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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 is a 5 lesson French unit for KS2. It teaches children vocabulary linked to schools. The topics covered include rooms around school, times, subjects, transport and daily routine.
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 other Blossoming Minds’ French units. This is unit 7 in the sequence.)
This is a 5 lesson French unit for KS2. It teaches children vocabulary around the theme of ‘My Town.’ The topics covered include types of home, landmarks around town, directions, environments and describing a scene.
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. These PowerPoints are not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some images only appear when the PowerPoints are played with the animations.
(This unit could be combined with other Blossoming Minds’ French units. This is unit 8 in the sequence.)
A bundle of 6 reading comprehension booklets that tell the stories of some of Shakespeare's most popular plays.
All the booklets are aimed at Lower Key Stage 2, with each story adapted to be suitable for this age range, with a range of interesting questions. All six stories are differentiated for three different ability levels.
The following are included:
- Macbeth (story format)
- Twelfth Night (story format)
- Much Ado About Nothing (story format)
- Romeo and Juliet (play format)
- Hamlet (play format)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (play format)
Perfect for a Shakespeare unit, a unit on play writing or for Shakespeare Week in March.
PDF file format
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian 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 resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They 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)
No further preparation needed.
This is the second lesson in Unit 2 designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 is available on Blossoming Minds’ shop on the TES:
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 Italian lesson to use with KS2. It is a revision lesson that allows children to recap vocabulary used to talk about themselves.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, a recap of the vocabulary, a whole class listening and reading activity, a speaking and listening activity, a written worksheet and a plenary game. 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. They are in the zip file. These are:
Starter template (1 PDF page)
Lesson Plan (5 PDF pages)
A 14 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open)
Resource for reading/listening activity (7 PDF pages)
Writing activity (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions)
Plenary ideas (1 PDF page)
The language covered in the lesson includes saying your name, age and where you live, describing yourself, describing family members and pets and talking about clothes. It would be useful if your class have already covered these topics, but not essential.
This is lesson 5 of Unit 3 Italian designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Beginners Italian - Greetings and Introductions Bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072
Unit 2 Italian All About Me 5 lesson bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804
Unit 3 Italian Lesson Bundle : Family members, clothes and pets is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12589727
This is a 5 lesson Italian unit for beginners, perfect for using with KS2. It teaches children family members, clothes, pets and pet descriptions. The final lesson in the unit revises lots of ‘All About Me’ vocabulary. All the lessons are highly interactive and allow children to practise a range of language skills.
Lesson 1 - Family Members
Children learn the vocabulary for grandad/grandmother/mother/father/brother and sister.
The plan gives details of a whole class game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a paired speaking and listening activity, a whole class listening activity, a reading/writing activity and plenary.
All resources needed are included:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
11 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
34 PDF pages of Resources for listening activity (Colour and Black & White versions)
2 PDF pages for the Reading/Written activity (Colour and Black & White worksheets)
Lesson 2 - Clothing
Children learn the vocabulary for different items of clothing.
The plan gives details of a whole class game to use as a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a paired speaking and listening activity, a reading/writing activity and plenary.
All resources needed are included:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 12 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
3 PDF pages of resources for the speaking and listening activity (Colour and Black & White versions and answers)
3 PDF pages for the reading/writing activity (Colour and Black & White worksheets and answers)
Lesson 3 - Pets
Children learn the vocabulary for different pets in Italian.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, an introduction to the vocabulary, a whole class writing activity, a speaking and listening activity, a reading activity and a plenary.
All resources needed are included:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 13 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
2 PDF pages of resources for the speaking and listening activity (colour and black & white versions)
3 PDF pages for the reading activity (colour and black & white worksheet and answers)
Lesson 4 - Pet Descriptions
Children learn the vocabulary to describe different pets in Italian.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, an introduction to the vocabulary, a whole class listening activity, a speaking and listening activity, a written worksheet and a plenary game.
All resources needed are included:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
An 18 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
1 PDF page resource for listening activity
3 PDF pages of resources for the writing activity (colour and black & white worksheet and answers)
Lesson 5 - All About Me Revision
This is a revision lesson that allows children to recap vocabulary used to talk about themselves.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, a recap of the vocabulary, a whole class listening and reading activity, a speaking and listening activity, a written worksheet and a plenary game.
All resources needed are included:
Starter template (1 PDF page)
Lesson Plan (5 PDF pages)
A 14 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open)
Resource for reading/listening activity (7 PDF pages)
Writing activity (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions)
Plenary ideas (1 PDF page)
This is Unit 3 Italian designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Beginners Italian - Greetings and Introductions Bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072
Unit 2 Italian All About Me 5 lesson bundle is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804
This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to talk about their favourite genre of films in French, such as comedies, westerns and musicals.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a speaking activity, a speaking and listening activity, writing task and 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 in the zip file and are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 15 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.)
Resources for the written activity (2 PDF pages - colour and black & white versions)
No further preparation needed.
This plan is Lesson 3, Unit 11 French designed by Blossoming Minds, but can be used on its own.
You might be interested in some of our other French units including Units 1, 2 and 3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
This is a plan and resources for a beginners Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for seven different colours in Spanish. The lesson could be used as an individual lesson or as part of a unit.
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. 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. They are in the zip file. These are:
5 page PDF Lesson Plan
An 11 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘read only’ to open.)
2 PDF pages for the game
2 PDF pages for the Reading activity (a worksheet and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This is the third 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 is a bundle of non-fiction comprehensions about Christmas in five different countries:
France;
Germany;
Spain;
Italy; and
Poland.
Each comprehension is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels.
PDF file format & editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
A collection of 20 comprehension activities for year 1 on the theme of Christmas around Europe.
All the comprehensions contain a short piece of text with picture clues for tricky words and five simple questions. There are also accompanying PowerPoints for you to read the texts through with your class if you wish.
This pack contains:
4 comprehensions on Christmas in Germany
4 comprehensions on Christmas in Spain
4 comprehensions on Christmas in France
4 comprehensions on Christmas in Poland
4 comprehensions on Christmas in Italy
These comprehensions are also available as part of larger bundles.
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 Poland.’ There are four different comprehensions:
Advent in Poland
Polish decorations
Christmas Eve
Polish food
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.
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A bumper pack of 18 comprehension booklets, perfect for using throughout the autumn term with your year 2 class. Each comprehension is differentiated 3 ways and is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
The following themes are covered:
Harvest
Autumn
Halloween
Bonfire Night
Christmas
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A bundle of 11 comprehension packs , perfect for using with year 1 throughout the autumn term.
Each pack contains four comprehension sheets, with a short piece of text . There are 5 questions per sheet and some pictures to help with tricky words. There is also an accompanying PowerPoint with a page for each text so that you can go through the texts with your class before they complete them.
The following themes are included in the bundle:
Harvest
Autumn
Autumn wildlife
Bonfire Night
Christmas around Europe
The Christmas story
Christmas food instructions
Please note, the comprehensions are also available as part of a smaller and larger bundle.
A bundle of 7 comprehension packs , perfect for using with year 1 in the run-up to Christmas.
Each pack contains four comprehension sheets, and an accompanying PowerPoint with a page for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions with your class before they complete them.
The following comprehensions are included in the bundle:
The Christmas story
Christmas food instructions
Christmas in France
Christmas in Germany
Christmas in Italy
Christmas in Poland
Christmas in Spain
Please note, these comprehensions are also available as part of smaller and larger bundles.
Keep your year 1s busy throughout December with this collection of comprehensions, maths activities, phonics activities, and interactive advent calendars, all with a Christmas theme. Worth £45 if bought individually!
Included in the bundle are:
Maths activity booklet (20 pages)
Phonics activity booklet (20 pages)
General activity booklet (30 pages)
Comprehensions x 6 packs
Interactive Advent calendars x 4 - phonics, maths, jokes
Christmas Quiz
All resources also available individually or as part of a smaller bundle.
Keep your year 2s busy throughout December with this collection of comprehensions, maths activities, SPaG activities, and interactive advent calendars, all with a Christmas theme. Worth nearly £50 if bought individually!
Included in the bundle are:
Christmas Maths Problems
Christmas SPaG packs x 2
Comprehensions x 9
Interactive Advent calendars x 2 - maths, jokes
Interactive Christmas Quiz
General KS1 Activity Booklet
All resources also available individually or as part of a smaller 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 pets in Spanish. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of an ‘All About Me’ unit.
The plan gives details of a whole class starter, an introduction to the vocabulary, a whole class writing activity, a speaking and listening activity, a reading activity and 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. They are in the zip file. These are:
4 page PDF Lesson Plan
A 13 Slide Animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
2 PDF pages of resources for the speaking and listening activity (Colour and Black & White versions)
3 PDF pages for the reading activity (Colour and Black & White versions and Answers)
Please note: It would be helpful if children can count to 10 in Spanish prior to this lesson.
You might be interested in our Spanish numbers lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-numbers-to-10-lesson-and-resources-11702906
This is lesson 3 of Unit 3 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds.
Unit 1 Beginner 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
Unit 3 Spanish lesson bundle : Family members, clothes and pets is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11762016
A pack of 12 comprehension booklets, perfect for using in the weeks before Christmas with your year 2 class. Each comprehension is differentiated 3 ways and is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
The following themes are covered:
Christmas recipes x 3
Christmas story x 4
Christmas around Europe x 5
This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different breads and cakes in French. 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 activity and a plenary game. 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)
An 11 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for speaking and listening activity - 2 pages (PDF colour and black & white)
Reading activity - 3 pages (PDF colour and black & white and answers)
No further preparation needed.
This lesson made me hungry!
This plan is Blossoming Minds’ Lesson 2 Unit 4 French, but can be used individually.
You might be interested in Units 1-3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11769397
A bundle of 3 reading comprehension booklets that tell the stories of some of Shakespeare's most popular tragedies.
All the booklets are aimed at Lower Key Stage 2, with each story adapted to be suitable for this age range . The texts and questioning are differentiated for three different ability levels.
The following are included:
- Macbeth (story format)
- Romeo and Juliet (play format)
- Hamlet (play format)
Perfect for a Shakespeare unit, a unit on play writing or for Shakespeare Week in March.
PDF file format. Answers included.
