We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
This resource is a comprehension booklet aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 (7-9 yrs). It is a story adapted from Shakespeare’s play of Much Ado About Nothing. The story is a romance and comedy and covers the themes of mistaken identity, love and deceit. The story has been adapted so that is is suitable for ages 7-9.
There are three differentiated booklets. The higher booklet has two pages of text for the children to read before they complete a range of questions based on a mixture of the KS1 and KS2 SATs.
The middle and lower ability booklets have the text split into separate pages with questions on each page.
Perfect for using during Shakespeare Week (12th March) or for a Shakespeare or playwriting topic.
PDF file format.
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for playing different sports in Spanish. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a hobbies and interests unit.
The plan gives details of a game for a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a reading activity, a written activity and a game for a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (4 pages PDF)
11 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for reading activity (13 pages PDF)
Written activity worksheet (3 pages colour and black & white and answers PDF)
No further preparation needed.
This is Lesson 2, Unit 5 Spanish by Blossoming Minds, but can be used on its own.
You might be interested in Units 1-4:
Beginner Spanish 20 lesson bundle
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different countries they might like to visit. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer holidays/vacations unit.
The plan gives details of a game for a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a speaking and listening activity, a written activity and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are:
Plan
A PowerPoint presentation
Starter resource
Resources for speaking and listening games
Written worksheet
(This is Lesson 1, Unit 6 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used individually.)
This is a 5 lesson Spanish unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2.
The Lessons are:
Lesson 1 - Fruit and Vegetables
Lesson 2 - Bread and Cakes
Lesson 3 - Drinks
Lesson 4 - Breakfast
Lesson 5 - Dinner (including several dishes from Spain)
The plans (pdfs) all give details of a starter, how to teach the new vocabulary, followed by a combination of listening activities, speaking activities, reading/writing activities and a plenary. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills, making the unit perfect for young language learners.
All resources needed for the lessons are included in the price. This includes a PowerPoint for each containing the new vocabulary. The PowerPoint presentations are not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open them. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations.
In total there are 72 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 59 slides of animated PowerPoints. All of the lessons are in zip files.
No further preparation needed.
This is Unit 4 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
This unit could be combined with the ‘Greetings and Introductions’ unit and ‘All About Me,’ unit and ‘Family Members, Clothes and Pets’ unit, all created by ‘Blossoming Minds.’
Beginner Spanish / 15 lessons
This resource is a comprehension booklet aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 (7-9 yrs). It is a story adapted from Shakespeare’s play of Twelfth Night. The story is a romance and covers the themes of identity, disguise and love among others. The story has been adapted so that is is suitable for ages 7-9.
There are three differentiated booklets. The higher booklet has three pages of text for the children to read before they complete a range of questions based on a mixture of the KS1 and KS2 SATs.
The middle and lower ability booklets have the text split into separate pages with questions on each page.
PDF file format.
This is a 5 lesson Italian unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. It teaches children numbers, how to say their age, colours, how to describe their eyes and hair and how to describe their height and size. The lessons are highly interactive and allow children to practise a range of language skills.
Lesson 1 - Numbers 1-10
This lesson teaches children numbers up to 10.
The lesson plan gives details of a whole class starter game, how to teach the ‘numbers’ vocabulary, a paired game, a reading game, written activity and plenary activity.
All the resources needed for the lesson are in the zip file. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
23 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open.)
4 PDF pages of resources for the reading game (Colour and Black & White sheets)
5 PDF pages for the written activity (Colour and Black & White sheets and an answer sheet)
Lesson 2 - How old are you?
This lesson teaches children to talk about how old they are.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘ages’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking activity, written activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are in the zip file. These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 20 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
2 PDF pages of resources for speaking activity
6 PDF pages for the written activity (Colour and Black & White worksheets and answers)
Lesson 3 - Colours
This lesson teaches children the vocabulary for eight different colours in Italian.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘colours’ vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a game, reading activity and plenary game.
All resources needed for the lesson are in the zip file. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 12 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
2 PDF pages of resources for the game
2 PDF pages for the written activity (a worksheet and answers)
Lesson 4 - What do I look like?
This lesson teaches children the vocabulary for describing eyes and hair in Italian.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the eyes and hair vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a game, written activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are in the zip file. These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 14 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
1 PDF page for the speaking activity
1 PDF page for the Written activity
Lesson 5 - Describing Myself
This lesson teaches children the vocabulary for describing their height and size in Italian.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, how to teach the descriptive vocabulary, a whole class speaking and listening activity, a group sorting activity, reading activity and plenary.
All resources needed for the lesson are in the zip file. These are:
5 PDF page Lesson Plan
A 7 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
12 PDF pages of resources for the speaking activity (colour and black & white versions)
8 PDF pages of resources for the sorting activity (colour and black & white versions)
5 PDF pages for the written activity (colour and black & white versions and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is unit 2 Italian designed by Blossomingminds.
This unit could be combined with the ‘greetings and introductions’ unit (unit 1), also created by ‘Blossoming Minds.’:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/beginner-italian-greetings-and-introductions-bundle-12397072
You might be interested in Units 1 and 2 together:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12518073
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different toys in French. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a longer ‘my favourites’ unit.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a reading game, a reading and writing activity and a final whole class game. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan - 5 pages (PDF)
A 15 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resource for the listening game - 34 pages - Colour and Black & White (PDF)
Resources for the reading game - 13 pages (PDF)
Reading and Writing worksheet - 3 pages - Colour and Black & White and Answers (PDF)
Resource for the final game - 1 page (PDF)
No further preparation needed.
This plan is Lesson 5, Unit 11 French by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual plan.
You might be interested in our other French lessons including Units 1,2 and 3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a fourth or fifth French lesson, after children have learnt to say hello and talk about how they are feeling. The focus in this lesson is on how to ask someone where they live and reply.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘countries’ vocabulary, a speaking activity, writing activity and plenary whole class game. It is highly interactive and allows children to practice a range of language skills.
There is a PowerPoint which includes an audio version of each French word or phrase to make it easier for anyone to be able to teach the lesson. You can also play the PowerPoint without the audio.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file and are:
The 4 page PDF lesson plan
An 18 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
4 PDF sheets for the speaking activity
6 PDF sheets for the Writing activity (answers are included)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 5 of Unit 1 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 French - Greetings and introductions lesson bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397
Unit 2 French - All About Me - Age and Appearance is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for describing eyes and hair in French. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, but would work well if children have learnt some colours in French first.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the eyes and hair vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a game, written activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
There is a PowerPoint which includes an audio version of each French word or phrase to make it easier for anyone to be able to teach the lesson. You can also play the PowerPoint without the audio.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 14 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open it. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
Resources for speaking activity (1 PDF page)
Written activity (1 PDF page)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 4 of Unit 2 French designed by Blossomingminds.
You might be interested in Unit 1 - Greetings and Introductions:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11631397
Unit 2 French - All About Me - Age and Appearance is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11707339
This is a 5 lesson French unit for KS2. It teaches children vocabulary around the theme of ‘Seasons, Dates and Weather.’
The plans all give details of a starter, how to teach the new vocabulary, followed by a combination of listening activities, speaking activities, reading/writing activities and plenary. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lessons are included in the price. This includes a PowerPoint for each containing the new vocabulary.
(This unit could be combined with other Blossoming Minds’ French units. This is unit 9 in the sequence.)
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to label parts of the head in French.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a listening game, a song, a written worksheet and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are:
The plan
A PowerPoint presentation
Written worksheet
Please note: The children should be able to name other parts of the body before this lesson. e.g. the knees, the feet etc.
You can buy Blossoming Minds’ Lesson 1, Unit 10 to teach them this.
(This plan is Lesson 2, Unit 10 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used on its own.)
Fantastic value
This is a bundle of 25 French lessons, perfect for using with absolute beginners.
They cover greetings, introductions, where you live, age, appearance, family, clothing, pets, food and drink and hobbies and interests. They are aimed at children aged 7-11.
The Lessons are:
1 - Greetings
2 - Emotions and Feelings
3 - Greetings for different times of day
4 - Introducing Yourself
5 - Where you live (countries)
6 - Numbers
7 - How old are you?
8 - Colours
9 - What do I look like? (eye and hair colour)
10 - Describing myself (height and size)
11 - Family Members
12 - Clothing
13 - Pets
14 - Pet Descriptions
15 - All About Me Revision
16 - Fruit and Vegetables
17 - Bread and Pastries
18 - Drinks
19 - Breakfast
20 - Dinner
21 - Days of the Week
22 - Sports
23 - Hobbies and Interests
24 - Musical Instruments
25 - Days Out
The plans (pdfs) all give details of a starter, how to teach the new vocabulary, followed by a combination of listening activities, speaking activities, reading/writing activities and a final task. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practice a range of language skills.
All resources are included in the price. This includes a PowerPoint for each lesson containing the new vocabulary. The PowerPoint presentations are not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open them. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoints are played as slideshows with the animations.
In total there are 363 pages of lesson plans, games and worksheets (pdfs) and 347 slides of animated PowerPoints.
All of the lessons are in the zip file.
No further preparation needed.
This is Units 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 French designed by Blossoming Minds.
These lessons are also available as individual lessons or as smaller units from our shop:
Blossoming Minds
This is a plan and resources for a beginners Italian lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different pizzas in Italian. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a food unit.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a speaking and listening activity, a reading/written activity and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan - 4 pages (PDF)
A 12 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for listening game - 4 pages (colour and black & white) (PDF)
Resources for speaking and listening activity - 2 pages (colour and black & white) (PDF)
Reading/Written activity - 3 pages (colour and black & white and answers) (PDF)
This lesson made me hungry!
This plan is Blossoming Minds’ Italian Lesson 2 Unit 4, but can be used individually.
You might be interested in Units 1-3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12590110
This is a lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a third or fourth Italian lesson, after children have learnt to say hello and talk about how they are feeling.
The focus in this lesson is how to ask someone their name and to reply.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘name’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, reading/writing activity and plenary discussion. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in a zip file. These are:
The 4 page PDF lesson plan
A 10 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is run as a slideshow.)
1 PDF sheet for the speaking/listening activity
2 PDF pages for the Reading/Writing activity ( a worksheet and answers sheet)
All you need to take with you is a ball or beanbag for the whole class game.
This is lesson 4 of Unit 1 Italian designed by Blossomingminds.
Unit 1 is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072
Unit 2 is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804
This is a lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a second or third Italian lesson, after children have learnt to say hello and ask how they are feeling. The focus in this lesson is on how to greet people at different times of the day.
The plan gives details of a starter whole class game, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, reading/writing activity and plenary whole class discussion. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in a zip file. These are:
The 5 page PDF lesson plan
A 15 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open it. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow.)
3 PDF pages for the game
3 PDF pages for the Reading/Writing activity. There is a colour and black & white version of the worksheet and an answers sheet.
This is lesson 3 of Unit 1 Italian designed by Blossomingminds.
Unit 1 is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072
Unit 2 is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a fourth or fifth Spanish lesson, after children have learnt to say hello and talk about how they are feeling. The focus in this lesson is on how to ask someone where they live and reply.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘countries’ vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a speaking activity, writing activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practice a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are:
The 4 page PDF lesson plan
A 23 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.)
5 PDF sheets for the speaking activity
8 PDF sheets for the Writing activity (A worksheet and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is lesson 5 of Unit 1 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Spanish Greetings and Introductions Bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me 5 lesson Bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11706377
Units 1 and 2 are available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-lesson-bundle-1-term-beginners-11710541
This is a plan and resources for a beginners Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children talking about how old they are and could be used after children have learnt numbers to 10.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘ages’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking activity, written activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file.
These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 21 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘read only’ button to open.)
6 PDF pages of resources for the Speaking activity (Colour and Black & White versions)
6 PDF pages for the Written activity (Colour and Black & White versions and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is the second lesson in Unit 2 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 - Spanish Greetings and Introductions is available on Blossoming Minds’ shop on the TES here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388
Unit 2 Spanish All About Me is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-all-about-me-5-lesson-bundle-beginners-11706377
Units 1 and 2 are available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-lesson-bundle-1-term-beginners-11710541
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘how’ and ‘when’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
This comprehension is all about Christmas in Italy and covers December traditions, nativity scenes, food and Epiphany.
PDF file format & editable Microsoft word format included in price.
This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2.
They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 simple questions.
The theme in this pack is ‘Christmas in Germany.’ There are four different comprehensions:
German Christmas trees
German Christmas food
German Christmas market
Christmas decorations in Germany
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This is a Christmas lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s German lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for ‘Happy Christmas,’ as well as six decorations in German.
The plan gives details of a whole class game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a paired reading activity, whole class listening activity, a writing activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan (4 page PDF)
An 11 page animated PowerPoint presentation - This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.
Sheets for the paired reading activity (4 pages PDF) - A colour and black & white version are included
Written activity (3 pages PDF) - A colour and black & white version and answers are included
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German Greetings Lesson and resources
German lesson and resources : Emotions and Feelings
