Rugby World Cup 2015

In my house we are getting very excited because the Rugby World Cup is so close.  We are going to see NZ vs Tonga en famille which means live Haka.  Being in Sunderland, you see, we don't have much to get excited about with football.

Light Bulb Languages has always led the way with football World Cup resources and so I thought it only right that we should have some Rugby World Cup ones as well.

To that end I have just uploaded the first eleven Rugby World Cup resources.  They are available in English, French and Spanish.

More to come!

62 new resources today

I have just uploaded 62 new resources for you:

• More sample dialogues for Primary French and Primary Spanish
• My scheme of work for French, Y2-Y6
• A range of "flicking games".  Sounds a bit violent, but it's hard to know what else to call it!  Here are the instructions, which are also included in each of the resources:
  Students work in pairs.Each pair will need a coin or counter, a whiteboard marker and a laminated copy of this number card.Students take it in turns to put their coin or counter on the black circle and push or flick it onto one of the number squares.  If they can say the correct word for that square, they can write their initial on the square with the marker.If they land on the spider, they have to erase their initials on one of the squares they have gained.If they land on the star, they get another turn.The winner is the first student to mark his initial on all the squares.
• A range of "pointing" activities:Students can work individually or in pairs.They have in front of them a copy of  the sheet.The teacher has a copy on the IWB (see accompanying PowerPoint).As the teacher says each word, the students touch the correct part of the sheet.  First of all the teacher says  the words in order, then randomly.Finally, the teacher points to the words without speaking and the students say the words
  Both the flicking and the pointing activities are not language specific.

A tip for finding out which are the new resources on a page: If you are on a computer/laptop, press Ctrl+F to bring up a Find box. Then type in the date shown on the blogpost, such as today's 01.09.15. You'll then see how many resources were added on that day and can scroll through them.

30 new resources today

I have just uploaded 25 new Spanish resources, mainly for Key Stage 2.  Remember that everything that says "added 23.8.15" is new today.  I have also added some new interactive games for French.

29 new French and Spanish resources today

Another 29 new resources for you today.

For Spanish:

• KS3 reading activities
• KS4 reading activities (under 'miscellaneous')

For French:

• KS3 reading activities
• KS3 grammar activities, which will also be useful for KS2 verb work
• KS4 grammar
• KS2 resources including family, food, greetings, jobs, miscellaneous, dates, numbers and verbs.

More to come, mainly Spanish.

19 new resources today

Regular readers of this blog will remember last year's 70 Day Challenge.  On June 23rd I set myself a new 70 Day Challenge - to make 70 new resources for the website in the 70 days before 31st August, which is the last day of my holiday.  Yes, I return to school - teaching - on 1st September.

Today is 12th August and I have already made 79 new resources, and here are the first 19:

14.8.15  Sorry - due to copyright restrictions I have had to delete these resources

• Recordings of French story books for KS2
• Recordings of Spanish story books for KS2

Secondary teachers: Have a listen to them - this is the sort of language that KS2 children listen to and read

Primary teachers: if there are any other books that you would like recording, I will happily do it as long as you can provide the text.

More to come.

29 new resources today

This afternoon I have been kept inside by the rain and so have uploaded 29 new resources.

• KS2 French animals resources, to reinforce gender, introduce adjectival agreement and work on longer texts
• A story for KS1/2 Spanish, an adaptation of Jill Murphy's Peace at Last.  Thanks so much to Iazskun for providing the translation of the story.
• KS3 Spanish Weather resources - thanks Marie!
• Some French and Spanish certificates

More Primary Spanish word mats

I have just uploaded the remaining 10 word mats for Primary Spanish.  They are intended to complement the units of the Light Bulb Languages scheme of work for KS2 Spanish.  If there is a word mat that you would like on a different topic, please get in touch.

18 new resources

I have posted 18 new resources today, most of them for Primary French.  They include the first Primary French word mats.  There are also some for Primary Spanish.  Remember that resources added today will have "added 18.05.15" with them.

Primary word mats

Following a discussion on the Languages in Primary Schools group on Facebook last week, I have started to make word mats to accompany our primary schemes of work.  I have completed the first 10 for Spanish, which you will now find here.  More Spanish and all the French to come.

52 new resources today

This morning I have uploaded 52 new resources, including:

• Spanish Tarsias (thanks Marie!)
• Primary Spanish (thanks Simon!)
• Primary French
• KS3 French Grammar
• Display borders and months posters for French and Spanish
• Groovy bookmarks to colour in for French, Spanish, Italian and German