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
This is a 5 lesson French unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. It teaches children the vocabulary to describe their favourites, covering book genres, music genres, film genres, animals and toys.
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 PowerPoints are not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations.)
In total there are 92 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 73 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in zip files.
No further preparation needed.
This is Unit 11 French designed by Blossoming Minds but can be used individually.
You might be interested in our other French lessons including Units 1, 2 and 3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
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
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
This is a 5 lesson French unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. It teaches children about France and French speaking regions.
The lessons are:
Lesson 1 - French Countryside - The children learn the vocabulary for places in the countryside in French e.g. lavender fields, rivers and mountains.
Lesson 2 - Regions of France - The children learn the vocabulary to describe different regions of France e.g. In the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, there are mountains. The lesson teaches children sentences to describe seven different regions.
Lesson 3 - French Speaking Countries - The children learn 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.
Lesson 4 - Paris - The children learn about tourist sites around Paris and how to describe in French places they would like to visit e.g I would like to visit the Eiffel Tower. There is also a bit of information in English about each of the eight places that are mentioned.
Lesson 5 - French Festivals - The children learn about six festivals. There is the French word for each festival, a little bit of information in English and two more French phrases linked to the festival.
The plans 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 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 PowerPoints are not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open them.
In total there are 21 pages of lesson plans (PDFs), 88 PowerPoint slides and 32 pages of resources for the activities (PDFs).
This is Unit 12 French designed by Blossoming Minds but could be used individually.
This unit could be combined with units 1-5, all created by ‘Blossoming Minds.’
Beginner French 25 Lesson Bundle
A bundle of 3 reading comprehension booklets that tell the stories of some of Shakespeare's most popular romantic comedies.
All the booklets are aimed at Lower Key Stage 2, with each story adapted to be suitable for this age range . The texts and questioning are differentiated for three different ability levels.
The following are included:
- Much Ado About Nothing (story format)
- Twelfth Night (story format)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (play format)
Perfect for a Shakespeare unit, a unit on play writing or for Shakespeare Week in March.
PDF file format. Answers included.
A bundle of 3 reading comprehension booklets that tell the stories of some of Shakespeare's most popular tragedies.
All the booklets are aimed at Lower Key Stage 2, with each story adapted to be suitable for this age range . The texts and questioning are differentiated for three different ability levels.
The following are included:
- Macbeth (story format)
- Romeo and Juliet (play format)
- Hamlet (play format)
Perfect for a Shakespeare unit, a unit on play writing or for Shakespeare Week in March.
PDF file format. Answers included.
A bundle of 6 reading comprehension booklets that tell the stories of some of Shakespeare's most popular plays.
All the booklets are aimed at Lower Key Stage 2, with each story adapted to be suitable for this age range, with a range of interesting questions. All six stories are differentiated for three different ability levels.
The following are included:
- Macbeth (story format)
- Twelfth Night (story format)
- Much Ado About Nothing (story format)
- Romeo and Juliet (play format)
- Hamlet (play format)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (play format)
Perfect for a Shakespeare unit, a unit on play writing or for Shakespeare Week in March.
PDF file format
This resource is a comprehension booklet aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 (7-9 yrs). It is a story adapted from Shakespeare’s play of Twelfth Night. The story is a romance and covers the themes of identity, disguise and love among others. The story has been adapted so that is is suitable for ages 7-9.
There are three differentiated booklets. The higher booklet has three pages of text for the children to read before they complete a range of questions based on a mixture of the KS1 and KS2 SATs.
The middle and lower ability booklets have the text split into separate pages with questions on each page.
PDF file format.
A bundle of 3 reading comprehension booklets to introduce your children to the works of Shakespeare.
All the booklets are aimed at Lower Key Stage 2, with each play adapted into a fictional story format suitable for this age range . The texts and questioning are differentiated for three different ability levels.
The following are included:
- Macbeth
- Twelfth Night
- Much Ado About Nothing
PDF file format. Answers included. (Also available as part of other Blossoming Minds' bundles.)
This is a bundle of 15 Spanish lessons, perfect for using with beginners after they have mastered the basics. They are aimed at KS2.
The lessons teach the children vocabulary for food, drink, hobbies, transport and holidays.
The plans 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 plenary. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources are included in the price. This includes a PowerPoint for each lesson containing the new vocabulary.
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