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, their learning preferences and personalities, 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. ‘Mon cahier d’exercice’ 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. Lotto game!

Links to Assembly for European Day of Languages 2018 Links to Lesson / Assembly for European Day of Languages - French Worksheet designed to be used alongside European Day of Languages 2018 lesson - French, please see other uploads as detailed above. Can also be used as a stand-alone worksheet for basic French words, including seasons, numbers 1-12, colours and greetings. First document contains four tables with all of the French vocabulary for these topics. Links directly to PowerPoint. Second document has the answers. Both easily projected / adapted if required.

Numbers 1-100 in number line form with French words for each number written out. Excellent support resource. A huge time saver! Subtle hints, such as 's' underlined in 'quatre-vingts' and 'quatre-vingt-un' underlined to remind students that 'et' is not required. Also used successfully in small groups when teaching numbers to ask students to draw out patterns and links between 1-100 in French, and then to create their own numeracy worksheets for each other.

Fantastic and very comprehensive resource covering all aspects of reflexive present tense formation. All animations and formatting ready to go. A huge time-saver! Powerpoint is 13 slides and can be adapted to suit all learners. Includes clear and concise explanations of reflexive verb conjugation and questions for students to gauge understanding. Perfect for mini-whiteboard activities. Differentiated to help LA access translation questions. Two reading texts at end of presentation (easily printable as worksheets) for students to spot reflexive verbs. Linked to daily routine / school life. Excellent for introduction at KS2 / KS3 to conjugation and for revision and further practice at KS4.

Excellent double-resource set, linking to daily routine and reflexive verbs. Suitable for KS2/KS3/KS4. Great as starters / warm-ups / white-board activities in class. All animations and answers included. The first resource asks students to un-scramble the reflexive infinitives. It is differentiated through giving more support to learners who require it by underlining the first letter of the verb. HA challenged through working out secret message of numbered boxes to form phrase 'Je me réveille' when all answers have been de-coded. The second resource is a pre-prepared time-saving table, with key verbs for daily routine and reflexive verbs, asking students to translate infinitives. Both very useful for HA KS2, KS3 and KS4, either as starters or class activities.

Three differentiated resources for higher and lower ability students linked to adjectives to describe people. Fully formatted and animated with all answers. Engages higher-order thinking skills. Can be used as Starters, Activities or Plenaries. All are great think-pair-share, whiteboard or individual tasks.

Excellent KS3/KS4/KS5 starter, finding key infinitives by slotting different combinations of tiles together. Fully aminated and all answers on slides.

Great lesson, introducing France and the French language to learners. Created for Primary, but easily adapted to Secondary with a host of suggestions for further discussion, analysis and reflection provided. 40 slides in total. A huge time saver! Ideas for Secondary extension include cross-curricular links to: History (how were French regions affected for example during WW2, the Vichy government etc.); Politics (where in France is currently experiencing a surge in right-wing popularity? Why?); Geography (environmental impacts of tourism, how is it currently managed, could it be more effective?); Arts, Theatre, Music (funding, is it comparable to the UK? The policies of André Malroux and their impact); and the French Language (how is it protected, do other languages have similar institutions? Search Académie française). Slides 1 - 11 ask students to work out the country, linking to European Day of Languages 2016. Beautiful photographic images are provided to support student reflection (monuments, architecture, food, spring, summer, autumn and winter in France, artists - Monet and Matisse, the Tour de France and typical French shops). Slides 12 - 15 introduce the geography of France through maps and facts and figures (position within Europe, number of regions, number of people who speak the language). Slides 16 - 38 introduce French vocabulary linking to the images that students have just seen. Seasons, colours, numbers 1-12 and basic greetings. Slides 39 - 40 set students challenge of completing their worksheet within time limit (given by teacher) and to see how many new words they can incorporate into their day. Two song suggestions (You Tube) provided on last slide for younger learners. * Links to Assembly on European Day of Languages and Word document bundle for worksheets that link to activities if helpful.

Excellent resource for charting and assessing student progress within lesson. Slide can be printed and students given a copy, or slide can be displayed for students to draw their own learning journey arrow on a whiteboard at the start of the lesson. They circle where they feel they are in terms of their confidence with the LO at the start of the lesson, and then come back to it at various points. At the end of the lesson, they review their learning and should be at the higher end of the scale. A useful reference tool for the teacher to determine those who need more support, and those that can be pushed further. Useful for daily teaching, or to use over the course of a module. Great when being observed too as very visual signpost that learning is being monitored by teacher, and those students that need support / further challenge are being picked up and helped appropriately.

Fabulous and very comprehensive resource that can be used for one or a series of lessons. 45 slides in total. Introduces all main types of weather with images, and a series of activities designed to build learner confidence and use of new language. Activities include: * Large images with text for students to repeat after teacher. * Differentiated tables with weather phrases (Option 1 to draw lines between French and English translations, Option 2 to match French weather phrases to images and add in English). * Dice game to practice pronunciation. * Pass-the-parcel team game to improve memory recall. * Listening activity (again differentiated with two options). * Speaking activity - Think, pair, share to describe weather in different parts of France. Excellent cultural link through geography of France and where different cities are situated. Could easily be developed into a research project with different types of weather in these places across the year and how they compare to home. * Writing activity - Preparing own weather forecast (again differentiated with scaffold for learners who require). * Speaking / presenting activity - Students present their weather forecasts to class. * Review / Plenary triangle - Students reflect on their own learning by noting down three things that they knew already but now better understand, 2 new things they learned during lesson and one thing they need to find out more about. Fully animated with all answers and explanations for each activity under relevant slides. Huge time saver and great fun to teach!

Full lesson, describing hair and eyes in third person and introducing second and third person singular of avoir. Fully animated with all answers. Step-by-step support for each activity is detailed in the notes section of the slides. Very engaging, incorporating whiteboard work, AfL, 'C'est qui?' (Guess Who) in pairs, individual written task and Blockbusters game at end to review learning.

Clear, concise explanation of use of faire with different tenses. Examples given with perfect, imperfect, pluperfect and simple future. Second slide has a series of questions for students to translate, using four tenses. Easily adaptable for younger learners, using extra tenses as differentiation for HA.

Excellent crossword and word-search, both perfect as lesson starters or as individual activities after a starter to lead into more detailed comprehension tasks. Word-search links to school subjects and crossword to wider school vocabulary including opinions. Can be differentiated with dictionary support / as Think-Pair-Share activity. Successfully used at KS3 and KS4. Word-search would also work brilliantly with KS2.

Great lesson, linking to activities that are done in the house. 31 slides in total, very engaging with lots of different activities to consolidate learning and vocabulary. Fully animated with all answers. Instructions for teacher for each activity in Notes section of slides. A huge time saver and great fun to teach! Uses 'My learning journey' AfL tracker throughout lesson to encourage students to reflect on own learning and progress. Great for teacher to identify those who need more support / challenge. Lesson begins with starter asking students to pick one of four boxes (increasing in difficulty) and translate sentences linked to house and town. Students then repeat household activity vocabulary after teacher (with actions!) and then fill in table to refer back to vocabulary. Differentiated options for filling in table (drawing a line between French and English or writing English answers in). Game of Splat! follows to consolidate learning, along with listening activity. Whiteboard activity is next (points scoring depending on level of challenge selected by student and completed within time limit). Twitter feed reading comprehension follows (created on classtools.net), followed by writing activity. Heads down, thumbs up game as plenary.

Great lesson, covering use of 'il y a' and 'il n'y a pas de' + names of different shops and amenities in town. Very comprehensive resource. 30 slides in total. Fully animated with all answers and explanations for each activity in the notes section of each slide. Lesson begins with 'Connect 4' Starter. Students, playing against a partner or as a whole class, have to connect four squares by translating the words from French into English or vice-versa (linked to adjectives to describe town, simple opinions and reasons). Images then follow with text for students to repeat after teacher of places in town (une gare etc.). Students then match the French with the English translation in a table with the words (differentiated tables provided). Listening activity is next, using 'Voki', online characters (simply click hyperlink to listen). Scripts provided if teacher prefers to read. Twitter feeds follow with questions linked to where different celebrities live. Students asked to work out 'il y a' and 'il n'y a pas de' rule. Whiteboard activity is next - students must write sentence to describe town plan displayed on board using vocabulary. Students then asked to design and describe own town (scaffold provided for LA students). Final slide is a plenary game of 'Spin the Wheel'. Huge time saver and great fun to teach!

Set of cards that can be used in a multitude of different ways. Template is set up to link to perfect tense, but can easily be adapted for other tenses or different grammatical points if required. Slides are designed to be printed and each card cut out. There are eight cards on each slide (four slides in total - 32 cards to play with). Each card has an English phrase and a French phrase underneath. The cards can either be used as dominoes (students will require a full set per group), or as a speaking game, timed in class. To play as a speaking game, each student is handed a card (or more than one card if less than 32 students in group). Cards can be assigned randomly, or teacher can differentiate by giving LA less challenging translations and HA more difficult sentences or more than one card. Students are given 30 seconds to work out the French translation of the English section of their card (this is what will signal that it is their turn to read theirs out), and to familiarise themselves with the pronunciation of the French sentence on the bottom of their card. To play: 1. Teacher starts the clock. 2. The student with the 'Début' card says their English sentence and reads out the French underneath. 3. The student with the English translation that links to the French sentence that has just been said reads their card out loud, and the game continues. 4. The game ends when the student who has the last card says their English and French out loud. The French will link to the English on the first card read aloud. 5. Teacher stops the clock. 6. Round two - can the students beat their original time? 7. Pick up on grammatical points as a class / any errors that were made. Why did these happen (pronunciation, recognition of pronouns etc.)? Differentiation suggestions: * Teacher can mix up the cards in between rounds and play several times. * Teacher can show PowerPoint as students are saying cards aloud, to support with colour recognition of the cards they are holding (if game is printed in colour) and with visual recognition of speech. Inversely, to increase challenge, teacher does not show PowerPoint. * Teacher can limit time students have to familiarise themselves with their card(s) after they are handed out. Always a huge hit! Can be played at beginning or end of lesson. Useful from HA KS2 - KS4 to revise perfect tense. Sentences use vocabulary linked to activities such as going to the cinema or bowling.

Three Mario Kart Grand Prix grids, printable and adaptable depending on requirements. Slides give examples and blank templates for each of the options below. Also included are Display Posters for each option, should you wish to use Grand Prix as a classroom display and Mario Kart characters to print and cut out for each student. Option 1 - Learning Objective Grand Prix. Students write a short summary of lesson LO into first Grand Prix box and date. They then circle the red, amber or green light depending on how confident they feel with their understanding that day. Students move their character onto the following space next lesson and again chart their understanding by circling the appropriate light. Very useful visual aid to show student progress, and to help pick up learners who are struggling but may not wish to acknowledge as such in front of their peers. After several lessons, grids can be used to split class into groups - those who would like to further work on first LO in one group, second in another and third in another. Teacher can then differentiate classwork and circulate to help improve understanding. Also helpful to set homework, for example assigning students a worksheet on the topic that they found difficult and as such would benefit from extra practice. Challenge / extension work can be set for those students who have all green lights. Option 2 - Grammar Grand Prix. Exactly as above, but used specifically for grammar (present tense 'er' verbs, 'ir verbs' and 're verbs' for example). Students chart confidence and understanding each lesson and move character around. Teacher can assess progress and adapt planning accordingly as above. Option 3 - Behaviour for Learning Grand Prix. Used successfully with several year 8 classes with a large number of behavioural challenges. As a group, students decide behavioural target for lesson at the start of each class. You may find it best to stick to one target per lesson to begin with, for example 'I will listen when other people are contributing'. Important that students think of the target themselves in order to engage motivation. Give 10 seconds to think, pair, share at start of lesson, take ideas and then go with most popular suggestion. At the end of the lesson, students rate how well they have met the target by circling red, amber or green. Grids handed into teacher at end of lesson who has final say on correct light. Those who have met the target move onto the next square and receive a raffle ticket. At the end of a series of lessons (for example half-term), raffle is drawn for a small prize. Those who have circled green and have moved around the grid have the most raffle tickets and therefore the greatest chance of winning prize. However, even if a student has only met the class behaviour target once, they are still rewarded for this with the raffle ticket and therefore have a small chance of also winning.

Two worksheets, suitable for younger learners of French, asking them to colour in shapes on a Christmas tree and/or Snowman template, according to the directions given. The Christmas tree template has six simple instructions and the image is simpler to colour. The Snowman template has ten instructions, referring to items of clothing (ses gants, son chapeau) as well as numbers and shapes, and the image is more detailed. Perfect to re-cap some shapes, numbers and colours towards the end of term, and to introduce some Christmas vocabulary (bauble, holly etc.). Extension could be for pupils to draw their own Christmas tree / Snowman and label.

Great resource, building on 'Sport 1' (different sports and opinions). Fully animated with information in Notes section for teachers for each activity. Very straightforward build to help students make link and understand traditionally challenging grammar point for younger learners. Starter activity is followed by repetition of different sports to consolidate knowledge from previous lesson. Students encouraged to pick out the definite article in preparation for following activities. Students then reflect on the different definite articles, before working out what happens when they combine with 'jouer' in a reading activity (presented as Twitter feeds from David Beckham and Jonny Wilkinson). Students then note down the rule, before translating on their mini whiteboards sentences linked to different sports with jouer + à. Final activity is to design a comic strip (either using the computer or drawing), with clear success criteria provided. Treasure Hunt review at end of lesson.

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.