Excellent first lesson of the year, comprehensively covering slide-by-slide all that you need your new class to know in an accessible and fun way. Helps you to get to know your students, and helps them to get to know each-other too, setting them up for some great learning. Also gets you off to a brilliant start with your expectations through a whole-class ‘Partnership Agreement’ that they create and sign. I use this template every year with every class that I teach and it always works brilliantly. They have a lot of fun, as do you, and you also get all of the bits sorted that you need to without missing anything out (an overview of the year, books, seating plan etc.) which is easily done at the start of a busy term. Recommended especially for new teachers. Clear instructions on each slide and places for you to insert your own information. 15 slides in total: 1. Resources you need for the lesson. 2. Space to insert your seating plan. 3. Date, title, LO, starter slide. 4. Our Partnership Agreement slide. 5. Expectations / building on slide before. 6. Exercise book slide. 7. Getting to know each other - The two truths game. 8. As above - teacher’s answers. 9. My promise to you (what you will do as a teacher to help their learning). 10. Raffle tickets and how they work, if you decide to use to reinforce positive behaviour. 11. Our lessons - overview of the number of lessons each week, report and Parents’ Evening dates and topics. 12. Help me to understand your learning activity. 13. Examples of feedback from activity above. 14. As before. 15. Bingo game!

A bundle of two letters, advising Parents / Carers that their son or daughter will be taking part in a cultural cooking lesson, and asking for consent and a voluntary contribution of £1.50 to cover materials. A great time saver! Easily adapted to suit the activity you have in mind. The letters are set up for French students to decorate and ice a 'Bûche de Noël' (Chocolate Yule Log) and German students a 'Lebkuchenmann' (Gingerbread Man). They were originally used at Christmas time alongside a cultural comparison regarding Christmas celebrations. A hugely popular activity that students never forget! Letters have also been adapted to make crêpes with French year 11 students and pizza with year 7 Italian students. Great fun and wonderful bringing the language to life in this way!

A fully-prepared letter, ready to edit with your name, job title and e-mail address to send home to Parents / Carers regarding the implementation of a penpal scheme with a school abroad. The letter outlines the importance of safeguarding (i.e. that all communication should pass through school only), and asks Parents / Carers to sign and return a slip indicating that they are happy for their son or daughter to include a photograph of themselves in their letter to their penpal should they wish to. A huge time-saver! Easily adaptable for other languages, simply substitute 'French' for the language your students are learning.

Colourful, editable posters to advertise a spring / summer Fete or fundraiser, and to display next to stalls and games, giving information about cost and instructions on how to play. Very helpful for ideas! Useful to let students know how each game works, and also the students / staff who are helping to run each stall. Template can be adjusted to suit your fundraiser. Stall Posters and Activity Instructions PowerPoint is 23 slides, with posters and instructions for activities such as a Raffle, Knock the Cans Over, Cupcake Decorating, Photo Booth, Chocolate Tombola, the Golf Game, Guess the Number of Sweets in the Jar and the Bonus ball Lottery! Eye-catching, colourful and a huge time-saver!

A set of seven plenary triangles to use with students to review learning. Offers a great insight into areas of confidence and understanding and next steps in their eyes. Can be used with post-its and stuck onto the board before students leave, noted into books or onto whiteboards (a question at a time works well), or orally as a think-pair-share to get feedback. Really helpful to inform planning, especially with challenging topics.

Assembly linked to the European Day of Languages 2018. Aimed at KS3/4, but easily adapted for younger / older year groups. 10 slides in total. Great time saver! Slide 1: Asks students to recognise pictures of European capital cities, a map of Europe and the European flag and work out what they have in common. Slide 2: Outlines what the European Day of Languages is and why it is celebrated, using information from the official website (link in Notes section if teacher wishes to adapt). Slide 3: Information on how speaking another language helps students. Slide 4: Matching celebrities to different languages they speak. Slide 5: Outlines what students will be doing over course of day (easily adapted). Slides 6-8: Asks students to guess which animal makes which sounds. Slide 9: Wishes students a good day and good luck. Slide 10: Links to resources on European Day of Languages official website, including language games, facts and figures, lesson plans, ready-to-use materials and information on where to order materials.