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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 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 5 lesson Italian 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. All the lessons are highly interactive and allow children to practise a range of language skills.
Lesson 1 - Family Members
Children learn the vocabulary for grandad/grandmother/mother/father/brother and sister.
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.
All resources needed are included:
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)
Lesson 2 - Clothing
Children learn the vocabulary for different items of clothing.
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/writing activity and plenary.
All resources needed are included:
5 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/writing activity (Colour and Black & White worksheets and answers)
Lesson 3 - Pets
Children learn the vocabulary for different pets in Italian.
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.
All resources needed are included:
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 for the reading activity (colour and black & white worksheet and answers)
Lesson 4 - Pet Descriptions
Children learn the vocabulary to describe different pets in Italian.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, an introduction to the vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a speaking and listening activity, a written worksheet and a plenary game.
All resources needed are included:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
An 18 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
1 PDF page resource for listening activity
3 PDF pages of resources for the writing activity (colour and black & white worksheet and answers)
Lesson 5 - All About Me Revision
This is a revision lesson that allows children to recap vocabulary used to talk about themselves.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, a recap of the vocabulary, a whole class listening and reading activity, a speaking and listening activity, a written worksheet and a plenary game.
All resources needed are included:
Starter template (1 PDF page)
Lesson Plan (5 PDF pages)
A 14 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open)
Resource for reading/listening activity (7 PDF pages)
Writing activity (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions)
Plenary ideas (1 PDF page)
This is 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
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 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
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 is a 5 lesson French unit for KS2. It teaches children vocabulary around the theme of ‘My Town.’ The topics covered include types of home, landmarks around town, directions, environments and describing a scene.
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. These PowerPoints are not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some images only appear when the PowerPoints are played with the animations.
(This unit could be combined with other Blossoming Minds’ French units. This is unit 8 in the sequence.)
A bundle of 7 comprehension packs , perfect for using with year 1 in the run-up to Christmas.
Each pack contains four comprehension sheets, and an accompanying PowerPoint with a page for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions with your class before they complete them.
The following comprehensions are included in the bundle:
The Christmas story
Christmas food instructions
Christmas in France
Christmas in Germany
Christmas in Italy
Christmas in Poland
Christmas in Spain
Please note, these comprehensions are also available as part of smaller and larger bundles.
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 is a 5 lesson French unit for KS2. It teaches children vocabulary around the theme of ‘Seasons, Dates and Weather.’
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 other Blossoming Minds’ French units. This is unit 9 in the sequence.)
This is a 5 lesson French unit for KS2. It teaches children vocabulary linked to schools. The topics covered include rooms around school, times, subjects, transport and daily routine.
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 other Blossoming Minds’ French units. This is unit 7 in the sequence.)
This is a 5 lesson Spanish 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’ Spanish units to create an entire year’s lessons for your KS2 class!)
This is a 5 lesson French unit for KS2. It teaches children vocabulary linked to the body. The topics covered include parts of the body, parts of the head, injuries, illnesses and healthy living.
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 other Blossoming Minds’ French units. This is unit 10 in the sequence.)
***FANTASTIC VALUE***
A bundle of 11 comprehension packs , perfect for using with year 1 throughout the autumn term.
Each pack contains four comprehension sheets, with a short piece of text . There are 5 questions per sheet and some pictures to help with tricky words. There is also an accompanying PowerPoint with a page for each text so that you can go through the texts with your class before they complete them.
The following themes are included in the bundle:
Harvest
Autumn
Autumn wildlife
Bonfire Night
Christmas around Europe
The Christmas story
Christmas food instructions
Please note, the comprehensions are also available as part of a smaller and larger bundle.
A pack of 12 comprehension booklets, perfect for using in the weeks before Christmas with your year 2 class. Each comprehension is differentiated 3 ways and is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
The following themes are covered:
Christmas recipes x 3
Christmas story x 4
Christmas around Europe x 5
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
This bundle contains 10 French 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. 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.)
In total there are 46 pages of lesson plans (pdfs), 153 slides of animated PowerPoints and 86 pages of games and worksheets (pdfs). All of the lessons are in zip files.
No further preparation needed.
This is Units 1 and 2 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
Each Unit is also available separately.
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 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.)
Keep your year 2s busy throughout December with this collection of comprehensions, maths activities, SPaG activities, and interactive advent calendars, all with a Christmas theme. Worth nearly £50 if bought individually!
Included in the bundle are:
Christmas Maths Problems
Christmas SPaG packs x 2
Comprehensions x 9
Interactive Advent calendars x 2 - maths, jokes
Interactive Christmas Quiz
General KS1 Activity Booklet
All resources also available individually or as part of a smaller bundle.
***FANTASTIC VALUE***
A bumper pack of 18 comprehension booklets, perfect for using throughout the autumn term with your year 2 class. Each comprehension is differentiated 3 ways and is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
The following themes are covered:
Harvest
Autumn
Halloween
Bonfire Night
Christmas
Keep your year 1s busy throughout December with this collection of comprehensions, maths activities, phonics activities, and interactive advent calendars, all with a Christmas theme. Worth £45 if bought individually!
Included in the bundle are:
Maths activity booklet (20 pages)
Phonics activity booklet (20 pages)
General activity booklet (30 pages)
Comprehensions x 6 packs
Interactive Advent calendars x 4 - phonics, maths, jokes
Christmas Quiz
All resources also available individually or as part of a smaller bundle.