Children work together to produce an alphabet of common nouns and proper nouns. As well as helping them learn the difference between different types of nouns it helps them choose appropriate vocabulary and to think about alliteration too.

Simple battleships game to help pupils practise Ich trage, er/sie traegt + accusative forms (einen, eine, ein)

Reading and adding up activity. Children need to read names of snacks and add up the prices. They can read out their answers in German and write price tags beside each item pictured at the bottom of the sheet. Snickers/Apfelsaft/Jogurt/Erdbeereis/Pizza/Apfelsine/Gummibaers/Cola/Fanta/Birne/Schokoladeneis/

Information about SW region of France. Pictures and words in simple French to help show some of the highlights of the Midi-Pyrenees.

PowerPoint introducing names of 11 European countries in German. Fun and engaging visuals (football fans with face paints in their national colours). Can print off slides and use as flash cards and play a range of games to practise new vocabulary .

Powerpoint introducing ten colours in German. Also includes 2 or 3 nouns per colour so pupils can make sentences with the colours, eg. die Tomate ist rot. Final slide has all ten colours written on it.

Children often struggle to identify verbs in sentences especially when the verb consists of more than one word. This powerpoint looks at: verbs in their simplest forms - eg. I have a brother verbs that might not really look like verbs because they do not seem very active - eg. he is in the bathroom verbs that are made up of more than one word and an explanation of the terms** auxiliary verb** and** main verb** It is interactive and you can ask the children to answer questions individually or to work in pairs on longer more creative activities.

Powerpoint photos of groups of animals. List of different collective nouns which match the photos. List of animals without the collective nouns included. Can be used in a variety of ways to practise learning the more common collective nouns, eg. a pack of dogs, a pride of lions etc.

Powerpoint : children given a number and the letters needed to spell the German word. Final slides show correct form. Good starter or plenary activity

Song in German about St Nicholas. Can be sung to the tune of O Tannenbaum.

Pair activity. Children have two different texts to read to each other. As they listen, they fill in the words missing in their own version of partner's text. Name, age, family, hobbies, appearance and where they live.

Paired activity. Children work through sums of money and tick the coins/notes needed to make it up. Good for practising counting, reading numbers and looking at Euros. Can be used in conjunction with plastic coins and notes.

Smart board activities to revise gender of different pets and introduce and then practise simple sentences saying Ich habe + pet (singular only).

Presentation to introduce and practice vehicle vocabulary in German. Phrases introduced: ich fahre mit / ich gehe 1. Pictures of vehicles appear with the correct phrase. 2. Two pictures appear and one phrase - pupils choose matching picture (A or B). 3. Pictures appear - click to bring up text. 4. Words appear but are in the wrong order. Click to arrange in correct order.

Powerpoint presentation going over free time activities with verbs in the infinitive. Listening activity (pupils select the correct picture based on what you say to them) followed by speaking (reading phrases aloud) and writing out phrases under correct pictures. Smartboard activity. Drag and drop the French and English infinitives to form pairs. Table with four columns and pupils fill in missing information. Sentences with missing verbs - pupils fill in the je form of the verb.

Powerpoint to practise gender of common French place names, eg gare, parc, plage, McDo etc and then to introduce au and a la with these nouns.

Crossword puzzle for French places in a town

Short power point presentation and script with information about Remembrance, poppies and World War One. It includes some information about remembrance traditions in other countries and also contains a graphic image of disfigured soldiers with facial injuries. The assembly ends with a YouTube recording of The Last Post played by an Australian serviceman and a short prayer.

A simple phone template to allow pupils to write conversations in target language and practise conventions of texting. I have used it for year 5 writing about pets. Allows learners to practise asking and answering questions.