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Africa L'Afrique A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the 3 main vegetation types of Africa (desert, savannah and jungle) and some of the animals which can be found in there. It includes a jeu de l'oie game, a song and art and craft activities, as well as a geography activity on the African pays francophones.

Le Roi Lion A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the main characters from the lion King story. It includes a French version of 2 songs: Hakuna Matata and the Circle of Life and various activities.

Children's Rights Les droits de l’enfant A PowerPoint with illustrations and sound files, with a simple presentation of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. It includes 10 main rights, 2 songs, a word sleuth and ideas for activities across the school.

Christmas Le calendrier de l'Avent A link to an interactive French Advent calendar.

Chansons de Noël A PowerPoint, with lyrics, sound files, translation, and illustrations for the songs, Papa Noël, Papa Noël, to the tune of: Frère Jacques and Père Noël, Père Noël, to the tune of: Jingle Bells. It includes flashcards and teacher’s notes, with suggested activities.

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Douce nuit A PowerPoint presenting the traditional Christmas song: "douce nuit" (French version of: Silent night). It includes lyrics, with sound files, flashcards, suggestions for games and a link to a video of the song, with lyrics.

L'histoire de Noël - texte et audio A PowerPoint, with a simple presentation of the story of Christmas (Nativity) , with sound files. It includes an English translation and flashcards.

Le père Noël - mini-flashcardsA PowerPoint containing mini-flashcards to go with the Père Noël Christmas story (refer to Le père Noël – texte et audio.ppt), to help with sentence building, sequencing and storytelling

Le père Noël – texte et audio A PowerPoint with a simple story of Christmas with Père Noël and Rodolphe the deer. It includes sound files, flashcards and mini cards for sequencing.

Père Noël frappe à la porteA PowerPoint presenting a non traditional Christmas song: "Père Noël frappe à la porte" (Father Christmas is knocking on the door). It includes lyrics, with sound files, flashcards, suggestions for games and a link to a video of the song, with lyrics.

Vive le ventA PowerPoint presenting the traditional Christmas song: "vive le vent" (French version of: Jingle Bells). It includes lyrics, with sound files, flashcards, suggestions for games and a link to a video of the song, with lyrics.

Classroom vocabulary Extra classroom vocabularyPowerPoint with sound files attached, containing extra useful commands for the classroom.

L'assemblée vocabulaire utileConducting an assembly in French: useful expressions and commands, with sound files.

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Les cartes routines – Changez-vous/Mettez vos affaires de sport/Remettez votre uniforme

Flashcards with sound files covering the vocabulary for the following commands: Get changed / Put your PE clothes on / Put your uniform back on.

Les cartes routines – Écoutez/Regardez/Répétez

Flashcards with sound files covering the vocabulary for the following commands: Listen / Look /Repeat.

Les cartes routines – Je peux… ?Flashcards with sound files covering phrases for asking the following questions: Can I ask a question? / Can I go to the toilets? / Can I have (object)? / Can I help you?

Les cartes routines – Levez-vous/Asseyez-vous

Les cartes routines – Levez-vous/Asseyez-vous.

Les cartes routines – Levez/Baissez la main/le pouce

Flashcards with sound files covering the vocabulary for the following commands: Put your hand up/down / Put your thumb up/down.

Les cartes routines – Mettez vos chaussures/vos manteaux ; Enlevez vos chaussures/vos manteaux

Flashcards with sound files covering the vocabulary for the following commands: Put your shoes/coat on / Take your shoes/coat off.

Les cartes routines – Flashcards with sound files covering the vocabulary for the following commands: Speak / Write / Read

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Les cartes routines – Parlez/En silence

Flashcards with sound files covering the vocabulary for the following commands: Speak/Quietly.

Les cartes routines – Rangez les chaises/les tables/les cahiers/vos affaires

Flashcards with sound files covering the vocabulary for the following commands: Push your chairs Tidy your tables / Put your jotters away / Pack your bags.

Les cartes routines – Rangez-vous/Entrez/Sortez

Flashcards with sound files covering the vocabulary for the following commands: Line up in the corridor / Line up at the door / Come in / Go out.

Les cartes routines – ResponsablesFlashcards with sound files covering jobs given to pupils in the class.

Les cartes routines – Travaillez en silence/en groupe/2 par 2

Flashcards with sound files covering the vocabulary for the following commands: Work in silence/ Work in groups/Work in pairs.

Les cartes routines- déjeunersFlashcards with sound files covering the vocabulary for lunch options.

Les félicitationsUseful words and expressions of praise, with sound files.

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Timetable_Subjects_Emploi du temps_Les matières

A PowerPoint with sound files for all the school subjects presented on the word document.

Timetable_Subjects_Labels_Les matières_étiquettes

A series of labels for school subjects, which can be used to make a timetable.

Cooking Je fais la cuisineA PowerPoint, with useful vocabulary, illustrations, sound files, with basic kitchen rules and instructions to create recipes in French. It includes simple recipes for a chocolate cake, crêpes and a galette des rois. with English translations.

Les recettesA PowerPoint, with useful vocabulary, illustrations, sound files to create recipes in French. It includes simple recipes for a chocolate cake and crêpes, with English translations

Easter Le petit lapin de Pâquessimple story, with flashcards and sound files, about an Easter bunny and his chocolate eggs hidden in the garden!

Pâques A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, about Easter traditions in France. It includes a song and a poem.

Epiphany L'EpiphanieA PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the galette des rois, the special cake eaten during the Epiphany period. It includes a song: j'aime la galette and a simple recipe, with instructions.

Expressing Feelings and Emotions

Les émotions A PowerPoint containing illustrations, text and sound files to express feelings and emotions, in response to the question: how are you feeling today?

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France La construction de la Tour Eiffel_à découper

A Word document with an enlarged Tour Eiffel model, to be cut-out.

La Tour Eiffel A PowerPoint, with illustrations and audio files, presenting some interesting facts about the Eiffel Tower and Gustave Eiffel. It contains a quiz and various creative activities, including building an Eiffel Tower out of cardboard* or straws or making a "calligramme". Please refer to slide 2 for full details. Note: a larger model for this activity appears on the accompanying Word document within the dossier " La construction de la Tour Eiffel_à découper".

French café Le café français - Etiquettes A set of labels to be displayed in a “French café” setting (from micro-wave to chopping-board…).

Le café français - Vocabulaire All the sound files for the Key Language used in the menu and on the labels, plus key phrases for your café role-plays.

Le café français - Menu A sample menu for use in a “French café” role play (with prices in Euros which can be amended if required).

Halloween Halloween A PowerPoint, with a simple presentation of Halloween, illustrations and sound files. It includes flashcards which can be used for sequencing and various games, some listening and speaking activities and a song: vieille sorcière

Health Week L'activité physiqueThis PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presents different forms of exercise and encourages pupils to refelct on what exercise they do and how often. It contains 3 physical activities, with instructions. Please refer to slide 3 for full

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Le corps humainThis PowerPoint presents parts of the body, main organs and bones, with illustrations and sound files. It includes reading/listening activities and games. Please refer to slide 2 for full details.

Les familles d'alimentsThis PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, gives a simple presentation of the 5 food groups, with an activity associated to each group, as well as a recap quiz. Please refer to slide 3 for full details.

Les recettes de smoothiesThis PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presents ingredients, material and instructions needed to make a healthy smoothie. Pupils are provided with a template so they can create their own recipe. It also includes basic kitchen rules. Please refer to slide 2 for full details.

Une alimentation équilibréeThis PowerPoint focuses on balanced meals and refers to the 5 food groups, linking to the Les familles d'aliments PowerPoint. It gives examples of balanced meals and encourages pupils to use the eat well plate. A number of activities, including a survey, are included, as well as a set of mini cards. Please refer to slide 3 for full details.

L'hygiène A Powerpoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the importance of hygiene in simple terms as well as 5 main hygiene rules. It includes a matching activity. Please refer to slide 3 for full details.

Literacy Workshop Mes premières phrases - cartesA PowerPoint containing mini-flashcards to go with the Père Noël Christmas story (refer to Le père Noël – texte et audio.ppt), to help with sentence building, sequencing and storytelling.

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NUMBERS Nombres de 0 à 100 A Powerpoint with sound files attached, to help with pronunciation and spelling of numbers from 0 to 100.

Numeracy Workshop Le juste poids A game where pupils have to guess the weight of several items. You can add your own items to the list!

Les ingénieurs - Matching gameA word document for learners to match the text to the picture.

Les ingénieurs - Présentation 1 A Tellagami animation in which the first engineer introduces himself. Pupils listen to the presentation and guess which engineer it is (Gustave Eiffel).

Les ingénieurs - Présentation 2 A Tellagami animation in which the second engineer introduces himself. Pupils listen to the presentation and guess which engineer it is (David Climie).

Les ingénieurs - Présentation 3 A Tellagami animation in which the third engineer introduces himself. Pupils listen to the presentation and guess which engineer it is (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio).

Les ingénieurs - Présentation 4 A Tellagami animation in which the fourth engineer introduces himself. Pupils listen to the presentation and guess which engineer it is (Thomas Telford).

Les ponts - les records ! A powerpoint presentation of a few record-breaking bridges around the world. Use this for skim-reading then ask pupils to take the quiz Qui veut gagner des millions de points ?

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Qui veut gagner des millions de

points ?

A fun, interactive quiz to be used in connection with the Les ponts - les records ! document.

Peppa Pig This PowerPoint focuses on the episode entitled "les étoiles" - the stars. It includes a link to the French video, illustrations, sound files as well as simple questions and answers around the video. Please refer to slide 2 for full details.

Robert Burns Robert Burns A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting Robert Burns and his family, as well as Burns supper. It includes a French version of some of his poems as well as video links, some recipes, a quiz and various activities.

Rules for Classroom Games

A Word document covering some of the games suggested in the planners.

Sports and Leisure La pétanque A PowerPoint with illustrations and sound files, presenting the game of pétanque, including its origins, rules and equipment as well as links to videos.

Les sports et les loisirs A PowerPoint, with flashcards and sound files, presenting 14 common sports as well as some popular leisure activities. It includes model questions and answers, as well a class survey activity.

le football - vocabulaire A PowerPoint, with sound files, containing vocabulary around the topic of football and instructions to be used on the field.

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School signage Dual Language School SignsA set of colourful French/English signs to be used around your school.

Dual School SignageA PowerPoint with vocabulary and sound files for all the school signs.

Valentine's Day La Saint Valentin

J'aime papa, j'aime maman ...

A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, with a very simple presentation of Valentine's day, giving examples of what can be done or given as a present on that day and to whom. It contains flashcards covering all vocabulary and instructions to make a card. Please refer to slide 2 for full details.

A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, with a video link to a catchy song, lyrics, sound files and flashcards. Please refer to slide 2 for full details.

Vocabulaire pour les parents et leurs enfants

The attached vocabulary will be useful for parents who wish to practise their French and use some phrases with their children at home. It also includes some phrases that children can use at home.

Responsive resources – Age: 3 +

Farm Animals Les animaux de la ferme A PowerPoint, with a presentation of 9 farm animals and their respective calls, with illustrations and sound files. It includes a Kim’s game and a listening activity.

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Brown Bear Ours brun_ours brun_story A simplified version of Eric Carle's story: Brown Bear, Brown Bear ...., with

illustrations and sound files

Ours brun_ours brun_colours A PowerPoint presenting the colours used in the Ours brun story, with sound files.

Ours brun_ours brun_flashcards A set of flashcards to accompany the Ours brun story.

Ours brun_ours brun_happy families

Play a game of "le jeu des 9 familles" using 9 animals and 9 colours used in the Ours brun story.

Under the Sea L’escargot et la baleineA PowerPoint telling the simplified story of The snail and the whale, with sound files.

L’escargot et la baleine - activitésA word document with some ready to use activities and ideas for extra activities around the story of The snail and the whale.

L’escargot et la baleine – flashcards

A PowerPoint with the flashcards for The snail and the whale story.

L’escargot et la baleine – listening activities

A PowerPoint with listening activities on The snail and the whale story.

C'est la baleine_ activities.docA word document containing activities to use with C’est la baleine song.

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C'est la baleine - lyrics.pptA PowerPoint with lyrics of the song, with sound files attached.

C’est la baleineA video of the song.

Responsive resources – Age: 4 +

Dinosaurs Les dinosaures - chantez et

dessinez

(sing and draw). A PowerPoint with illustrations, sound files and link to videos with songs, drawing and colouring activities on the theme of dinosaurs.

Goldilocks and the 3 bears

Boucle d’Or et les trois oursA PowerPoint, with sound files, containing a simplified version of Goldilocks and the 3 bears.

Boucle d’Or et les trois ours,

illustrations and sound

A PowerPoint with the illustrations from the Goldilocks story, which can be used with or without sound files.

Gruffalo Le Gruffalo A simplified version of the Gruffalo story, with sound files.

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Le Gruffalo - bande annonce A video of the official trailer of Le Gruffalo, animated film.

Jack and the beanstalk Jack et le haricot magique A PowerPoint, with flashcards, sound files and labels, covering the main vocabulary for Jack and the beanstalk.

Numbers

1, 2, 3, nous irons au bois ... lyricsIllustrated lyrics of the song followed by illustrated vocabulary

1, 2, 3, nous irons au bois ... video A video recording of the song, to practise numbers from 1 to 12.

Ma petite vache - vidéoA video of the Ma petite vache song, to practise numbers from 1 to 9.

Ma petite vache - 1 to 9 The French lyrics, with an English translation, to accompany the video of the Ma petite vache song.

Les nombres de 1 à 20 A video of a song to practise numbers from 1 to 20.

Nombres de 0 à 100 A Powerpoint with sound files attached, to help with pronunciation and spelling of numbers from 0 to 100.

Parts of the Body Tête, épaules et genoux, pieds A French version of the song: "head, shoulders, knees and toes", with lyrics, vocabulary, sound files and a link to a video.

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PE Games 1 2 3 soleil A traditional French game, which can be played indoors or outdoors. It covers Key Language on topics such as verbs of movement and general classroom instructions.

Jacques a dit A traditional French PE/playground game which also covers Key Language on topics such as parts of the body, verbs of movement, numbers and general classroom instructions.

Le facteur - vidéoA video of children playing “Le facteur n’est pas passé” .

Le facteur n’est pas passéA traditional French PE/playground game which also covers Key Language on topics such as days of the week or months of the year, and general classroom instructions.

le jeu des groupes A PowerPoint, with instructions, vocabulary and sound files, to play a "group" game. It integrates maths activities to PE.

Le jeu du béret A traditional French PE/playground game which also covers Key Language on topics such as numbers (or any other vocabulary you wish to practise) and general classroom instructions.

Moutons, Marchez !A traditional French PE/playground game which also covers Key Language on topics such as numbers from 1 to 10 and general classroom instructions.

Passez pompons A traditional French PE/playground game which also covers Key Language on topics such as colours (or any other vocabulary you wish to practise) and general

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classroom instructions.

Passez pompons - vidéoA video of children playing “Passez pompons”.

Poissons, pêcheurs A very popular French PE/playground game which also covers Key Language on topics such as numbers, days of the week, months of the year and general classroom instructions. Can also be played to practice any song that your pupils know.

Un éléphant A traditional French PE/playground song which also covers Key Language on topics such as animals, verbs of movement and general classroom instructions.

Un éléphant - audioAn audio recording of the “Un éléphant” song being sung by children.

People Who Look After Me

Les personnes qui s'occupent de moi

C'est qui ? - who is it? A presentation of some of the people who look after children at school, at home and in the community, with illustrations and audio files. It includes a Kim's game.

Pirates Les pirates A PowerPoint, with flashcards, sound files and vocabulary, on the theme of Pirates. It includes a song, a boardgame and various activities.

Songs and Rhymes 1. Chansons de printempsA PowerPoint, with audio files, lyrics, translations and video links, containing 3 songs on a spring theme.

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1. Chansons de printemps: Savez-vous planter les choux ?

A video of the cabbage planting song, which also includes parts of the body. Please refer to the ppt for lyrics, translation and activities.

1. Chansons de printemps: Vole vole vole papillon ...

A video of the butterfly song. Please refer to the ppt for lyrics, translation and activities, using other flying animals

2. Chansons de PâquesA PowerPoint, with audio files, lyrics and translations for a simple Easter song and a poem/story.

3. Chansons d'étéA PowerPoint containing 4 songs with links to videos, lyrics and translations, as well as suggestions for activities, on a summer theme.

3. Chansons d'été : Bateau sur l'eau

A video of the song. Please refer to the PowerPoint for lyrics and translation.

3. Chansons d'été : C'est l'étéA video of the song. Please refer to the PowerPoint for lyrics and translation.

3. Chansons d'été : J'ai des carottes dans mon panier

A video of the song. Please refer to the PowerPoint for lyrics, translation and activities.

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3. Chansons d'été : Mon petit lapin

A video of the song. Please refer to the PowerPoint for lyrics, translation and activities.

4. Chanson d'automneA PowerPoint with 2 simple autumn/harvest themed songs: En automne, il y a … to the tune of Elle descend de la montagne (she'll be coming down the mountain) and J’aime les pommes … to the tune of "Alouette" . It includes lyrics, sound files and a translation.

5. Chansons de NoëlA PowerPoint, with lyrics, sound files, translation, and illustrations for the songs, Papa Noël, Papa Noël, to the tune of: Frère Jacques and Père Noël, Père Noël, to the tune of: Jingle Bells. It includes flashcards and teacher’s notes, with suggested activities.

Am stram gramA PowerPoint with the words and sound files, for am stram gram (the French equivalent to: eeny, meeny, miny, moe)

Tête, épaules et genoux, piedsA French version of the song: "head, shoulders, knees and toes", with lyrics, vocabulary, sound files and a link to a video.

The 3 Little Pigs Les trois petits cochonsA PowerPoint with a simplified version of the 3 little pigs story, with illustrations and sound files.

Tiddler Timioche A PowerPoint with illustrations and sound files, presenting a simplified version of the Tiddler story.

Trains Voyages en train - chantez et A PowerPoint with vocabulary, instructions and audio files containing various art

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dessinez and craft activities around "Romain le train", as well as songs.

Responsive resources – Age: 5 +

Art la peinture - vocabulaire A PowerPoint presentation, with sound files attached, containing some useful vocabulary and instructions for drawing/painting lessons.

Australia 10 animaux d'Australie A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, to introduce 10 Australian animals. It includes a Kim’s game and mini cards for games suggested in the teacher’s notes.

Castles Les châteaux(colouring and song) A PowerPoint, with illustrations, vocabulary and sound files, covering the presentation of the main parts of a medieval castle. It includes a colour by number activity, a “rename the parts” exercise and a song Ah mon beau château. It is followed by a presentation of the château de Chambord, with suggested activities.

Ah mon beau château - vidéo A video recording of the song.

Circus Tito le clownA simplified version of Guido Van Genechten's story, with illustrations and sound files. Please refer to slide 2 for full details.

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Commonwealth Games Les Jeux du Commonwealth - activités

Les Jeux du Commonwealth - Drag&Drop 1

Les Jeux du Commonwealth - Drag&Drop 2

Some ideas of activities, tasks and games from P1 to P7, around the theme of the Glasgow Commonwealth games 2014.

Les Jeux du Commonwealth - présentation des athlètes

Powerpoint presentation of Usain Bolt.

France Les Alpes A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting information about the French Alps (location, features, food, sports, animals ...). It includes a Kim's game and various other activities. Please refer to slide 2 for full details.

Guess how much I love you

Devine combien je t'aime A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files presenting "Guess how much I love you". It includes video links to the story read in French as well as a video trailer, flashcards and various art and craft activities.

Houses and Homes Les habitations A PowerPoint with illustrations and sound files, presenting the main types of housing, including some traditional houses around the world. It includes listening and colouring activities, as well as a traditional song.

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Italy L'Italie PowerPoint, with a simple presentation of Italy, with illustrations and sound files. It includes a Kim’s game and various activities.

Mini Beasts

Adèle la coccinelle - audio An audio recording of the story of "Adèle the ladybird".

Adèle la coccinelle - histoire

animée

This version of "Adèle the ladybird" story has text and pictures to work on the re-telling.

Adèle la coccinelle - texte de

l'histoire

Script of the story about Adèle the ladybird.

Pets Le poussin Piou A PowerPoint with a video link to a fun song: Le Poussin Piou, the singing chick. It contains various animal noises and onomatopoeia, with audio files and flashcards.

Les animaux domestiques A Powerpoint with illustrations and sound files, compiling Year 2 Block 1 resources on pets. It includes flashcards and ideas for games.

Rainbow Fish Arc-en-ciel, le plus beau poisson

des océans

A simplified version of The Rainbow Fish, with illustrations and sound files.It includes flashcards and an activity on superlatives.

Les petits poissons dans l'eauA video link to a song with lyrics, sound files and an English translation

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Towns and Shops Les magasins A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, covering 10 shops and products which can be purchased from these shops. It includes a model conversation to order in shops, listening activities, a simple role play and a set of flashcards.

Toys Les jouets A PowerPoint, with audio files, containing a little rhyming poem around toys and French names and a suggestion of activity to go further with pupils.

Les jouets - flashcards A set of flashcards, which can be used with sound files, to practise all the toys presented in the main PowerPoint.

Les prénoms français A PowerPoint, with sound files, presenting some of the most popular names for French boys and girls, which can be used for the rhyming activity with toys names.

Weather La météo - teacher's notesTeacher's notes with ideas for games and activities around the météo resources.

La météoA PowerPoint, with illustrations, sound files, a set of flashcards and a listening activity, to practise the the weather expressions.

La météo - activitéA map of France with major French cities, to practise writing weather expressions.

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Responsive resources – Age: 6 +

American Indians Les Amérindiens A PowerPoint with illustrations and sound files, presenting American Indians, with information on tribes, totems, animals, customs .... It includes a short story with a video link, a song with YouTube links and a set of activities.

Antarctica L’Antarctique A PowerPoint, with sound files, presenting animals and general vocabulary around the world of Antarctica. It includes a Kim’s game as well as listening, reading and writing activities.

Birds Les oiseaux A PowerPoint, with flashcards and sound files, presenting some common birds. It also contains a KIM's and various speaking, listening, reading and writing activities, as well as grammar references and activities around adjectives and definite/indefinite articles.

Day and Night Animals Les animaux diurnes et les

animaux nocturnes

A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting some diurnal and nocturnal animals, as well as their characteristics. It includes a game and research activity.

In the Classroom Les objets de la classe A PowerPoint, with illustration and audio files, presenting some common objects found in the classroom. It includes a "guessing" game.

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Japan Le Japon A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting Japan. It contains some simple colour-in or origami activities for younger learners.

Mini Beasts Les petites bêtes A PowerPoint, with flashcards, vocabulary and sound files, presenting some "mini beasts" as well as the butterfly and frog life cycles. It contains various listening, speaking, reading and writing activities, as well as songs.

La fourmi m'a piqué la main ... A video of the ant and other flying creatures song. Please refer to the ppt for the lyrics and translation.

L'araignée Gipsy A video of the spider song. Please refer to the ppt for the lyrics and translation.

Coccinelle, demoiselle ...A video of the ladybird song. Please refer to the ppt for the lyrics and translation.

Music and Dance

Chansons et danses A PowerPoint containing 3 songs: Soleil soleil, by Lara Fabian, La jument de Michao, by Nolwenn Leroy and Moi j'aime skier (to the tune of YMCA), sung by Pigloo, with lyrics, sound files and an English translation. A list of useful instructions, with sound files, are also given to create a simple choreography for each song.

La boue - extrait vidéo de Être et Avoir

A video clip from the film "Être et Avoir", by Nicolas Philibert (2002), with poem "La Boue" (the mud) and others being recited by French children.

La boue - poème du film Être et Illustrated text and sound files for "La Boue" (the mud), a poem from the film "Être

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Avoiret Avoir", by Nicolas Philibert (2002).

The owl who was afraid of the dark

La chouette qui avait peur du noir A simplified version of the Jill Tomlinson story, divided into 9 parts, each with illustrations, sound files and an English translation.

La chouette qui avait peur du noir: flashcards

A set of flashcards to revise and/or sequence the story.

La chouette qui avait peur du noir_part 1_ La présentation

La chouette qui avait peur du noir_part 2_ le petit garçon

La chouette qui avait peur du noir_part 3_ La vieille dame

La chouette qui avait peur du noir_part 4_Le scout

La chouette qui avait peur du noir_part 5_ La petite fille

9 animated PowerPoints, with sound files, covering the main characters of the story.

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La chouette qui avait peur du noir_part 6_ La jeune femme

La chouette qui avait peur du noir_part 7_ L'homme au télescope

La chouette qui avait peur du noir_part 8_ Le chat

La chouette qui avait peur du noir_part 9_ L'épilogue

La chouette: Teacher's notes - activities

A word document with useful teacher's notes and vocabulary activities.

Les animaux diurnes et les animaux nocturnes

A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting some diurnal and nocturnal animals, as well as their characteristics. It includes a game and research activity.

Transport Les moyens de transport A PowerPoint, with flashcards, vocabulary and sound files, covering the main means of transport. It includes a Kim's game, listening and reading activities, a song, to the tune of Frère Jacques, to distinguish environmentally friendly means of transport and a poem, to practise saying where one goes and how.

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Under the Sea Sous la mer il y aA PowerPoint presentation, with sound files attached, with vocabulary around Under the sea topic.

Sous la mer il y a activities.ppt Activities, with sound files attached, to accompany the Sous la mer il y a … presentations.

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Brazil Le Brésil A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting of Brazil, its flag, currency, language, flora, fauna... as well as Rio de Janeiro. It includes a quiz and a maths activity.

Circus Le cirqueA PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting some circus animals, artists, acts and accessories. It includes colouring-in activities. Please refer to slide 2 for full details.

Chinese New Year Le Nouvel An chinois A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the Chinese New year, with the 12 zodiac animals and their characteristics and traditions such as the use of lanterns, firecrackers and red envelopes. It includes instructions to make a lucky envelope as well as an activity around the zodiac animals.

L'enveloppe rouge A Word document with an enlarged model of the envelope, to be cut-out (see instructions in the PowerPoint).

Greyfriars Bobby Greyfriars Bobby A PowerPoint, with a simple presentation of Greyfriars Bobby and his story, with illustrations and sound files. It includes listening, reading, speaking and writing activities.

Inventors Louis Braille A PowerPoint, with a simple presentation of Louis Braille and the Braille alphabet,

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with sound files. It includes some word “coding” and “decoding” activities.

L'alphabet Audio recording of each letter of the alphabet.

L'alphabet (video) A video presenting the letters of the alphabet and their pronunciation, organised into 4 easy categories

Mayas Les Mayas A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the Maya civilisation. It includes information about their way of life, sites, beliefs, number system, calendar and writing system, as well as a number of activities, including arts and crafts.

Olympic Games Les Jeux Olympiques A PowerPoint, with illustrations and audio files, presenting a brief history of the Olympic games as well as the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games. It includes a list of all the official sports and various activities.

Le Brésil A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting of Brazil, its flag, currency, language, flora, fauna... as well as Rio de Janeiro. It includes a quiz and a maths activity.

School Outdoor Environment

Dans la cour de l'école A PowerPoint, with illustrations, vocabulary and sound files, presenting some of the school outdoor vocabulary. It includes a Jeu de l'oie boardgame..

Zarafa Zarafa A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the main characters of

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the "Zafara" animated film, as well as animals and Maki's journey. It includes a link to the the official French trailer video and various activities.

Responsive resources – Age: 8 +

Alphabet L’alphabet Audio recording of each letter of the alphabet, in groups (consonants, vowels, common sound) and from A to Z.

Ancient Greece La Grèce antiqueA PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting Ancient Greece, with a focus on children, clothing, games and leisure, food and religion. It contains quiz questions.

Additional resources, including games, can be found within the Greek Mythology dossier.

Art Peintres français A simple presentation of 7 French painters (Auguste Renoir, Annette Messager,

Berthe Morisot, Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Hervé di Rosa, Pierre Soulages), with illustrations and sound files and suggested activities to present other artists.

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Castles Les châteaux (medieval castle) A PowerPoint, with illustrations, vocabulary and sound files, covering the presentation of the main parts of a medieval castle. It includes a colour by number activity, a “rename the parts” exercise and a song Ah mon beau château. It is followed by a presentation of the château de Chambord, with suggested activities.

Chocolate Le chocolat A PowerPoint, with illustrations, sound files and an English translation, presenting the cacao tree and the different steps of chocolate making. It includes a short history of chocolate, a poem and a recipe, as well as a link to a French video.

Cultural Resources Infos culturelles sur la France et

quiz

A PowerPoint with 25 facts about France, covering some cultural, history, geography, sport …… elements, with sound files, followed by a quiz and teacher’s notes.

Dinosaurs Les dinosaures - présentation A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting dinosaurs and their characteristics. It includes speaking, reading, listening and writing activities and links to videos.

Earth La Terre A PowerPoint, with sound files, presenting the planet Earth. It includes a quiz, with sound files, to test your pupils' knowledge and comprehension on the topic.

Famous French People Les Français célèbres A PowerPoint presentation of various contemporary French celebrities.

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Food La nourriture - devinette (1 of 3)

La nourriture - devinette (2 of 3)

La nourriture - devinette (3 of 3)

Three PowerPoint documents to be used as examples for creating simple riddles about food items.

La nourriture - VIDEO devinette (1 of 3)

La nourriture - VIDEO devinette (2 of 3)

La nourriture - VIDEO devinette (3 of 3)

Three videos to be used in conjunction with the riddles about food items.

France La géographie de la France A PowerPoint with maps, illustrations and sound files, presenting France's main geographical features (cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, seas ...). It includes a series of listening, reading, writing and speaking activities, to practise the new vocabulary and test your pupils' knowledge.

La Marseillaise A PowerPoint presenting La Marseillaise, the French national anthem. It includes lyrics with sound files, an English translation and YouTube links. It gives some simple information about the anthem and includes reading activities.

Highland Clearances Les expulsions des Highlands A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the main events relating to the Highland Clearances, with a focus on the emigration to Nova Scotia. It includes various activities and a quiz.

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Jules Verne Jules Verne A PowerPoint, presenting Jules Verne and his family, using the “je” form. It includes activities around his novels, travels and inventions, as well as a song.

Natural Disasters Les catastrophes naturellesA PowerPoint, with illustrations and audio files, presenting some natural disaster phenomena, with simple descriptions. It includes listening, speaking, reading and writing activities.

Owls La chouette et le hibou A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, containing a simple presentation of the common owls, their life and eating habits. It includes a song, a Kim's game and various listening, reading and writing activities.

Paris Paris A PowerPoint presenting Paris, some of the main sites and their description. It includes illustrations and sound files, some listening and reading activities and suggestions for further activities.

Parts of the Body Le corps humainA PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the vocabulary for parts of the body, organs and bones. It includes various speaking, reading and writing activities and games. Please refer to slide 2 for full details.

Plants and trees Les plantes A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting trees and flowers. It includes research activities as well as art and craft and PE activities.

Roald Dahl Roald Dahl - Biographie A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting a simple biography of Roald Dahl. It includes a quiz and a book titles matching activity.

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Dahl

A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting simple activities on Le BGG (The BFG) and Sacrées Sorcières (the Witches).

Rocks and Fossils Les roches et les fossiles en Ecosse A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting simple facts about Scotland's geology, the 3 main types of rocks and their characteristics as well as fossils. It includes a quiz and research activities.

Romans Les Romains A PowerPoint on Romans, covering information about location, clothing, food and drinks, soldiers' uniform and some Roman inventions. It includes sound files and various listening, speaking, reading and writing activities.

Science Les sciences

Le sonA PowerPoint with illustrations, instructions and sound files, presenting 2 simple "sound" experiments, using cooking string and a fork, as well as suggestions for further experiments.

Les aimants et la force magnétique A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the topic of magnet and magnetic force. It includes instructions to conduct a "fishing" experiment with various objects, with steps going from predictions, observation and on to explanations, as well as a listening activity and video links.

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La lumière et les ombres Age: 8+. A PowerPoint with illustrations, instructions and sound files, to create "hand shadow" animals. It includes various activities, as well as the lyrics for the song: Le vieux Jeannot a une ferme.

Scotland-France Scotland France -vocabulaireA short PowerPoint activity, matching some Scottish words to their French origins.

Senses Les 5 sens A Powerpoint, with sound files, presenting the 5 senses. It includes listening, speaking, reading and writing activities on all senses as well as a comptine and songs.

Comptine pour enfants "5 sens" A video recording of song on the 5 senses. Please see slide 40 on the PowerPoint for lyrics and sound files.

La comptine des 5 sens A video recording of a song on the 5 senses recorded by young French Canadian school children.

Songs and Rhymes Chansons et dansesLa comptine des mois A PowerPoint, with sound files, providing an adapted French translation of the

traditional English rhyme, to remember the number of days in each month. It includes a recap of the 12 months, in French, with sound files.

Time L’heure A PowerPoint presenting the time in French, using the 12 hour clock. It includes questions and answers for: what time is it? as well as: at what time?, with illustrations, sound files and various activities, including a quiz. It allows a revision

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of numbers, days of the week and school subjects.

Towns and Shops La ville A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the city of Cannes, with the main types of shops and facilities. It includes a song and various activities.

Trains Les trains A PowerPoint presenting trains with a bit of history, different trains and vocabulary around trains, tracks, stations ... with illustrations and sound files. It contains a listening activity as well as a "buying a ticket" dialogue and some maths problems.

Victorian era

Faire le tour du monde en 80 jours - video

A video of French primary school children performing a song about places seen in Jules Verne's books.

Faire le tour du monde en 80 jours – chansons

A document with words for the song, an English translation and ideas for various activities.

Jules Verne – présentation – jeA PowerPoint with photos, illustrations and sound files, with information about Jules Verne, his family, his work main heroes and interests, using the je form.

Jules Verne – titres de romanA PowerPoint with titles, book covers and sound files for 9 novels by Jules Verne, with an activity to match the French titles with their English equivalent.

Jules Vernes - Teachers' Notes

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La famille de la reine Victoria – complétez les phrases – Poster

A poster with photos of Queen Victoria's family, to practise reading and writing skills.

La famille de la reine Victoria – il, elle

A presentation of Queen Victoria's family, with photos and sound, to help practising the il and elle forms.

La famille de la reine Victoria – jeA presentation of Queen Victoria's family, with photos and sound files, using the je form.

La petite Dorrit - les vêtementsA PowerPoint, with sound files, covering clothing items.

La petite Dorrit - les vêtements (poster)

A poster with vocabulary for clothing items.

La petite Dorrit - les vêtements - activity

A poster to practise writing words for various clothing items

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La reine Victoria - Teacher's notes and activities

Teacher's notes for all the resources on Queen Victoria

La reine Victoria – jeA presentation of Queen Victoria, with photos and sound files, using the je form.

La reine Victoria – jeu de KIMA KIM's game, which can be used with sound files, to practise listening, speaking, reading and writing, using the je form.

Les enfants de la reine Victoria – answers – recherchez – Poster

Answers to the corresponding poster

Les enfants de la reine Victoria – answers – un peu de maths

Answers to the corresponding poster.

Les enfants de la reine Victoria – recherchez - Poster

A poster, with photos of Queen Victoria's children, to research dates of birth

Les enfants de la reine Victoria – un peu de maths – Poster

A poster, with photos of Queen Victoria's children, to do some maths around dates of birth.

Les jeuxA PowerPoint and sound files, illustrating 2 popular games from the Victorian era, with ideas for activities.

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Oliver Twist - jeu de KIMA KIM's game to practise vocabulary on the topic of Oliver Twist. It can be used for reading and or listening speaking and writing.

Oliver Twist - les vêtementsA poster with different items of clothing.

Oliver Twist - les vêtements - activity

A writing activity to practise using words for various clothing items.

Oliver Twist - présentation - je A PowerPoint, with sound files, presenting Oliver Twist. It includes physical description and clothing.

Responsive resources – Age: 9 +

Bridges Les ponts A PowerPoint with illustrations and sound files, presenting several types of bridges, their building materials and construction methods, as well as famous bridges around the world. It includes a song: "sur le pont d'Avignon", with a video link, as well as a manual art activity and competition.

Celts Les Celtes A PowerPoint, with illustrations, maps and sound files, giving a simple presentation of the Celtic civilisation. It includes some history and geography and a focus on life,

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war, art, religion, symbols and festivals, with a number of research projects and a link to Astérix.

Coastline Le littoralA simple presentation of the coastline in France and in the UK, with the main types of coastlines and beaches. It includes the main dangers coastlines are facing today, as well as some solutions to protect them.

This dossier can be used as an add-on to the John Muir resource.

Continents & Oceans Les continents et les océans A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the oceans and continents. It includes a selection of activities. Please refer to slide 2 for full details.

Discrimination La discrimination

Mahatma GandhiA PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting Mahatma Gandhi.

Martin Luther King A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting Martin Luther King.

Nelson Mandela A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting Nelson Mandela.

European Union Countries

Les pays de l'Union Européenne A PowerPoint with maps and audio files, showing the 28 countries currently part of the European Union. It includes activities on capital cities and flags.

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John Muir John Muir A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting John Muir, his family, background, interests and influence on conservation issues. It includes various "John Muir" places in Scotland and covers some fauna and flora from the "John Muir Park", near Dunbar, followed by a True or False activity.

Le littoralA simple presentation of the coastline in France and in the UK, with the main types of coastlines and beaches. It includes the main dangers coastlines are facing today, as well as some solutions to protect them.

This dossier can be used as an add-on to the John Muir resource.

Maths Calcul mental A PowerPoint with vocabulary, instructions and sound files, to complete mental maths activities

Recycling Le recyclage A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the main recyclable items and materials. It contains listening, reading and writing activities

Science

Les sciences

L'électricité statiqueA PowerPoint, with sound files, presenting a number of static electricity simple experiments. It contains a video link, with a transcript and a translation.

Les matières solubles_Les

matières insolubles

A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting simple observations, discussions and experiments around soluble matters (salt and sugar) and insoluble matters (ground coffee and rice).

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quels fruits flottent ? quels fruits

coulent ?

A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting fruit first and then predictions and experiments activities to determine whether they float or sink and why.

Scottish Myths and Legends

Les légendes et les mythes

écossais

A simple presentation of 3 of the most famous Scottish myths and legends: the Loch Ness monster, Selkies and Kelpies, with illustrations and sound files. It includes a quiz and a number of activities.

Sixties Les années soixante A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting some prominent aspects of the 60s such as the moon landing, a few inventions and toys and famous French actors and singers. It includes video links to songs and various research activities.

South America L'Amérique du Sud A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the South American countries, with their capital cities and flags. It contains various activities.

Space L'espace et le système solaire A PowerPoint with illustrations, vocabulary and sound files, presenting "space" and the planets within the solar system. It includes a listening activity to practise placing the planets correctly in the solar system and a mnemonic activity to memorise the order of the planets in French as well as a word sleuth.

Les jours de la semaine – activité 1

Les jours de la semaine – activité 2A drag & drop activities on the etymology of the days of the week in French.

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A drag & drop activities on the etymology of the days of the week in English.

Super Heroes Astérix A PowerPoint, with illustration and sound files, presenting Astérix as well as his best friends and enemies. It can be used as a model to research and present other super-heroes.

Harry Potter A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting Harry Potter, his best friends, his worse enemies, his pet, his school ... It includes a quiz and a "now your turn" activity.

Harry Potter_Kim's game_flashcards Flashcards and a Kim's game, covering some items from Harry Potter wizardry

world, with sound files. Please refer to slide 2 for full details.

Theatre Le théâtre – vocabulaire A PowerPoint presentation, with sound files attached, containing some useful vocabulary and instructions for theatre lessons.

Tourism Le tourisme A PowerPoint, with sound files, presenting some of the most visited countries in the world. It includes listening, speaking, reading and writing activities as well as language tips.

Vikings Les Vikings A PowerPoint, with sound files, presenting the Vikings, their origin, some of their clothing, jewellery....It includes speaking, reading, listening and writing activities, as well as instructions on how to build a cardboard drakkar.

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Wallace and Bruce Wallace et Bruce A PowerPoint, with sound files, presenting William Wallace and Robert the Bruce and their coats of arms. It includes related speaking, listening, reading and writing activities.

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Responsive resources – Age: 10 +

Ancient Egypt

L'Egypte ancienne PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the main elements of ancient Egypt. It also contains a KIM's game, a video and instructions to build a paper pyramid as well as speaking, listening, reading and writing activities.

Construisez une pyramide en

papier…

A video showing how to make a paper pyramid. Please see slide 34 on the PowerPoint for simple instructions and sound files.

Animal Classifications La classification des animaux A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting various animal classifications (vertebrates, invertebrates, according to locomotion modes, reproduction modes and eating habits). It includes listening, speaking, reading and writing activities.

Australia L’Australie A PowerPoint with illustrations and sound files, presenting Australia, its flag, the various States and Territories as well as major cities and landmarks. It includes various speaking, listening, reading and writing activities.

Le monde aborigène - le secret des

signes

A PowerPoint with illustrations and sound files, presenting some of the Aboriginal symbols. It includes mini cards which can be used for for Pictionary and other games and activities, presented in the teacher's notes.

Castles Les châteaux (Chambord) A PowerPoint, with illustrations, vocabulary and sound files, covering

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the presentation of the main parts of a medieval castle. It includes a colour by number activity, a “rename the parts” exercise and a song Ah mon beau château. It is followed by a presentation of the château de Chambord, with suggested activities.

Cinema Le cinéma A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the "ancestors" to modern cameras and their inventors, as well as the first film makers. It includes links to video clips, short dialogues, flashcards and arts and crafts activities.

Climate Zones in the World

Les zones climatiques dans le

monde

A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, with a simple presentation of the 3 main climate zones and the main sub-categories. It includes a number of activities related to the presentation. Please refer to slide 2 for full details.

Clothes Les vêtements : l’origine des mots A PowerPoint, presenting the etymology (French origin) of some English words in the field of clothing, followed by activities.

La mode en France - Chanel A PowerPoint presenting the Maison Chanel, its founder, Coco Chanel, some of her most famous creations and current Chanel accessories, with audio files. It includes presentations of past and present Chanel “ambassadors” and various ideas for speaking, listening, reading and writing activities.

Famous French People L’interview des célébrités

An "interview" of 2 famous French actors, Jean Dujardin and Marion Cotillard, with sound files, followed by activities designed to practise questions and answers, both orally and in writing.

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France La France A simple presentation of the primary school system in France, with school subjects, a timetable, after school activities ... as well as some specific French celebrations, meals and dishes.

Greek Mythology La mythologie grecque A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the main Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus, in Greek mythology, with their domains, attributes and associated animals.

It includes a quiz as well as various activities and suggestions for further research in French (family members ...).

Le jeu des familles de l'Olympe _

instructions

A PowerPoint, with sound files, with instructions for the "le jeu des familles de l'Olympe" card game.

Le jeu des familles de l'Olympe _

cartes

A set of cards to play a game of "Mount Olympus families". It covers the 14 gods and goddesses presented in the main PowerPoint. Please refer to the accompanying instructions PowerPoint for rules.

Jacobites Les Jacobites A PowerPoint, with vocabulary and sound files, presenting some elements of the Jacobite era, with a focus on Bonnie Prince Charlie and Flora MacDonald. It includes some speaking, reading, listening and writing activities.

Mary Queen of Scots Marie Stuart et sa famille A PowerPoint, with illustrations and audio files, presenting Mary Queen of Scots and her family. It allows pupils to practise the "je", "il" and "elle" forms, with

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Plants and Trees -Les arbres en Écosse_L'automne A PowerPoint with illustrations, sound files and flashcards, presenting simple facts about seasons as well as deciduous and coniferous trees in Scotland. It includes research and arts and crafts activities with an autumn theme.

Rainforest La forêt tropicale humide A PowerPoint, with sound files, vocabulary and flashcards, presenting the rainforest and some of its animals. It includes a KIM's game and listening, speaking, reading and writing activities.

Scottish Parliament L’Écosse et le Parlement écossais A PowerPoint, with sound files, containing information about Scotland, the Scottish Parliament (building and Government), the French Parliament and various associated activities, including a quiz.

Super Heroes J K Rowling Some simple facts about J.K.Rowling, her life, family and books, followed by a true or false activity, with sound files. Please refer to slide 2 for full details.

Titanic Le Titanic A PowerPoint with illustrations and sound files, presenting the Titanic and its fateful voyage. It includes a quiz and various maths and research activities.

World of Work Le monde du travail A PowerPoint, with illustrations and audio files, presenting 6 professions. It includes reading, writing, listening and speaking activities.

World War I La première guerre mondiale

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Description des uniformes

A PowerPoint presentation, with audio files, describing the uniforms of a WW1 French soldier and Scottish soldier. This can be used with the Deux soldats poster.

Deux soldats - posterA colourful document presenting a Scottish soldier and a French soldier in 1914, which can be used to describe their uniforms in conjunction with the associated PowerPoint document.

La carte de l’Europe en 1914A word document presenting a map of Europe in 1914, which can be used to identify and colour in countries which were France’s allies and Germanic Empire’s allies in 1914. It also contains a writing activity based on recognising names of countries in French.

La famille du soldat Paul – posterA colourful illustrated document presenting the various members of Paul, the French WW1 soldier, which can be used for display and as a READING exercise. The postcards presented are authentic documents from the WW1 period.

La famille du soldat Paul – poster (writing activity)

The same Poster with words missing, which can be used as a WRITING exercise.

World War II La deuxième guerre mondiale

Carrie's warA PowerPoint presenting Nina Bawden and the main characters from Carrie's war. It includes a set of activities with a revision of family members descriptions, a "match

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Responsive resources – Age: 11 +

Fairtrade Le commerce équitable A PowerPoint, with sound files, presenting fairtrade in simple terms. It includes a list of main fairtrade products and producing countries and presents some French speaking countries, with different speaking, listening, reading and writing activities.

World War II La deuxième guerre mondiale A PowerPoint, with illustrations and sound files, presenting the main countries involved in WWII and their leaders at the time. It includes some listening, speaking, reading and writing activities.

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