All About Me Revision
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Italian lesson and resources : All About Me Revision

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This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian 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 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: Starter template (1 PDF page) Lesson Plan (5 PDF pages) A 14 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open) Resource for reading/listening activity (7 PDF pages) Writing activity (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions) Plenary ideas (1 PDF page) The language covered in the lesson includes saying your name, age and where you live, describing yourself, describing 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 Italian designed by Blossoming Minds. Unit 1 Beginners Italian - Greetings and Introductions Bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072 Unit 2 Italian All About Me 5 lesson bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804 Unit 3 Italian Lesson Bundle : Family members, clothes and pets is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12589727
French Film Genres Lesson
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French Film Genres Lesson

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This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to talk about their favourite genre of films in French, such as comedies, westerns and musicals. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a speaking activity, a speaking and listening activity, writing task and 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: 4 page PDF Lesson Plan A 15 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.) Resources for the written activity (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions) No further preparation needed. This plan is Lesson 3, Unit 11 French designed by Blossoming Minds, but can be used on its own. You might be interested in some of our other French units including Units 1, 2 and 3: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
French Toys Lesson and Resources
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French Toys Lesson and Resources

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This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different toys in French. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer ‘my favourites’ unit. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a reading game, a reading and writing activity and a final whole class 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. They are in the zip file and are: Lesson Plan - 5 pages (PDF) A 15 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.) Resource for the listening game - 34 pages - Colour and Black & White (PDF) Resources for the reading game - 13 pages (PDF) Reading and Writing worksheet - 3 pages - Colour and Black & White and Answers (PDF) Resource for the final game - 1 page (PDF) No further preparation needed. This plan is Lesson 5, Unit 11 French by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual plan. You might be interested in our other French lessons including Units 1,2 and 3: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
French Countryside lesson and resources
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French Countryside lesson and resources

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This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for places in the countryside in French e.g. lavender fields, rivers and mountains. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer unit on France. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class speaking and listening activity, a reading game, writing activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. There is a PowerPoint with images of the French countryside. 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 - 14 pages (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.) Resource for the starter - 1 page (PDF) Resource for the speaking and listening activity - 1 page (PDF) Reading game - 1 page (PDF) Writing worksheet and answers - 2 pages (PDF) This plan is Lesson 1, Unit 12 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual plan. You might be interested in Units 1, 2 and 3: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
French Lesson and Resources - Months (July to December)
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French Lesson and Resources - Months (July to December)

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This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the French vocabulary for the last six months of the year. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer ‘calendar’ or ‘dates’ unit. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a paired speaking game, a group reading game, a reading 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: Plan A PowerPoint presentation Resources for reading activities (This plan is Lesson 2, Unit 9 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual plan.) Please note: To teach your class the first six months of the year, you can buy Lesson 1, Unit 9, from the Blossoming Minds shop. It would be helpful if children have some prior knowledge of January to June in French before this lesson.
French Lesson and Resources - Injuries
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French Lesson and Resources - Injuries

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This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to talk about injuries in French. e.g. ‘I broke my arm.’ The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a speaking game, a speaking and listening activity, a reading 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 Resources for speaking game Reading worksheet Please note: It would be helpful if children can already name parts of the body before this lesson. You can buy Blossoming Minds’ Lesson 1, Unit 10 to teach them this. (This plan is Lesson 3, Unit 10 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used on its own.)
Daily Phoneme Revision - Phases 2 to 5
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Daily Phoneme Revision - Phases 2 to 5

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A set of 20 alien-themed PowerPoints to help your class revise the phonemes for each of phases 2 to 5. Each PowerPoint contains 1 sound and 1 picture per slide. Simply click to reveal each sound. There are 5 PowerPoints for each phase. All the sounds are in a random order on each PowerPoint, to ensure children don’t simply learn the order. A perfect daily filler or starter which can be used instead of flashcards to ensure every child can properly see the graphemes.
Italian lesson and resources : Pets
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Italian lesson and resources : Pets

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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 different pets in Italian. 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 worksheet and answers) Please note: It would be helpful if children can count to 10 in Italian prior to this lesson. Our Italian numbers lesson is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12428934 This is lesson 3 of Unit 3 Italian designed by Blossoming Minds. Unit 1 Beginners Italian - Greetings and Introductions Bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/beginner-italian-greetings-and-introductions-bundle-12397072 Unit 2 Italian All About Me 5 lesson bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804 Unit 3 Italian Lesson Bundle : Family members, clothes and pets is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12589727
French Animals Lesson and Resources
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French Animals Lesson and Resources

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This is a plan and resources for a French lesson covering favourite animals. It is suitable for using with KS2. The children learn the vocabulary for eight different animals and how to talk about their favourite animals in French. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a listening game, a speaking activity, writing task 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. These are in the zip file and are: 4 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.) Resources for the speaking game (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions) Resources for the written task (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions) No further preparation needed. This plan is Lesson 4, Unit 11 French designed by Blossoming Minds, but can be used on its own. You might be interested in our French pets lesson! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11764130 You might be interested in some of our other French units including Units 1, 2 and 3: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-lesson-bundle-15-lessons-11769397
Italian Fruit and Vegetables Lesson and Resources
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Italian Fruit and Vegetables Lesson and Resources

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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
French Christmas Lesson and Resources - Noel
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French Christmas Lesson and Resources - Noel

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This is a lesson plan and resources for a beginners French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for ‘Happy Christmas,’ as well as six decorations in French. 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 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: A 4 page PDF Lesson Plan An 11 slide 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. You might also be interested in: Advent Calendar - French Christmas Phrases - Noel
Spanish Christmas Lesson - La Navidad
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Spanish Christmas Lesson - La Navidad

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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 You might be interested in: Advent Calendar - Spanish Christmas Phrases - La Navidad
German Christmas Lesson Plan and Resources / Weihnachten
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German Christmas Lesson Plan and Resources / Weihnachten

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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
Italian Christmas lesson and resources
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Italian Christmas lesson and resources

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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
Year 6 SPaG papers
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Year 6 SPaG papers

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A collection of 3 practice SATs SPaG papers for year 6. All three papers are based on a past SPaG paper 1. Each practice paper contains 50 questions focussing on a range of punctuation and grammar. Answers are also included. This includes tenses, sentence types, semi-colons, colons, brackets, hyphens, commas, subordinate clauses, prefixes, word classes, apostrophes, pronouns, synonyms and antonyms. The questions are formatted in the same way as the SATs papers, so the children are asked to circle, tick, fill in the missing gap and write full sentences. Perfect for giving children experience of a SATs style SPaG booklet. These papers are also included in the Year 6 Spag Revision Pack: Year 6 Spag Revision Pack