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 lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a third or fourth Italian lesson, after children have learnt to say hello and talk about how they are feeling.
The focus in this lesson is how to ask someone their name and to reply.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘name’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, reading/writing activity and plenary discussion. 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 a zip file. These are:
The 4 page PDF lesson plan
A 10 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is run as a slideshow.)
1 PDF sheet for the speaking/listening activity
2 PDF pages for the Reading/Writing activity ( a worksheet and answers sheet)
All you need to take with you is a ball or beanbag for the whole class game.
This is lesson 4 of Unit 1 Italian designed by Blossomingminds.
Unit 1 is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072
Unit 2 is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s German lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a second German lesson, after children have learnt to say hello. The focus in this lesson is on how to ask ‘how are you’ and reply.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘feelings’ vocabulary, a speaking and listening activity, paired game, reading 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. They are in the zip file. These are:
The 5 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.)
4 PDF sheets of resources for the speaking activity
2 PDF sheets for the Pairs game
3 PDF sheets for the Reading activity (Colour and black & white versions and answers are included)
No further preparation needed.
You might also be interested in our first German lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12502844
This is a lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s Polish lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a first Polish lesson, as it involves children learning the most basic vocabulary (4 Polish words/phrases).
The plan gives details of a group starter, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and 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:
Detailed Lesson Plan (4 PDF pages)
Animated PowerPoint presentation. This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the presentation is played with the animations. (6 Slides)
Starter activity (1 PDF page)
Speaking activity labels (1 PDF page)
Reading activity. There is a colour and black & white version of the worksheet. (2 PDF pages)
No further preparation needed.
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning numbers up to 10 and could be used as an individual lesson or following a few lessons on basic vocabulary.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, how to teach the ‘numbers’ vocabulary, a paired speaking game, a reading game, simple written activity and whole class 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 23 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.)
4 pdf pages of resources for the reading game (colour and black & white versions)
5 pdf pages for the written activity (colour and black & white versions and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is the first lesson in Spanish Unit 2 designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Spanish Greetings and Introductions is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-all-about-me-5-lesson-bundle-beginners-11706377
Units 1 and 2 are available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-lesson-bundle-1-term-beginners-11710541
This is a plan and resources for a beginners Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children talking about how old they are and could be used after children have learnt numbers to 10.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘ages’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking activity, written activity 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. They are in the zip file.
These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 21 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘read only’ button to open.)
6 PDF pages of resources for the Speaking activity (Colour and Black & White versions)
6 PDF pages for the Written activity (Colour and Black & White versions and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is the second lesson in Unit 2 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 - Spanish Greetings and Introductions is available on Blossoming Minds’ shop on the TES here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-all-about-me-5-lesson-bundle-beginners-11706377
Units 1 and 2 are available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-lesson-bundle-1-term-beginners-11710541
This is a plan and resources for a beginners Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for describing eyes and hair in Spanish. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, but would work well if children have learnt some colours in Spanish first.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the eyes and hair vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a game, written 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 in the zip file. These are:
5 page Lesson Plan (PDF)
A 14 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. )
Resource for the speaking activity (1 PDF page)
Written activity (1 PDF page)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 4 of Unit 2 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
You might be interested in Unit 1 Spanish Greetings and Introductions:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-all-about-me-5-lesson-bundle-beginners-11706377
Units 1 and 2 are available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-lesson-bundle-1-term-beginners-11710541
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for describing their height and size in Spanish. 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, how to teach the descriptive vocabulary, a whole class speaking and listening activity, a group sorting activity, reading 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 and are in the zip file. These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 7 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
12 PDF pages of resources for the speaking activity (Colour and Black & White versions)
8 PDF pages of resources for the sorting activity (Colour and Black & White versions)
5 PDF pages for the written activity (Colour and Black & White versions and Answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is Lesson 5 of Unit 2 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
You might be interested in Unit 1 - Spanish Greetings and Introductions:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-all-about-me-5-lesson-bundle-beginners-11706377
Units 1 and 2 are available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-lesson-bundle-1-term-beginners-11710541
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for describing eyes and hair in French. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, but would work well if children have learnt some colours in French first.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the eyes and hair vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a game, written activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
There is a PowerPoint which includes an audio version of each French word or phrase to make it easier for anyone to be able to teach the lesson. You can also play the PowerPoint without the audio.
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 14 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open it. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
Resources for speaking activity (1 PDF page)
Written activity (1 PDF page)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 4 of Unit 2 French designed by Blossomingminds.
You might be interested in Unit 1 - Greetings and Introductions:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397
Unit 2 French - All About Me - Age and Appearance is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339
This is a 5 lesson French unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. It teaches children numbers, how to say their age, colours, how to describe their eyes and hair and how to describe their height and size. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
There is a PowerPoint for each lesson which includes an audio version of each French word or phrase to make it easier for anyone to be able to teach the lessons. You can also play the PowerPoints without the audio. (The PowerPoints are not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open them. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations.)
Lesson 1 - Numbers
In this lesson children learn numbers up to 10.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, how to teach the ‘numbers’ vocabulary, a paired game, a reading game, reading activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
24 slide animated PowerPoint presentation
4 PDF pages of resources for the Reading Game (Colour and Black & White versions)
5 PDF pages for the Reading Activity (Colour and Black & White versions and Answers)
Lesson 2 - How old am I?
In this lesson children talk about how old they are.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘ages’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking activity, written activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
21 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation
6 PDF pages for the Speaking activity (Colour and Black & White versions)
6 PDF pages for the Written activity (Colour and Black & White versions and answers)
Lesson 3 - Colours
This lesson involves children learning the vocabulary for seven different colours.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘colours’ vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a game, reading activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
11 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation
2 PDF pages of resources for the game
2 PDF pages for the Reading activity (a worksheet and answers)
Lesson 4 - Eye and Hair Colour
In this lesson children learn the vocabulary for describing eyes and hair in French.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the eyes and hair vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a game, written activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
14 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation
Resources for speaking activity (1 PDF page)
Written activity (1 PDF page)
Lesson 5 - Height and Size
This lesson involves children learning the vocabulary for describing their height and size in French.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, how to teach the descriptive vocabulary, a whole class speaking and listening activity, a group sorting activity, reading activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are included:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
7 slide animated PowerPoint presentation
12 PDF pages of resources for the speaking activity (colour and black & white versions)
8 PDF pages of resources for the sorting activity (colour and black & white versions)
5 PDF pages for the reading activity (colour and black & white worksheet and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is Unit 2 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
You might be interested in Unit 1 French - Greetings and Introductions:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397
Units 1 and 2 French Lesson Bundle (1 term) is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707386
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘how’ and ‘when’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
This comprehension is all about Christmas in Italy and covers December traditions, nativity scenes, food and Epiphany.
PDF file format & editable Microsoft word format included in price.
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘why,’ ‘who’ and ‘when’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
This comprehension is all about Christmas in Spain and covers nativity scenes, Christmas Eve, Epiphany and traditions in Catalonia and the Basque country.
PDF file format & editable Microsoft word format included in price.
This is a plan and resources for a beginners Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for seven different colours in Spanish. The lesson could be used as an individual lesson or as part of a unit.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘colours’ vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a game, reading 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. They are in the zip file. These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
An 11 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘read only’ to open.)
2 PDF pages for the game
2 PDF pages for the Reading activity (a worksheet and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is the third lesson in Unit 2 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 - Spanish Greetings and Introductions is available on Blossoming Minds’ shop on the TES here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-all-about-me-5-lesson-bundle-beginners-11706377
Units 1 and 2 are available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-lesson-bundle-1-term-beginners-11710541
This bundle contains 10 Spanish lessons for beginners, perfect for using with KS2.
The lessons are:
Lesson 1 - Greetings
Lesson 2 - Emotions and Feelings
Lesson 3 - Greetings for different times of day
Lesson 4 - Introducing Yourself
Lesson 5 - Where you live
Lesson 6 - Numbers
Lesson 7 - How old are you?
Lesson 8 - Colours
Lesson 9 - What do I look like? (eye and hair colour)
Lesson 10 - Describing myself (height and size)
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 PowerPoint presentations are not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open them. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations.
In total there are 44 pages of lesson plans (pdfs), 155 slides of animated PowerPoints and 88 pages of games and worksheets (pdfs). All of the lessons are in zip files.
No further preparation needed.
This is Units 1 and 2 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
Each Unit is also available separately.
Unit 1 Spanish Greetings and Introductions Bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me 5 lesson bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11706377
An interactive animated PowerPoint advent calendar to use throughout December. Just click on the date and you will be taken to a French Christmas phrase! Sometimes there are some extra facts accompanying the phrase to teach children about Christmas in France. (The advent calendar is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.) A great start to the Christmas season. Perfect for all ages!
The advent calendar is in the zip file.
You might also be interested in:
French Christmas Lesson and Resources - Noel
This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2.
They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 simple questions.
The theme in this pack is ‘Christmas in Germany.’ There are four different comprehensions:
German Christmas trees
German Christmas food
German Christmas market
Christmas decorations in Germany
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This is a bundle of non-fiction comprehensions about Christmas in five different countries:
France;
Germany;
Spain;
Italy; and
Poland.
Each comprehension is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels.
PDF file format & editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for describing their height and size in French. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of an ‘All About Me’ French unit.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, how to teach the descriptive vocabulary, a whole class speaking and listening activity, a group sorting activity, reading activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
There is a PowerPoint which includes an audio version of each French word or phrase to make it easier for anyone to be able to teach the lesson. You can also play the PowerPoint without the audio.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
7 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
12 PDF pages of resources for the speaking activity (colour and black & white versions)
8 PDF pages of resources for the sorting activity (colour and black & white versions)
5 PDF pages for the reading activity (colour and black & white worksheet and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 5 of Unit 2 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
You might be interested in Unit 1 French Greetings and Introductions:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397
Unit 2 French - All About Me - Age and Appearance is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘why’ and ‘when’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
This comprehension is all about Christmas in Poland and covers Advent, Decorations, Plays, Carols, Christmas Eve and Christmas food.
PDF file format & editable Microsoft word format included in price.
This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2.
They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 simple questions.
The theme in this pack is ‘Christmas in Spain.’ There are four different comprehensions:
Nativity Scenes
Christmas Eve
Epiphany
Christmas in Catalonia
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
A collection of 20 comprehension activities for year 1 on the theme of Christmas around Europe.
All the comprehensions contain a short piece of text with picture clues for tricky words and five simple questions. There are also accompanying PowerPoints for you to read the texts through with your class if you wish.
This pack contains:
4 comprehensions on Christmas in Germany
4 comprehensions on Christmas in Spain
4 comprehensions on Christmas in France
4 comprehensions on Christmas in Poland
4 comprehensions on Christmas in Italy
These comprehensions are also available as part of larger bundles.
