Distribute hearts to all pupils and they have to find their matching heart. Game 1 is matching names eg. Tu es Barack Obama, trouve Michelle. (Other half = Tu es Michelle). Game 2 is matching places eg. Tu veux visiter New York. (Other half = Tu habites a New York). Game 3 is matching hobbies eg. Tu aimes faire du sport. (Other half = tu es sportif). Game 4 is matching food eg. Tu aimes la cuisine italienne. (Other half = tu aimes la pizza). There are 16 matching pairs (32 halves) in each game but if your class is bigger i have included spare hearts for you to add your own. If your class is smaller simply leave some pairs out. The hearts are backed in colour for differentiation (tell pupils their matching half shares the same background colour.) Or print on in black and white to increase challenge. Make it more romantic by playing French love songs in the background as they circulate and only stop when the music pauses. Or tell them it is like speed dating and they need to find their matching heart before the music stops. Reward pupils for any French interaction you hear as they circulate the room.

Part 1 is a freebie. You don't need the other parts to play but if you would like to purchase them they are available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-valentine-s-game-11829704?theme=1 A great 'speed dating' speaking activity. Distribute hearts to all pupils and put on some French music. They circulate the room asking 'comment t'appelles-tu?' until they find their matching pair eg. Tu es Barack Obama, trouve Michelle. Parts 2, 3 and 4 use the question 'ou habites-tu?' 'qu'est-ce que tu aimes manger? and 'qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire?' Great for getting the pupils speaking. A godd one off valentines lesson without having to teach them new vocab. Could even be good for KS4 to warm them up and develop confidence with familiar questions.

Versatile worksheet: use to consolidate language following presentation / a homework / a revision sheet / a starter. Top half is a word cloud with 'the basics' vocabulary. Instructions to cross off words they know, circle and look up ones they don't. Bottom half is an 'odd one out' table prompting them to decide which is the odd one out and be prepared to explain why they made that choice.

Versatile worksheet: use to consolidate language following presentation / a homework / a revision sheet / a starter. Top half is a word cloud with 'the basics' vocabulary. Instructions to cross off words they know, circle and look up ones they don't. Bottom half is an 'odd one out' table prompting them to decide which is the odd one out and be prepared to explain why they made that choice.

40 unique cards each with an adjective or describing phrase. 3 versions included: French only. French into English, Low ability. Teachers notes included explaining how to play and when to play for best results. Distribute cards and the pupil with 'debut' begin and asks 'qui a petit?' Then the player with 'j'ai petit' shouts this out and their question 'qui a les cheveux noirs?' and so on until the last player shouts 'La fin!'

Introduction of vocabulary Listening, reading, writing activities Vocab games including flying words, in the spotlight, noughts and crosses

These 'all on one page' learning mats go beyond the standard vocabulary you might find in a textbook or PowerPoint presentation to describe personalities. The language is authentic, up-to- date and relevant including phrases such as When I'm tired I am... When I'm in a good mood I am... as well as the usual basic stuff. Connectives and time phrases also included. Use it as a speaking frame / a writing frame / a learning mat / a revision aid / an extension tool. The PDF is in colour but looks nice printed in greyscale as well. I usually print and photocopy in greyscale but put the colour version on the IWB.

UPDATED 13/4 to include 2 new titles: Olympic Games Mini Book and Extreme Sports Mini Book Currently includes: 2 mini books: Sports with 'jouer' and sports with 'faire' Each mini book has a teacher version in full colour and 3 pupil versions in black and white 1. Sentence level mini book 2. Word level mini book 3. 'Working towards writing' mini book (nouns already included, pupils colour the picture) These titles are also available in the 'Mini Books Growing Bundle'.

Versatile worksheet- use to: consolidate language following presentation / a homework / a revision sheet / a starter. Top half is a word cloud with 'les animaux' vocabulary. Instructions to cross off words they know, circle and look up ones they don't. Bottom half is an 'odd one out' table prompting them to decide which is the odd one out and be prepared to explain why they made that choice.

Big Book: An illustrated story in French about a visit to the farm. Beautiful graphics and font on A4 pages. Simple sentences, structure repeated throughout - 'A la ferme, je vais voir une vache.' (Next page) 'J'adore les vaches.' Wall words/mini flashcards Self correcting match up- words with pictures. (each word/image has a special edge which is unique to its corresponding word/image) 'Read it, colour it, trace it, write it' printable worksheets Labelling activity (with appropriately sized and shaped box per letter next to each picture for support) Board Game (no dice needed). Pupils say the name of the animal to move forward. If the can place it in a sentence they can move forward another space. Mini books- 2 versions (word level and sentence level) I can statements. 2 versions (large and 4 per page) Key Vocabulary: la ferme un mouton un cochon un cheval un poussin un poule une chèvre une vache un oie un chien un chat la boue jouer j'adore je n'aime pas

All you need to introduce the vocabulary for school equipment 1.Individual slides with essential nouns on. 2.A slide with all vocabulary on one page (for 'qu'est-ce que c'est? OR an opportunity for pupils to copy into books) 3. In the spotlight activity 4 . Match up activity 5 . Categorising diamond 9 activity 6 . Link to authentic French website for practising school equipment vocabulary. Perfect introduction to my other resources on school equipment including One page Learning Mat, Follow me Cards, Word Cloud, Odd one-out and a flow chart quiz.

Versatile worksheet- use to: consolidate language following presentation / a homework / a revision sheet / a starter. Top half is a word cloud with 'les animaux' vocabulary. Instructions to cross off words they know, circle and look up ones they don't. Bottom half is an 'odd one out' table prompting them to decide which is the odd one out and be prepared to explain why they made that choice.

35 unique cards covering the basics including greetings, first questions and responses, days of the week and months of the year. Distribute the cards. The person with 'DEBUT' begins and asks the first question 'Qui a bonjour?' this prompts the next person who has the phrase 'J'ai bonjour' written on their card. They shout this out followed by their own question, 'Qui a au revoir?' The game continues like this until the last person ends with 'La Fin!' Excellent for vocabulary consolidation and to inject energy into the lesson. Gets pupils interacting and speaking and listening. Brilliant for revision lessons for all year groups.

Living Graph on school equipment. Includes 2 sets of clues- advanced and simplified. In groups or pairs pupils read clues, put them in chronological order then plot the clues on the line graph. The clues describe Chloé's shopping trip for school stationery and the graph will represent what time she did something/bought something and how she felt. Extra Challenge - does she have enough money left for a milkshake? Great for deep learning, numeracy, pupil collaboration.

All the vocabulary for transport on one A4 page: use it as a learning mat, a homework sheet, a support sheet, an extension sheet, a revision sheet, a classroom poster...endless possibilities. Also available in my growing bundle of vocabulary mats.

All the vocabulary for teaching sports (with jouer) on one A4 page: use it as a learning mat, a homework sheet, a support sheet, an extension sheet, a revision sheet, a classroom poster...endless possibilities. Also includes sport mini book.

32 unique animals on these cards including pets, farmyard animals, wild animals and a few extra. Distribute the cards. The person with 'DEBUT' begins and asks the first question 'Qui a un hamster?' this prompts the next person who has the phrase 'J'ai un hamster' written on their card. They shout this out followed by their own question, 'Qui a un chien?' The game continues like this until the last person ends with 'La Fin!' Excellent for vocabulary consolidation and to inject energy into the lesson. Gets pupils interacting and speaking and listening.

There are 11 different colour cards and 15 different school equipment cards. You may wish to combine these in order to give one card per pupil. The pupil with the card ‘DEBUT’ begins and asks their question ‘Qui a bleu?’ The next pupil has a card saying ‘J’ai bleu’ and they shout this out before asking their own question ‘Qui a rouge?’ NB. You may prefer to use the French-Digit version of the cards which requires pupils to listen to the French ‘Qui a bleu?’ and answer ‘J’ai bleu or J’ai blue’. This increases the level of challenge. The game continues, each pupil shouting out their card and prompting the next pupil until the last pupil arrives at ‘LA FIN’. Once pupils are used to the game you will find that they enjoy racing against the clock. I usually do 2 or 3 rounds without the clock and then give them a chance to beat their record.

PowerPoint introducing Halloween vocabulary and games for practice and consolidation; Listening, Reading and Writing activities; links to Spanish 'this is Halloween' song and plenary

Spanish colouring sheets. 3 different Space themed pictures, all labelled with Spanish colours. Each picture also has a colour copy provided so you can display on IWB to introduce the colours ahead of the colouring activity.