This covers the whole of Theme 1, Topic 3 – ‘Free time activities’. The PowerPoint is very lengthy (58 slides) and contains work at least six or seven lessons. The PowerPoint is broken down into four sections: 1) Grammar; 2) Listening; 3) Reading and Writing; and 4) Speaking. There are several different worksheets to accompany the many exercises on the PowerPoint, as well as a transcript for the listening and answer sheets also appear on the PowerPoint. The exercises include: vocabulary match-ups; verb and tenses exercises; a listening comprehension with different tasks; several reading comprehensions with different types of exercises to complete; translations in English and into French; photo stimuli for written tasks; blog writing task; two role-play cards (foundation and higher); five photo cards for speaking activities and finally questions related to the general conversation section of the speaking exam.

This resource is for the Spanish GCSE New Specifications Speaking Exam – General Conversation.This is a booklet that can be printed for each student and contains over 250 general conversation questions. These questions have put together by researching all exam boards and example materials, but are aimed largely at AQA. The questions are in themes are also broken down into sub-themes. Within each set of questions in a sub-theme, they have been classified into tenses so that pupils can be clear of the tense they need to use to answer the relevant question. These can form the basis of regular classroom practice for the speaking exam and if pupils are confident with these questions, they will also be able to answer many of the questions that will form part of the photo card section of the exam.

This Christmas resource is suitable for both French specialists and non-specialists as all the words and phrases have sound icons, which can be played for the introduction/ repetition of all the words and phrases. Answers for all activities appear on the PowerPoint. This resource initially introduces 18 Christmas words with many practice activities. There is a match-up listening activity for these words too. The PowerPoint goes on to introduce 12 Christmas phrases, with another listening activity and a reading activity. There is then a ‘create a Christmas card’ slide and a word search. 12 further words for popular Christmas presents are introduced, followed by a reading activity. There is also a slide to encourage pupils to create a Christmas picture, labelling with French words. There is a lengthy worksheet, which accompanies the activities on the PowerPoint and a separate word search document. The PowerPoint has 71 slides.

This grammar sorting challenge is a whole class team game to revise and/ or check pupils’ understanding of grammatical terms. In teams pupils are given a large set of French words and each term must work together to attach each of their words to one of the 8 posters that are stuck up around the classroom with the following headings: Conjugated Verbs, Infinitives, Nouns, Subject Pronouns, Articles, Adjectives, Connectives and Time Phrases. Only one team member is allowed to be out of their seat at any one time. There is a PowerPoint slide to show the challenge on the board and it has a sound document attached - this is a timed challenge and pupils have only the length of the song to complete the challenge. At the end, teams are scored by the correct number of words they have under the appropriate grammatical headings. Each team has their words in a different colour font and therefore you can easily identify to which team the words belong. I have also included a further explanation document with this resource. Ideal to use after the PowerPoint ‘Understanding Grammatical Terms for French Learners.

Included are a document with Joyeuses Pâques written in a funky way to colour, a colour by number egg, an easter card to complete and an easter word search.

This fun Christmas resource is suitable for EFL and ESL learners. All the words and phrases have sound icons, which can be played for the introduction/ repetition of all the words and phrases. Answers for all activities appear on the PowerPoint. This resource initially introduces 18 Christmas words with many practice activities. There is a match-up listening activity for these words too. The PowerPoint goes on to introduce 12 Christmas phrases, with another listening activity and a reading activity. There is then a ‘create a Christmas card’ slide and a word search. 12 further words for popular Christmas presents are introduced, followed by a reading activity. There is also a slide to encourage pupils to create a Christmas picture. There is a lengthy worksheet, which accompanies the activities on the PowerPoint and a separate word search document. The PowerPoint has 69 slides.

This is a set of 22 motivational quotes/ phrases in Spanish, based largely on the growth mindset principles. These quotes/ phrases are presented on a PowerPoint and each slide is in a poster format so that each can be printed and used as part of a whole classroom display. They can also be used for pupils to translate and then to inspire pupils to create some of their own.

This is a fun printable dictionary for pupils to use as a reference and also to record the French vocabulary they are learning during their studies. It starts with six reference pages, which include the vocabulary for: numbers 1 – 100; colours; days, months, seasons; weather; time and animals. Following this are 26 pages, each has a letter of the alphabet, with example words for each letter and the rest of the page is left blank for students to fill in as they go along. There are also some completely blank pages at the end if students fill up an alphabet page. This can all be printed in black and white and the pages can be put in a duotang or made into a booklet.

This set of resources is aimed at students at the higher end of GCSE and/or A/S level students. There are 3 large texts about Human Rights issues with a range of exercises to complete – match up vocabulary, true/ false questions, questions in French, questions in English. There is then a rouge/ noir exercise when students must decide which French phrase (out of pairs of phrases) is correct and translate into English. There is a multiple choice quiz in French about all the work covered in this resource, to see what pupils have understood overall and check the information they have retained. Finally there is a writing activity for pupils to complete. There is a worksheet for students, that matches all of the work on the PowerPoint. All answers are included on the PowerPoint. There are also printable copies of all of the reading comprehension texts. This resource will last several lessons and has ample opportunities for discussion work on this topic area.

This resource introduces 14 pets with a range of practice activities. It introduces the question ‘Hast du ein Haustier?’ and a range of possible answers. There are tables to show the plural forms of the pets and a slide to show the use of the accusative form with Ich habe…. There are pair work speaking activities, reading activities and writing activities, all based on the pets. A word search also accompanies the PowerPoint (56 slides).

This can be easily adapted for home learning. This set of resources is an excellent way to finish work on self and family. It will take at least 4 lessons. There is a build up to the main activity when pupils work in groups and create their own funny families, which they present to the rest of the class. I have used this over many years with many groups and have refined it. I can honestly say pupils love doing it. Everything is presented in a step-by-step format and could be used by a non-specialist or cover teacher. There are two Power Points and range of worksheets. The first PowerPoint is to re-cap work on self and family and will be a lead into the main activity. In this first PowerPoint three members of the same family present information about themselves – the first very simply, the next has more information and the third is a longer text. For the first two family members there are differentiated exercises – very simple with circling the correct answer or true and false to open ended questions. You can choose to use different tasks for different ability groups within the class or it can all be used for the whole class. The second PowerPoint introduces the group activity in a step-by-step way. Pupils will work in groups to create a funny family, but each person in the group will be responsible for one family member so ultimately each pupil will be producing their own piece of work. There are a range of help sheets to help pupils of all abilities and there are answers for all exercises included. Finally the pupils will present their families in groups to the rest of the class. They can be assessed on the written work produced and/or the oral presentation.

Easily adaptable for home learning. There is a GCSE text about online shopping. The accompanying worksheet has a wide range of activities to complete, both directly related to the text and activities just related to the theme. Activities include vocabulary exercises, translation, comprehension and answering questions relevant to parts of the new specifications speaking and/ or writing exams.

Easily adaptable for home learning. This covers the whole of Theme 3, Topic 1 – ‘My Studies’. The PowerPoint is very lengthy (61 slides) and contains work for six or seven lessons. The PowerPoint is broken down into four sections: 1) Grammar; 2) Listening; 3) Reading and Writing; and 4) Speaking. There are several different worksheets to accompany a broad range of exercises on the PowerPoint, as well as a transcript for the listening and answer sheets also appear on the PowerPoint. The exercises include: vocabulary match-ups; grammar exercises; a listening comprehension with different tasks; several reading comprehensions with different types of exercises to complete; translations into English and into French; photo stimuli for written tasks; blog writing tasks (foundation and higher); two role-play cards (foundation and higher); five photo cards for speaking activities and finally a whole range of questions related to the general conversation section of the speaking exam.

Easily adaptable for home learning. This resource is all about volcanoes, which comes under the ‘Global Issues’ GCSE topic. This works well with the AQA syllabus. There is a fairly lengthy reading comprehension document and this is accompanied by a PowerPoint and student worksheet. The PowerPoint contains a range of activities for students to complete, firstly based on the reading comprehension and then based on other work. There is a vocabulary match-up, a vrai/faux exercise, questions to answer in English, translations from French into English and a fill in the missing word exercise. ALL answers are provided on the PowerPoint.

Easily adaptable for home learning. This resource introduces 15 school subjects with many practice activities. It introduces questions and answers about likes and dislikes as well as opinions/ reasons. It goes on introduce and give grammar advice about adjectival agreements, as well as showing a table and checking comprehension with practice exercises. It also presents work on favourite subjects. There are pair work speaking activities, reading activities and writing activities. The reading activities include texts with verdadero/falso exercises as well as activities with open-ended questions. There is a school timetable that pupils could replicate and questions to answer about the timetable they see. Answers for all activities appear on the PowerPoint. By the end of the PowerPoint (74 slides) pupils will be able to write a paragraph about their school subjects (likes/dislikes, opinions and so on). There is a lengthy worksheet, which accompanies the activities on the PowerPoint and a separate word search document.

Easily adaptable for home learning. There is a fairly lenghtly GCSE text about holiday preferences, giving the advantages and disadvantages of seaside and also mountainside holidays. The accompanying worksheet has a wide range of activities to complete, both directly related to the text and activities just related to the theme. Activities include vocabulary exercises, translation, comprehension and answering questions relevant to parts of the new specifications speaking and writing exams.