Work the number worksheet to get used to the numbers. Pin up the scores sheets from the top trumps slides. Each table gets a pile of blank animal cards that they have to draw the animal on, and a pile of score cards that they have to complete and stick to the card. The game is used as a treat which helps revision.

An explanation of masculine and feminine, introducing el and la, and an opportunity to guess the gender of animal words. A test of the animal words is also included. If you can get hold of sing, watch and learn Spanish published by McGraw Hill the animals in this activity are all those in the first video/ song on the dvd, which makes nice revision.

I read the Henré Tullet book to the children, keeping my Spanish comments to 'presiona aquí, rojo, amarillo, azul' and the numbers. Then I got the children to colour in this sheet and cut it out carefully so they have their own Henré Tullet cards to read to me/ each other/ take home.

Learn how to say I like icecream, I don't like chips, then play a bingo game with these phrases.

Why it is good to learn Spanish, with the following lesson teaching yes, no, him, her and me, in Spanish.

3 children at a time are chosen to be a family and say 'Soy Papa Buho', and have a hug. An interlude under the sheet game, and then children taking turns to be in a fish family, followed by an 'in and out the dusty windows' song with the fish swimming in and out of plants in the water (pieces of green paper around the carpet.

Label the fruit with the correct price according to the sentence, then add up grocery bills and write sentences about them.

The children can call out Chócola (what my class says for Snap), as they watch the presentation, then sing a weather song ...

Drill instructor action song and games to play, using numbers and body parts.

You need 2 dice. Assign frog or ladybird to each child, and pass the dice round the circle to the tune. When the song finishes, the two dice holders throw them and see who gets more 'flies'.

A worksheet to use after looking at the BBC Primary Spanish site, which consolidates learning about personal information, and includes a flag colouring activity.

Having completed 2 songs about wanting and eating bicuits, the children can trace over words in a comic strip and colour in the biscuit picture.

I took in lots of empty boxes and the children took turns to see who could make the highest present tower in a minute. The worksheet is colouring words and pictures of the game.

Blow up the dominoes sheet to A3 paper, and groups of children make domino chains. Then find out about lucky grapes on clock chimes and colour in a sheet about it.

2 colouring sheets - Papa Noel brings presents, and sad and happy papa noel (depending on if I am good), and one sheet of stickers - present from ... The children wrote AMOR = LOVE on a piece of paper and put it in a mini cereal box, then wrapped it and put a sticker with their name on. Decorate the classroom til the end of term then take it home.

Mr and Mrs Green get a green letter, with similar for red and yellow. A good, easy to learn song for carpet time.

Find the fireman, roll out the flames, draw a firedog (american tradition), match capital and small letters as you find the water and flame partners. All part of thinking about fire and people who help us, using Spanish.

Products of the farm, milking a cow, making a pig's face, finding capital and small letters amongst the chicks and eggs. A fun lesson that requires 4 members of staff the way I did it.

2 socks with the same design. Stripey, spotty, or plain, the design is labelled in Spanish so all we have to do is name it and find it.

Material for children to learn and play with the words egg, rabbit, chick, and some colours.