Key Stage 3 – National Curriculum

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Physical Spanish Phonics has been published

You have been asking for a Spanish version of our popular Physical French Phonics for ages and we have been working tirelessly on it for you. Well, the good news is it has now arrived! Physical Spanish Phonics is a multisensory approach to teaching Spanish phonics. Interactive video and audio Read more…

By Richard, 3 weeks ago

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The December Benefit for Secondary Teachers

There is one spectacular benefit in ordering books before Christmas. A discount of 20% on each book ordered before Christmas is not very enticing if the publisher of the books doesn’t have a big range of titles on offer. But when the publisher offers everything from Radicalisation and Terrorism to Read more…

By Richard, 4 months ago

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Multi-Sensory English Literature

What is the most effective way of helping reluctant readers to study a set text? Over the past 100 years the multi-sensory learning approach pioneered by Maria Montessori has been shown to be a highly effective way of teaching – especially for students who do not respond strongly to single-sense Read more…

By Richard, 5 months ago

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The habit of memory

What is the most effective way of helping children learn to use French phrases and grammar without thinking? Although it may not seem always to be so, most humans forget very little. In other words we don’t lose memories; we lose the habit of recalling that memory. Fortunately this can Read more…

By Richard, 6 months ago

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The story’s the thing

What is the simplest way of getting students who are disinclined to read a book, to read the book? For some students the chance to get involved with a classic such as Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Jekyll and Hyde, etc, is very welcome. These are the students who have Read more…

By Richard, 6 months ago

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FREE Les problèmes logiques et latéraux for developing French reading & interpreting skills at KS3 and KS4

This is just one of the activities in the FREE worksheet series from the popular resource, Les problèmes logiques et latéraux. To request your copy of the FREE worksheet series, simply visit www.brilliantpublications.co.uk/pages/render_page/115. The puzzles in this book are a fun, challenging and engaging way to practise reading French, designed Read more…

By Richard, 9 months ago

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Not when, but how.

A resource showing pupils HOW to use French Language whilst helping to deliver the KS2 Programmes of Study The older pupils get, it appears there is a shift from wondering HOW they will use the knowledge that they have learned to wondering WHEN they will use the knowledge that they have learned. Read more…

By Richard, 9 months ago

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Do you find logic puzzles fun?

Many children and adults are fascinated by the challenge of trying to understand the puzzle writer’s thinking and solving the puzzle in as quick a time as possible. Debbie Leadbetter has taken this one step further and has written a collection of puzzles in French as a fun and engaging Read more…

By Richard, 11 months ago

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FREE worksheets for teaching values

What Qualities Do You Value? Ask your pupils to suggest qualities they look for in a friend and add them to a list on the board. Then ask them to draw up a values pyramid, putting the qualities that they value most at the top of the pyramid and those Read more…

By Richard, 2 years ago