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Quick ViewPlanning a holiday bundle
3 lesson bundle
suitable for year 5 and year 6
engaging maths lessons based on saving for a holiday.
lesson 1: Pupils must pick flights and hotels
lesson 2: Pupils must pick items they are taking on holiday
lesson 3: Pupils must pick the activities that they are completing on the trip
pupils have a budget and they must then calculate the total cost
Includes:
Teaching slides
differentiated questions
modeled questions
answers for questions
Quick ViewLes vacances / Holidays / Vacation
This resource is a compilation of 9 lessons in order to teach the topic of holiday to KS3 students. It teaches new structures and new vocabulary, but also implies prior knowledge.
The lessons include some key grammar points (grammatical gender with the preposition in/to, near future tense) as well as key vocabulary words (list of countries, means of transport, accommodation, activities, opinions, adjectives, weather phrases, time phrases).
The lessons are structures to work on all skills, with an emphasis on the reading/writing and translation skills.
The lessons also include some ‘Conti-fied’ activities to better support the pupils (faulty translation, mosaic listening, rock climbing translation etc).
It also includes a booklet that it ready to be printed, or individual lessons’ resources to print.
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Quick ViewFrench Holidays - Les vacances
Save 75% with this bundle of 13 resources on the topic of Holidays. There are enough standalone resources here on which to base a whole unit, including the following:
Holiday preferences in the present tense
Holidays in the past tense + full review of forming the perfect tense
Challenging GCSE reading comprehension and translations on the topic of holidays in present & past tenses
The future tense - formation practice, reading and translation on my future holiday plans.
Holidays in the future tense - two worksheets with reading, grammar and translation
Useful ‘faire’ expressions for holidays in the present, past and future tenses
The importance of holidays
A ‘longer’ writing question on holidays requiring knowledge of the past, present and future tenses with a model answer and grade 8/9 structures support
A bumper topic knowledge organsiser/ language mat on this topic with targeted translation practice.
A resource on the impact of tourism - its environmental impact and the benefits.
A reading comprehension on holidays and weather.
Worksheets on ‘mes dernières vacances’
A worksheet on ‘mes vacances idéales’
Revision of Holidays Worksheet - KS3 French
A double-sided worksheet of activities revising important verbs & key vocabulary links to topic of holidays. Based loosely on module 5 of Expo 2 textbook. Suitable for KS3 groups or foundation-tier GCSE students. Answer sheet also attached.
Year 8 worksheets French- holidays
Pack of worksheets for a year 8 French class, for a total of 31 activities in reading and writing. All activities are about holidays as a topic.
The worksheets cover present, past and future tenses with a selection of vocab. Each section includes vocab at the beginning, for student help. This way, the resource can be used with classes of different abilities.
The document is 22 pages long ( 11 if double sided ) and includes space for students to write, where relevant. The resource is best used as cover work.
Answers are provided on a separate document.
Topics in detail:
countries
means of transport
accommodation
free time activities in the present tense
free time activities in the past tense
free time activities in the future tense.
Attached are both documents as PDF and also as a Word file, so that you can pick and mix the activities you want students to do. This is in case you want them just to do certain activities without following the order on the document.
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French Holidays Past Tense - Mes dernières vacances
Two standalone worksheets to support pupils to talk about holidays in the past tense.
Resource 1: Introduces key past tense verbs and recycles key language with a sentence builder, gap fill reading and translation practice. There is also a summary of how to form past tense verbs with avoir and a grammar gap fill task.
Resource 2: Review of key past tense verbs with a GCSE reading comprehension task (a note taking question with a vocabulary search).
Format: Word document and PDF with answers.
Bumper French Holidays Wordsearch
Bumper French holidays-themed wordsearch containing 30 words. Then find the hidden message using the remaining letters. Perfect as a starter to revise key vocabulary or for the end of term!
Quick ViewFrench GCSE Sentence Builder: Holidays in 4 tenses (les vacances)
French GCSE Sentence Builder - Holidays in 4 Tenses (Présent, Passé, Futur, Conditionnel) Perfect for speaking, writing, and revision activities
Looking for an all-in-one tool to help your students master GCSE French tenses while talking about holidays? This Sentence Builder has been specifically designed for KS4 learners preparing for their GCSE French exams. It covers the topic of “Les Vacances” across four major tenses – present, past, future, and conditional - with scaffolded vocabulary and structures that support both higher and foundation tier students.
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What’s Included:
Structured sentence starters and high-frequency phrases for each tense
Key verbs and vocabulary grouped by topic (transport, accommodation, activities, opinions)
English translations to support independent learning
Perfect for speaking, writing tasks, and exam preparation
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Ideal for:
GCSE French revision (AQA, Edexcel, and OCR)
Speaking and writing assessments
Homework and independent study
Building confidence in using complex structures and tenses
Quick ViewPlanning A Holiday
A PSE style lesson for pupils to budget a family holiday. Preferably completed in a computer room but is transferable to classroom based.
Types of Holidays
Powerpoint Presentation about types of holidays such as city breaks, caravan trip, skiing, camping or safari etc.
Ideal for EYFS and KS1 topic or geography
Complaint letter for a holiday - WAGOLL
A WAGOLL for a complaint letter for year 5/6 writing. It contains examples from the KS2 framework.
Viva 2 Holidays - Mis vacaciones (8 Worksheets) Spanish KS3
Eight standalone resources on the topic of past holidays. These resources will support pupils to talk about where they went on their holiday, who they went with, how they got their, simple activities and opinions.
Resource 1: Worksheet to introduce ‘fui’ with countries, people and transport and fue with opinion adjectives.
Resource 2: This worksheet reviews the language in worksheet 1 and introduces holiday activities.
Resource 3: A translation recall game reviewing all the language above.
Resource 4: A worksheet to learn and practise the -AR verb endings in the preterite tense.
Resource 5: A worksheet to introduce -IR verbs in the past: vi, conocí, salí, comí, bebí etc.
Resource 6: A scaffolded writing task with model answers, based on resources 1-5
Resource 7: ¿Cómo te fue? Ir and Ser in the past tense and opinions.
Resource 8: A reading comprehension with questions in English on a text which recycles all the language in the previous resources.
Format: Word document and PDF with answers.
Quick ViewHolidays - Transports
LO: learn means of transportation for holidays + be able to say how you travel with justified opinion
Starter (recap on tenses) + new vocab, make sentences with opinions, 3 way translation for plenary (differentiation)
Spanish Past Tense - Holidays
A 3-page worksheet on past tense holidays recapping locations, transport, holiday activities, weather and opinions in the past tense. The exercises review key vocabulary and will support pupils to talk and write about where they went on holiday last year. The exercises include vocabulary review, translation and reading activities.
Format: Word Document & PDF with answers.
Quick ViewPlanning a holiday lesson 3
Planning a holiday on a budget
Engaging lesson where children have to pick excursions for their chosen destination
Teaching slides
3 worksheets with added challenges including:
Calculating VAT
Spanish Holidays - Las vacaciones
Worksheet to revise Unit 4 in Listos 2. Activities about last year's Holidays, using the Past Tense.
Spanish Holidays & PreteriteTense
This Spanish Powerpoint introduces holiday type activities in the preterite tense to enable students to talk about what they DID on holiday. It also includes giving opinions - lo pase fatal etc.
Spanish holidays / las vacaciones activities & opinions
A double-sided standalone worksheet which introduces key holiday activities and opinion phrases to help pupils to say what they like/ do not doing during the holiday. It includes vocabulary match up, translation exercises, gap fill and reading comprehension tasks and a sentence builder.
Format: Word and PDF with answers.
Vacaciones Holidays Revision
Long revision sheet on holidays with match ups, tense recognition word, long guided gap fill and comprehension and sentence builder.
Excellent for cover work (what I made it for), summary sheet before giving controlled conditions question, revision before GCSE exam etc.
Hope it is useful.
Quick ViewSpanish Holidays Reading Tasks
This is a reading comprehension text on Holidays with tasks based on the text. It includes 5 activities and an answer key at the end. For the writing task I have provided a model answer as the task is subjective to the student.
This is aimed at KS3 but could easily be used for lower sets at GCSE and as a revision task for those on the Foundation tier. I had a lot of fun creating these actvities and am curious of how people have found it. Please let me know!
For any queries please email me at: spanish_learning@yahoo.com