The gift of language

What else?

• For Spanish sums, try inglesita87's numbers crossword
• Or try rhawkes' Spanish maths logic puzzles and get students writing their own

See what the TES Community have to say

• Maths teachers are debating how the proposed changes to a levels will change their teaching. There's also an interesting chat about the Primary National Curriculum Review and it shortcomings.

Resource of the week - Be a business tycoon

• Get students excited about profit-making with Kimberley Jane Anderson's Anderson's investment- themed percentage lesson

In the spotlight - Animal maths

Stripe the Tiger, Snap the Crocodile and an assortment of their animal friends help young learners understand number problems in an interactive website

Throw a 'wild rumpus'

What else?

• For a creative exploration of Where the Wild Things Are try lisamay's school musical project
• Get pupils to write their own monster tales with knittedowl's descriptive writing task

See what the TES Community have to say

• End of term is nigh and teachers are discussing interesting KS3 projects which include engaging but purposeful activities. Check out their ideas.

Resource of the week

Rapping rhymes

If the word on the street is more important to students than words in books Georgina Brigden's lesson will you show them how 'beats and rhymes'are just other forms of poetry

In the spotlight

Joy de livres

The Siobhan Dowd Trust wants to hear your ideas to encourage children to read.

Logon to the future

• To learn more about how you can set up a gototech day visit: The Goto Foundation

What else?

• Help students design their own mobile apps with a lesson from QBALL
• teaching-resource/Design-an-App-6107331 Scratchwith BarbaraThompson's lesson

See what the TES Community have to say

• Teachers are worried by the ICT agenda and the Government's recent announcements. Check out their views and join the debate.

In the spotlight - Friendly spaces for early learners

• The Communication Friendly Spaces toolkit is full of handy hints and support to develop Early Years learning spaces to help children become independent learners and confident communicators.

Language leaders

The Routes East Language Leader Award is a year-long programme for secondary students of any age, designed to develop their leadership skills and confidence and enhance their linguistic abilities.

What else?

• For a creative approach to teachingdrinks vocabulary in Spanish try charlou's 56 lesson
• Revise food and drink while practising sentence building with rhawkes' interactive white board dice activity

See what the TES Community have to say

• There's chat about the proposal to make the teaching of MFL compulsory in primary schools in 2014. MFL teachers on the forum are broadly in favour but wonder if Gove has thought through the implications of his proposal.

Resource of the week

Guten tag lines

• As the big summer blockbusters hit cinema screens Tes user brettl's Film-Taglines activity brings some movie magic to this summer's German classroom.

In the spotlight - Pictures speak louder than words

B small publishing's Spanish-English picture dictionary is great for new learners, introducing over 350 words.

Designed for child beginners the book does not require dictionary skills. Vocabulary is divided by topic rather than alphabetically (though a standard word dictionary is included at the back). Each topic is covered over one page and includes 9 images, each with the English word, Spanish translation and pronunciation guide.

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