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 !