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I have put up a post to a free site called Jigsawplanet that enables you to create some free puzzles on any image file, bit picture or text, you have. Here are two examples, one of an image, the other of a simple text. You can make the puzzles easier than this. The site allows you to choose the level of difficulty.

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I have put info about some poems I found on the subject of Autumn here.

I have simply put material I found elsewhere onto a Smartboard Notebook file for easier viewing but the site I found them on is referenced and has links to a lot of 'comptines' and poems suitable for KS2.

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Hi everyone.

If you are looking for an idea with some whizz bangs and explosions for Thursday you could try using or adapting materials I have posted at souffler.co.uk

It might look at first sight that the text is too hard for Primary age kids but I think you would be surprised at how much they could understand if you teach them the tools to be a Language detective and 'decode' a text. Plus they get to have a go at a Powerpoint that has l… Continue

Hi one and all. It's been a while since I posted but here is a link to a package of resources I produced exploiting the French version of the song to introduce Noddy (Oui Oui in French). As repeating "oui oui" repe… Continue

I put a post on my blog about creating these. I used them as a team prize when teaching the topic of colours and facial descriptions but you could use them for an Easter Egg race. You can read it at this address: http://souffler.typepad.com/home/2009/03/easter-balloons.html

Joyeuses Pâques!

I came across a great little site called Teacher's Pet that provides you with a program that installs a toolbar into MS Word. This is a text manipulation generator that allows you to create fun language activities at a click of a button.

I have posted an explanation of how it works here, and there are links to the site. It would be useful too in any Primary school for liter… Continue

I have uploaded a few files here. I have been teaching colours and thought these might be of some use to someone.

Mark

I have put a post about this on my blog page, together with a short script I prepared for a yr 7 group but might be suitable for yr 6 too. I am interested in getting any feedback from colleagues about this area as I feel it is really under explored. Does anyone else do this much?

Mark

I've uploaded a powerpoint version of this game here. A cathartic experience for all of your pupils, especially if you are brave enough to subsitute the cartoon teacher with your own photo!

Mark

Just thought I would post this link to a site I stumbled upon today. There is a fantastic load of material here for French and Spanish teachers. It is a Spanish company site and languages represented are all the mainland Spanish ones plus French and English.

http://www.childtopia.com/index.php

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