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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 French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different pets in French. 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, an introduction to the vocabulary, a whole class writing activity, a speaking and listening activity, a reading 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. They are in the zip file. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 13 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
2 PDF pages of resources for the speaking and listening activity (colour and black & white versions)
3 PDF pages of resources for the reading activity (colour and black & white worksheet and answers)
Please note: It would be helpful if children can count to 10 in French prior to this lesson. Our French numbers lesson is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11706948
This is lesson 3 of unit 3 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Beginners French - Greetings and introductions lesson bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397
Unit 2 French 5 lesson bundle - All About Me - Age and Appearance is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339
Unit 3 French Lesson Bundle - Family members, clothes and pets is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-lesson-bundle-family-members-clothes-and-pets-11769370
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different countries they might like to visit. 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 listening game, a speaking and listening activity, a written activity and a 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:
Plan
A PowerPoint presentation
Starter resource
Resources for speaking and listening games
Written worksheet
(This is Lesson 1, Unit 6 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually.)
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to talk about the types of music they enjoy in French, such as classical, rap and pop.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a listening game, a speaking and listening activity, a written worksheet and a plenary game. 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:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 13 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for starter (4 PDF pages)
Resource for speaking and listening activity (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions)
Writing template (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions)
No further preparation needed.
This plan is Lesson 2, 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 is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for describing eyes and hair in Italian. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, but would work well if children have learnt some colours in Italian 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. They 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
No further preparation needed.
(This is the fourth lesson in Unit 2 designed by Blossoming Minds.)
You might also be interested in our first Italian Unit:
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 is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary to describe different regions of France e.g. In the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, there are mountains. France is divided into 18 administrative regions. The lesson teaches children sentences to describe seven of the regions. 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 reading activity, a speaking and listening activity, writing task and whole class plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. There is a PowerPoint with images of different French regions.
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 - 22 pages (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for the starter - 1 page (PDF)
Resources for the reading and speaking and listening activities - 3 pages (PDF)
Example template for the writing activity - 1 page (PDF)
No further preparation needed.
It would be helpful but not essential if your class have completed our lesson on the French countryside:
French Countryside lesson and resources
This plan is Lesson 2, Unit 12 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual plan.
You might be interested in Units 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5:
Beginner French 25 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 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 plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to talk about the types of books they enjoy in French. For example, they learn to say they prefer adventure stories among many others.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a listening game, a writing game, a further written activity and a plenary game. 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:
The lesson plan (6 PDF pages)
A 13 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
Resources for the writing game (1 PDF page)
Writing template (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions)
Please note: It would be helpful if the children can already name some hobbies prior to this lesson, but not essential.
This plan is Lesson 1 of Unit 11 French designed by Blossoming Minds, but can be used on its own.
You might be interested in some of our other lessons including Units 1, 2 and 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 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 game, a reading 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:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 24 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 Reading Activity (Colour and Black & White versions and Answers)
This is the first lesson in Unit 2 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
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 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 beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different items of clothing in French. 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 whole class listening activity, a paired speaking and listening activity, a reading/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. 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.)
3 PDF pages of resources for the speaking and listening activity (Colour and Black & White versions and Answers)
3 PDF pages for the reading/written activity (Colour and Black & White worksheets and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 2 of Unit 3 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Beginners French - Greetings and introductions lesson bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397
Unit 2 French 5 lesson bundle - All About Me - Age and Appearance is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339
Unit 3 French Lesson Bundle - Family members, clothes and pets is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/french-lesson-bundle-family-members-clothes-and-pets-11769370
This is a 5 lesson French unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. It teaches children family members, clothes, pets and pet descriptions. The final lesson in the unit revises lots of ‘All About Me’ vocabulary.
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 85 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 70 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in zip files.
No further preparation needed.
This is Unit 3 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
This unit could be combined with the ‘greetings and introductions’ unit and ‘All About Me’ unit, also created by Blossoming Minds:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for the days of the week in French. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a larger 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 reading activity and a whole class 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:
Lesson Plan (pdf) 4 pages
An 18 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for listening activity (pdf) 1 page
Reading activity (pdf) colour and black & white and answers 5 pages
No further preparation needed.
This is Blossoming Minds’ Lesson 1 Unit 5 French, 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 hobbies and interests, such as going to the cinema and playing on the computer in French. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer hobbies unit.
The plan gives details of a game for a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a speaking activity, a written 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 11 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for speaking and listening activities (PDF) 4 pages colour and black & white
Written activity (PDF) 2 pages colour and black & white
This is Lesson 3, 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 holiday activities, such as building a sandcastle or skiing. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer holidays/vacations unit.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a speaking and listening activity, a writing activity and a 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:
Plan
A PowerPoint presentation
Starter template
Resources for speaking and listening activity
Written worksheet
(This is Lesson 5, Unit 6 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually.)
This is a 5 lesson French unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. It teaches children vocabulary all linked to holidays, covering countries, transport, types of holidays, accommodation and holiday activities.
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.
(This unit could be combined with the five previous Blossoming Minds’ French units to create an entire year’s lessons for your KS2 class!)
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.
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish 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 listening game, a reading activity, a written activity and a 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:
Plan
A PowerPoint presentation
Resources for reading activity
Written worksheet
(This is Lesson 2, Unit 6 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually.)
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 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.
