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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 plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for eight different colours in Italian. 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:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 12 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.)
2 PDF pages of resources for the game
2 PDF pages for the written activity (a worksheet and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 3 from Unit 2 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 5 lesson Italian 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. The lessons are highly interactive and allow children to practise a range of language skills.
Lesson 1 - Numbers 1-10
This lesson teaches children numbers up to 10.
The lesson plan gives details of a whole class starter game, how to teach the ‘numbers’ vocabulary, a paired game, a reading game, written activity and plenary activity.
All the resources needed for the lesson are in the zip file. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
23 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open.)
4 PDF pages of resources for the reading game (Colour and Black & White sheets)
5 PDF pages for the written activity (Colour and Black & White sheets and an answer sheet)
Lesson 2 - How old are you?
This lesson teaches children to 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 in the zip file. These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 20 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.)
2 PDF pages of resources for speaking activity
6 PDF pages for the written activity (Colour and Black & White worksheets and answers)
Lesson 3 - Colours
This lesson teaches children the vocabulary for eight different colours in Italian.
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.
All resources needed for the lesson are in the zip file. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 12 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.)
2 PDF pages of resources for the game
2 PDF pages for the written activity (a worksheet and answers)
Lesson 4 - What do I look like?
This lesson teaches children the vocabulary for describing eyes and hair in Italian.
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 in the zip file. These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 14 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.)
1 PDF page for the speaking activity
1 PDF page for the Written activity
Lesson 5 - Describing Myself
This lesson teaches children the vocabulary for describing their height and size in Italian.
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 in the zip file. These are:
5 PDF page Lesson Plan
A 7 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.)
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 unit 2 Italian designed by Blossomingminds.
This unit could be combined with the ‘greetings and introductions’ unit (unit 1), also created by ‘Blossoming Minds.’:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/beginner-italian-greetings-and-introductions-bundle-12397072
You might be interested in Units 1 and 2 together:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12518073
This bundle contains 10 Italian 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. Click the ‘Read Only’ button 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), 146 slides of animated PowerPoints and 75 pages of games and worksheets (pdfs). All of the lessons are in zip files.
No further preparation needed.
(These lessons are also available as individual lessons or as smaller units.)
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for grandad/grandmother/mother/father/brother and sister in Italian. 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 game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a paired speaking and listening activity, a whole class listening activity, a reading/writing 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:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
11 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
34 PDF pages of Resources for listening activity (Colour and Black & White versions)
2 PDF pages for the Reading/Written activity (Colour and Black & White worksheets)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 1 of Unit 3 Italian designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Beginners Italian - Greetings and Introductions Bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072
Unit 2 Italian All About Me 5 lesson bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804
Unit 3 Italian Lesson Bundle : Family members, clothes and pets is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12589727
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to talk about their favourite genre of films in French, such as comedies, westerns and musicals.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a speaking activity, a speaking and listening activity, writing task and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are in the zip file and are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 15 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 written activity (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions)
No further preparation needed.
This plan is Lesson 3, Unit 11 French designed by Blossoming Minds, but can be used on its own.
You might be interested in some of our other French units including Units 1, 2 and 3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
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 Much Ado About Nothing. The story is a romance and comedy and covers the themes of mistaken identity, love and deceit. The story has been adapted so that is is suitable for ages 7-9.
There are three differentiated booklets. The higher booklet has two 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.
Perfect for using during Shakespeare Week (12th March) or for a Shakespeare or playwriting topic.
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 Macbeth. The story is a tragedy and covers the themes of ambition, fate and guilt among others. The story has been adapted so that is is suitable for ages 7-9.
There are three differentiated booklets. The higher ability 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.
Perfect for using during** Shakespeare Week** (12th March) or for a Shakespeare or playwriting topic.
PDF file format.
Fantastic value
This is a bundle of 20 Spanish lessons, perfect for using with absolute beginners. They are aimed at 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 (countries)
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)
Lesson 11 - Family Members
Lesson 12 - Clothing
Lesson 13 - Pets
Lesson 14 - Pet Descriptions
Lesson 15 - All About Me Revision
Lesson 16 - Fruit and Vegetables
Lesson 17 - Bread and Cakes
Lesson 18 - Drinks
Lesson 19 - Breakfast
Lesson 20 - Dinner (including several dishes from Spain)
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 a 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. The PowerPoint presentations are not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open them. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations.
In total there are 290 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 285 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in zip files.
No further preparation needed.
This is Units 1, 2, 3 and 4 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
(These lessons are also available as individual lessons or as smaller units.)
This is a plan and resources for a beginners Italian lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different fruit and vegetables in Italian. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a food unit.
The plan gives details of a paired game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a group speaking activity, a reading game, a written activity and a paired plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan - 5 pages (PDF)
An animated PowerPoint presentation - 11 slides (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for the reading game - 4 pages (PDF) (colour and black & white)
Template for the written activity - 2 pages (PDF) (colour and black & white)
Please note: You will need a few chopped up fruits and vegetables for the lesson. Details are included in the plan
This plan is Blossoming Minds’ Italian Lesson 1 Unit 4, but can be used individually.
You might be interested in units 1, 2 and 3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12590110
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different types of holiday accommodation, such as hotels and tents. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer holidays unit.
The plan gives details of a game for a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class speaking and listening game, a reading activity, a reading and writing activity and a 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. These are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (pdf) 4 pages
An 10 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for speaking and listening activity (pdf) 2 pages - colour and black & white
Resources for reading activity (pdf) 4 pages - colour and black & white
Written worksheet (pdf) 12 pages (split into 2 levels) colour and black & white and answers
This is Lesson 4, Unit 6 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually. You might be interested in Units 1-5:
Beginner French 25 Lesson Bundle
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 is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a second or third French lesson, after children have learnt to say hello and ask how they are feeling. The focus in this lesson is on how to greet people at different times of the day.
The lesson plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening 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 the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are:
A 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 for the game
3 PDF sheets for the Reading activity (A colour and black & white version of the worksheet and an answers sheet)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 3 of Unit 1 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 French - Greetings and introductions lesson bundle is available here:
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 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 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 seven different colours in French. 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. 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
An 11 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.)
2 PDF pages of resources for the game
2 PDF pages for the Reading activity (a worksheet and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 3 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 Christmas lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s Polish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for ‘Happy Christmas,’ as well as six decorations in Polish.
The plan gives details of a whole class game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary (including how to pronounce trickier words), a paired reading activity, whole class listening activity, a writing 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. These are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (4 page PDF)
An 11 page animated PowerPoint presentation - This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.
Sheets for the paired reading activity (4 pages PDF) - A colour and black & white version are included
Written activity (3 pages PDF) - A colour and black & white version and answers are included
You might be interested in:
Polish lesson and resources - Greetings
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different French dinner and lunch items. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a food and drinks unit.
The plan gives details of a game for a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, an active speaking game, a writing activity and a 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. These are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (PDF) 4 pages
A 13 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for listening activity (PDF) 7 pages
Written activity (PDF) 3 pages colour and black & white and answers
Plenary template (PDF) 1 page
No further preparation needed.
This is Blossoming Minds’ Lesson 5 Unit 4, but can be used individually.
You might be interested in units 1-3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for playing different sports in French. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a hobbies and interests unit.
The plan gives details of a game for a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a reading activity, a written activity and a singing 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:
Lesson Plan (PDF) 4 pages
An animated 12 slide PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for reading activity (PDF) 13 pages
Written activity (PDF) 3 pages colour, black & white and answers
This is Lesson 2, Unit 5 French by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually.
You might be interested in Units 1-4:
Beginner French 20 lesson bundle
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different forms of transport. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer holidays/vacations unit.
The plan gives details of a game for a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class speaking and listening game, a reading activity, a written activity and a plenary. The written activity is split into 2 differentiated levels. The lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
I have also included a version of the written activity for Google Slides if you would like your class to complete it on a tablet or computer. To do this both you and the children need internet access and Google accounts. You can choose to use either the printed or digital worksheets.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (pdf) 5 pages
An 11 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for reading activity (pdf) (1 page)
Written worksheet (pdf) 7 pages (split into 3 levels) colour and black & white and answers
A downloadable pdf file that includes links to make copies of the Google Slides version of the written worksheet. This is optional. You can choose to use the printed worksheets instead. (pdf) 2 pages. There are 8 Google Slides split into 2 levels.
This is Lesson 2, Unit 6 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually. You might be interested in:
Beginner French 25 Lesson Bundle
