Make translation exciting ! Pupils take it in turns to translate text as it scrolls upwards, Star Wars style. Input 10 lines of text for your pupils to translate, making the translations progressively harder. The challenge is translating them in time before they disappear off the page. One pupil must not be able to see the board and they must listen to their partner as he or she reads out the text as it appears. The partner who cannot see then translates. Then swap! French version available also

To make your date, title and objectives PRETTY and attractive for the class to see as they walk in. Quick to focus their attention.

Really wanted a penalty shoot-out quiz that's been updated for 2014 and available in Spanish? Here it is ! Enjoy ! Update of the original by Gavin Hillage on TES. 1. Split your class into two, and fill in the questions for whatever topic you were teaching. 2. For song/video to play: Please download all the files available into the same folder. 3. Slide 3 is a fun starter. Translate the text before the footballs obscure you from reading it. 4. Update/changes log: Thankyou Lisilu for the recommendation, corrections now added.

Family Fortunes game As a whole class activity, use this game to analyse the strengths of a written text in an AFL procedure to help pupils take strong aspects of another person's work to improve their own. OR As a whole class activity, practice new vocabulary by asking pupils to rank the 6 most popular items that you taught. E.g. Rank school subjects by popularity Rank food items by popularity. 1 point for being in the top 6 2 points for being in the correct position in the top 6.

Colour in the baubles of the tree. Useful for Early years / KS1 & KS2 languages Baubles have numbers, place the codes on the board, e.g. for French: 1 = rouge 2 = orange 3 = jaune 4 = vert 5 = bleu 6 = blanc 7 = noir 8 = violet 9 = marron

A starter / plenary. Pupils write the answer on their whiteboards before Speedy Gonzales or Spongebob go into the hole !