A series of short vocabulary activities to revise a variety of GCSE topics. They can also be used individually as quick starter activities. Easily adaptable.

Two lessons on the topic of technology, focusing on being able to express opinions about technology in different tenses and talking about what the students use technology for in different tenses. The second lesson includes a series of GCSE exam-like activities, including photo cards, translation and 90 word question. Finally, a writing mat has been added to this resource to support students of all abilities with their written work. Update: I have now included a PowerPoint version of the main file, converted from the original Notebook file. I recommend whenever possible to use the original version, as the file conversion has changed the layout of some slides and some features work less effectively on Power Point.

A set of activities that I used with my Spanish year 7 groups to revise the topics of countries, local area, shapes and colours, geography and the weather, food and economy (as well as personal descriptions, clothes and a weather forecast). They completed the activities over several lessons, working in groups as a competition. They produced some outstanding displays.

Two lessons to prepare Key Stage 3 students to write about their favourite sport. Based on Harry Potter's quidditch, it focuses on opinions, comparisons and tenses, with a translation that the students then use as a template to write their own paragraphs. It also includes a link to a video in French of a quidditch match for those students not acquainted with Harry Potter. Update: I have now included a PowerPoint version of the main file, converted from the original Notebook file. I recommend whenever possible to use the original version, as the file conversion has changed the layout of some slides and some features work less effectively on Power Point.

This is a game designed to revise for the Spanish GCSE. It is meant to play as a class and if is based on snakes and ladders. Students will choose a counter and roll the dice, and they will have to do different things depending on where they land: If they land in a box where there is a phrase in English, they have to translate it into Spanish. If they land on a question mark, the teacher will ask them a question in Spanish (a set of sample questions is also included). If they land on an exclamation mark, the teacher will ask them to do an action (e.g. "Tócate la nariz"). Twenty-five sample actions are included. If they land on the stairs, they go up or down to the other end, and if they land on the lift, do the same. The winner will be the first counter on the finish line. The template of the game can be easily adapted to revise specific topics.

A series of lessons to talk about the city or town where you live. It includes some exam like questions (translation and photo card). It also provides the students with opportunities to practise "se puede + infinitive". Update: I have now included a PowerPoint version of the main file, converted from the original Notebook file. I recommend whenever possible to use the original version, as the file conversion has changed the layout of some slides and some features work less effectively on Power Point.

A whole unit of work, covering all aspects of the holidays theme: transport, accommodation, weather, activities, different tenses (with emphasis on the preterite and the imperfect), comparisons, complex opinions. Update: I have now included a PowerPoint version of the main file (The big holidays file), converted from the original Notebook file. I recommend whenever possible to use the original version, as the file conversion has changed the layout of some slides and some features work less effectively on Power Point.

A set of 24 Photo Cards covering the whole of Theme 2 (Local, national, international and global areas of interest) of the new GCSE course: - Home, town, neighbourhood and region (8 cards) - Social issues (charity/voluntary work; healthy, unhealthy living) (8 cards) - Global issues (the environment; poverty/homelessness) (4 cards) - Travel and tourism (4 cards). Each card includes four foundation questions (in red) and four higher question (in blue), the first of which is always '¿Qué hay en la foto?. If you like this resource, Photo Cards for themes one and thee, as well as a booklet containing all three themes, are also available. UPDATED: I have modified this resource to better resemble the photo cards on the AQA exam: there are now five foundation and five higher questions on each card (instead of four). At foundation level one of the first three questions (what in the exam would be the printed questions) requires the use of a tense other than the present. At higher level references to three time frames are needed, with one time frame other than the present required in one of the first three questions and the remaining time frame in one of the other two questions.

A set of five end of term quizzes for Spanish students of different abilities / levels.

These resources can be used to cover the topic of healthy and unhealthy lifestyle. (They follow my previous unit about food). The the first of the two Notebook presentations (22 slides) focus on healthy and unhealthy habits, in the past and in the present. It is followed by a secure presentation (26 slides) about giving advice and the consequences of not being healthy. The activities include revision of different tenses, negative sentences and expressions with the infinitive (hay que + infinitive). The two presentations are supported by a variety of worksheets that can be used together with the presentations or on their own. There are three photo cards (part of the new GCSE speaking test) and two short translations.

Booklet with key vocabulary for students to revise for their foundation listening and reading Spanish exams. It contains 15 pages of vocabulary in Spanish. Students write the English next to them and colour-code the words: green for the words they knew, yellow or amber for the ones they were not 100% sure, and red for the words they didn't know at all.

A set of resources to prepare the students to write and talk about their school and their time table. The first notebook presentation (Mi horario - 17 slides) includes work on school subjects, opinions and a quick tense revision). The second one (Mi colegio) is 22 slides long, and it includes information about the school premises, rules (practising "se puede" and "hay que" + infinitive), a quick revision of the conditional to talk about your ideal school and a quick revision of the future simple. The presentations are supported by 6 worksheets.

A couple of lessons to prepare the topics of daily routine and reflexive verbs.

A very comprehensive set of resources to study the topic of the weather in Spanish. Suitable for students of all levels, the presentation starts with simple vocabulary activities and little games (Simon says, Battleship, human dominoes) and it builds up from there (weather forecasts, leisure activities in different kinds of weather). It also includes a range of reading activities to do with the weather and the climate in Spain. Additionally I have included several reading and writing activities about Spanish geography to provide the students with a better understanding of Spanish geographical features (and at the end of the topic they will even believe you when you say that it does indeed snow in Spain; quite a lot, actually!)

A set of twenty-five role plays (thirteen foundation, twelve higher) covering the whole of Theme 3 (Current and future education and employment), of the new Spanish GCSE course (AQA specification). The booklet also includes an overview of the course, an explanation of the requirements of the speaking exam and the mark scheme for the role play. Updated with a Role Play feedback sheet.

Nine worksheets to help teachers provide their students with an overview of the new Spanish GCSE course, an overview of the speaking and the writing exams (both at foundation and higher level) and four sheets to provide the students with immediate, personalised feedback for their mock or practice speaking and writing papers. UPDATE: the feedback sheets now include the 2018 grade boundaries, to make it easier for teachers to estimate a grade.