Mind maps to help with revision for radioactivity , origins of the Universe and key words for the electromagnetic spectrum

Worksheet using key words to help students describe doppler effect, red shift and stellar spectra in their own words. Designed for a starter or plenary.

Lopp cards and match cards to hekp remember the key words for How Science Works

News stories summarised in under 400 words with suggestions for discussion and debate - excellent for use in assessing speaking and listening skills. Further stories are currently available as part of a free trial - www.theday.co.uk.

Some good articles to promote discussion and debate and improve standards of literacy across the curriculum. The Day is a new resource for teachers which launched this term. I am helping them to make it a really useful resource for teachers and would really value your feedback. Please see further samples at www.theday.co.uk and take advantage of a free 2 week trial or a free trial for the whole of the Spring term for all SSAT member schools.

A couple of good articles that are good for encouraging debate and discussion. I am currently helping The Day ( a new online resource for secondary schools) to produce some useful articles for teachers - please see more at www.theday.co.uk and please do feed back to me with your thoughts. A free subscription available this term for all SSAT member schools.

This KS5 French listening exercise is ideal for Le Patrimoine unit. ’ Dijon, une ville fière de son patrimoine’, takes the listener on a visit to the capital of Burgundy and the home of the Dukes of Burgundy. Steeped in history and full of examples of different architechtural styles from many of the main periods of the past millenium, the centre of the town has been registered as a UNESCO world heritage site since July 2015. Accompanying the YouTube video this resources includes a full transcript of the audio, a sheet of key words and a set of questions with answers. We hope you enjoy this resource and find it useful. If you would like to visit Burgundy with your school group and find out more about this region of France please do contact us at Maison Claire Fontaine, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please visit our website at www.maisonclairefontaine.com or email us at maisoncfontaine@gmail.com. We also welcome your feedback on our resources and ideas for others

This KS4 French listening exercise for Higher Level is accompanied by pictures in a YouTube video to aid with understanding. The PDF document of the transcript and questions are included as well as the link to the YouTube video. A la découverte de Vézelay

This KS5 French listening exercise is ideal for Le Patrimoine unit. A la découverte de Vézelay takes the listener on a visit to the UNESCO world heritage site in Burgundy. The YouTube video includes pictures to aid with understanding. The resource includes a transcript of the listening exercise and questions to download. We hope you enjoy this resource and find it useful. If you would like to visit Burgundy with your school group and find out more about this region of France please do contact us at Maison Claire Fontaine, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please visit our website at www.maisonclairefontaine.com or email us at maisoncfontaine@gmail.com. We also welcome your feedback on our resources and ideas for others.

This video shows you how to make a tartouillat, a speciality from the Burgundy region of France. The video is in simple French to aid with learning the vocabulary for the ingredients, equipment and method. The recipe can also be downloaded as a PDF which includes a table for translating the key words. At Maison Claire Fontaine we run week long French language immersion experiences for UK schools. We are based in the rural French hamlet of Méluzien which is near to the town of Avallon in Burgundy. We are about 2.5 hours south of Paris. This recipe is one that we do with children who come to stay with us as part of a Maison Claire Fontaine ‘bake off’ challenge. If you found this recipe useful and would like to find out more about what we do please do visit our website at : www.maisonclairefontaine.com or email us directly as maisoncfontaine@gmail.com. Thank you

This powerpoint or video can be used to introduce your pupils to the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté in France. With the slides and commentary in French pupils find out where the region is on the map whilst also explaining the departmental numbering system. We explore the specialities of the region, talk about Dijon and Vézelay as places of interest to visit and also identify two famous people who were born in the region. There are questions at the end of each section with answers at the end of the presentation as well as reference to key words that have been identified during the slides. Maison Claire Fontaine is situated in the rural hamlet of Méluzien , near the town of Avallon, in the department of Yonne in the region of Bourogogne Franche-Comté. Each week we welcome school groups from the UK to this beautiful part of France for a truly French experience. Our aim is to inspire and enthuse the next generation of UK language ambassadors and hope that they may learn to fall in love with the French country, culture and language as we have. If you would like to find out more about Maison Claire Fontaine please do visit our website at : www.maisonclairefontaine.com or contact us directly at maisoncfontaine@gmail.com. We hope you enjoy this video and welcome your feedback as well as ideas for any future resources that you might find useful.