A short movie showing French words that we use in English. Show your pupils that they speak more French than they think ! A way of starting the first lesson with Y7, to put the language into a context. It could also start an interesting discussion or fact-finding mission about why these words exist in English.

This is a collection of facts that I put together for the visit of Baroness Coussins to the Links into Languages NE conference in January 2011. Useful for making the case for languages to Year 9s !

A set of 11 A5 display cards showing the colours. Could also be used as flashcards.

This is the vocabulary which is given by Edexcel at the back of the specification. I've broken it down into smaller topic areas for ease of use, and added the genders and the English.

I usually get my students to repeat the personal pronouns in English and in French to a rhythm (pat pat clap clap) to get them to remember what they are and the order they are in. However my Y8 this year have no sense of rhythm and it was a disaster. One of them, though, said Miss, you should record it. So blame him ! The lyrics are (unsurprisingly) I you he she we you they, Je tu il elle nous vous ils elles The idea is that they listen and then repeat. This is my first attempt at something like this - hope you like it !

Ready to print out, cards with the names of Francophone countries around the world and their flags. Can be used for display or as part of a lesson.

A short PowerPoint containing short texts which give information about the current legislation concerning smoking in France. The second resource is the vocabulary list to go with it.

These are the key phrases from the Edexcel role-plays for French and Spanish (mainly the A role-plays) Print’em out and stick’em up. Who knows, it might just work ! I originally did them in Publisher but have PDFed them to avoid common Publisher problems.

For lower ability pupils, to help them to prepare their conversation questions on a basic level.

Looking for a song about animals, with some fun animal noises ? Here you are - the French version of Old MacDonald. Another MFL Sunderland taster - have a look at the website for 24 more songs.

General knowledge quiz about Spain and life in Spain

A PowerPoint presentation where a new French family is introduced to Springfield. Students are invited to act as interpreters for the non-French speaking Simpson family. You could put the presentation on a timer, show it to the students, and then give them a copy of the French slides so that they can work on the translation. They could then either dub or subtitle the presentation.

A display key for a marking code designed to help students to correct their own written work. The idea is that you underline a word that has a mistake and write the appropriate code above it. Hope it's useful.

Match up the vocabulary for the items that Santa’s elves sell in their shop and then work out the role plays using the Edexcel role play icons.

Four different quiz sheets that can be completed in pairs or groups. Give all the groups sheet A, give them a limited time (10 mins perhaps) to complete it, then collect it in and while they are completing sheet B, mark sheet A and put the marks on the board. And so on.

A set of 11 A5 display cards showing the colours. Could also be used as flashcards.

A series of PowerPoint presentations to help pupils to answer their questions on a basic level. More able pupils will want (and need !) to embellish these answers. The presentations are designed either for pupils to use by themselves or for the teacher to use with a whole class.

During the summer holidays elskeffington posted this amusing skit song in French from Flight of the Conchords. We liked it and the challenge, once we tracked down the lyrics, has been to use it in the classroom. Here is a little starter. Pupils fill in the missing words or phrases in the lyrics without knowing what it’s all about - it looks like just a random list of French. Then play them the song to see if they’re right. The second resource is a copy of the complete lyrics.