Secondary French teacher, rated Ofsted 'Outstanding' at KS3, KS4 and KS5.
PGCE and NQT mentor. Regular CPD/Professional Learning leader. State and private sector experience.
Secondary French teacher, rated Ofsted 'Outstanding' at KS3, KS4 and KS5.
PGCE and NQT mentor. Regular CPD/Professional Learning leader. State and private sector experience.
Nandos Takeaway Menu, linked to researching education in a Francophone country.
Fully differentiated with Lemon & Herb (least challenging), Mild, Hot and Extra Hot (most challenging) tasks. Tasks link to 'Basic information, Climate and Geography', 'History, Culture and People', 'Environmental Issues, Human Rights and Government' and 'Education' respectively, with three sub-topics under each bracket. The 'Mild' tasks for example (on History, Culture and People) sub-divide into: Key historical events, Diet, religion and recreation and Ethnic groups, gender roles and family relationships.
Can be set as an individual research task, for pair or group work over one lesson or a series of lessons as a project. Students can present research in target language or in English, and as a PowerPoint, handout or poster. Template is easily adaptable if required.
Excellent cross-curricular links to History, Geography, Religion, Ethics and Politics.
Learning Objective and task information read as follows:
Researching Education in a French Speaking Community.
LO: To be able to improve my Social, Spiritual, Moral and Cultural understanding of a French-speaking community.
Your task is to research information, specifically linked to Education, about a French-speaking country, region or city of your choice. You should complete at least six tasks, including two Extra Hot pieces of research. You should present your research as a PowerPoint presentation. You may work individually or in pairs.
Want support? Start by completing the Lemon & Herb tasks to warm up. Could you research one of these places: Algeria, Mauritius, Quebec, Haiti or Madagascar?
Want more? Complete a combination of Extra Hot and Hot Tasks. Can you complete more than six research areas? What other French-speaking areas could you research?
Fantastic and very comprehensive resource covering all aspects of present tense formation with er, ir and re verbs. All animations and formatting ready to go. A huge time-saver!
Powerpoint is 27 slides and can be adapted to suit all learners. Includes clear and concise explanations of conjugation of each verb type and questions to gauge understanding. Perfect for mini-whiteboard activities. Differentiated to help LA access translation questions.
Excellent for introduction at KS2 / KS3 to conjugation and for revision and further practice at KS4.
Huge time saver! Created for an observed lesson and took over 12 hours. Graded outstanding!
Excellent resource, working on the Italian Passato Prossimo. Fully animated with twenty different verbs in the infinitive and with their past participles formed, as well as auxiliary verb grids for 'avere' and 'essere'.
All answers provided along with directions for teacher on each slide. Fully differentiated with 'Challenge' and 'Want support?' options.
Set out as Instagram feed, using photographs and linking to a holiday in Orta, northern Italy, to engage students. Use of Twitter feeds and Random Fruit Machine Generator for whiteboard activities to make content as engaging as possible.
Designed to be followed by Italian Passato Prossimo Practice - Lesson and worksheet 2 of 2.
Excellent resource, introducing the near future tense through the 'aller' song, with a clear table to demonstrate formation.
Text message conversation between Simon and Carly of The Inbetweeners engages students and asks them to answer a series of questions designed to test their understanding of the tense. HA stretched through identification and translations of colloquialisms such as 'ma biche'.
Mini-whiteboard translation activity follows to gauge understanding, and a plenary with 12 sentences to translate is the last slide. This can be printed, cut up, and used in a box as a 'Pass-the-Parcel' style game, learners could throw die to determine the phrase that they translate to their partner, or in any number of different ways. LA supported through use of lesson worksheet (print table on first slide for learners to complete), HA through extension with colloquialisms and perfect tense.
Excellent for introduction at KS3 and for revision / review at KS4.
A great bundle with four classroom displays ready to print. A huge time saver!
Displays include:
Five Values (can be edited to support school ethos)
French Classroom Commands
French Classroom Language (easily printed and laminated for tables to share, or stuck into books)
French Number Line 1-100
Excellent cultural bundle, focusing on French Easter traditions and vocabulary.
Differentiated, fully animated, colourful and interactive.
Great fun to teach! A huge time saver!
Brilliant assembly on the European Day of Languages 2018, very comprehensive and a great time-saver!
Excellent lesson on France - lots of beautiful photos, linking to food, colours, the seasons and numbers, with maps and accompanying worksheet.
Easily adapted to suit your students!
A great bundle with fully animated, differentiated lessons focusing on Italian culture and vocabulary.
Lessons include Christmas, New Year, Easter and Valentine’s Day.
Great fun to teach and a huge time saver!
Excellent bundle with fully animated PowerPoints for French greetings, the alphabet, numbers 1-20, asking and giving ages and items within a school bag.
Interactive lessons with a range of activities. Great fun to teach! A huge time saver bundle!
A great bundle, focusing on the perfect and imperfect tenses in French along with more complex constructions to challenge HA students.
A huge time saver!
A full Scheme of Learning for the first year of study for an Italian class at KS3. Scheme of Learning is broken down into terms and weeks and is nine pages in total with suggestions and links to British Council projects to extend learning.
A huge time-saver, took several weeks to create.
Excellent time-saver, a full Scheme of Learning linked to the 'Amici' Italian Edexcel textbook. Designed for year 8 as a second year programme of study. Links to the Year 7 Scheme of Learning which is also available.
A great bundle with different plenary review and starter slides.
Differentiated to support learners and easily edited to suit ability of group or current topic.
A huge time saver! Can be used with all ages.
Both plenaries used in observed lessons graded ‘Outstanding’.
A brilliant bundle, encouraging higher-order thinking skills and independent learning.
Lessons are fabulous to teach and enourage students to identify mystery TL-speaking countries from a series of activities and clues (food, geography, music etc.).
Nandos Takeaway Menu asks students to pick their own mini topics from a series of increasingly challenging options, giving them ownership.
My most popular lessons!
Brilliant bundle with everything you need for Christmas and New Year!
Lessons and activities draw on French culture and traditions in different regions of France as well as a comparison between the home and TL country.
Lots of vocabulary and games, as well as a colouring according to French numbers activity for younger learners. Challenging texts for KS4 / KS5.
Great fun to teach! A huge time saver!
Two fully comprehensive Schemes of Learning, linked to the Amici textbook for the first two years of study.
All About Me Jigsaw Activity display also included as a first lesson of the year.
A huge time saver!