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1 All about me 2 Songs and games 3 Celebrations 4 Portraits 5 The four friends 6 Growing things 7 All aboard 8 Pocket money 9 Tell me a story
10 Our sporting lives 11 Carnival of the animals 12 What's the weather like? 13 Healthy eating 14 I am the music man 15 On the way to school 16 Beach scene 17 The Return of Spring 18 The Planets
19 Our school 20 The world about us 21 Then and now 22 Out and about 23 A visit to a café 24 What's in the news Interactive Whiteboard Activities Powerpoint Presentations Useful Links

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 IMPORTANT: Schools need a site licence for Task Magic to play games marked with a smiley face. Pupils can play these games at home if they install the 'Home use only version'. Click on this smiley face to find out more.
   
  Years 3-4
 

Unit 1: Moi (All about me)
1 Quia Practise the numbers 1-10.
2 Chanson Link to Mama Lisa's World for a song about the numbers 1-10.
3 Quia Play battleships to practise words for greetings and introductions.
4 Link Sing a song to practise greetings. Aaron Prevots, Southwestern University - Georgetown, Texas, USA.
5 Quia Matching game on ages.
 

Unit 2: Jeux et chansons (Games and songs)
1 Quia Games to practise numbers 1-21.
2 Bananas Find the pairs - words from 'Le fermier dans son pré'.
3 Noughts Play noughts and crosses - 'Le fermier dans son pré'.
4 Hangman Hangman games for 'Le fermier dans son pré'.
5 Wdsearch Find the words from the song.
6 Match Match up lines in the song - who takes who/what?
7 Wksht Gapfill worksheet for the song 'Le fermier dans son pré'.
8 Quia Quiz on translating his/her into French. What is your score?
9 Song

Click on the play button to hear the song 'Le fermier dans son pré'. The cat sings most of the song, the dog adds the last two verses. Click each one to make them sing in the round! Recording made by Mrs Robinson, a native speaker of French.  
10 Match How to play conkers.
11 Quia What do you need to do to play conkers?
  (See also other resources for Le fermier dans son pré.)
   
 
 

 Unit 3: On fait la fête (Celebrations)
1 Jigword Drag and drop game on the months of the year.
2 Matchwd Find the hidden pairs (months).
3 Speedwd How fast can you type the months in French?
4 Snakes Snakes and ladders game: When is your birthday?
5 Quiz Win bananas for this birthday quiz.
6 Wordle Party invitation. Can you find two sentences hidden in this word cloud? Use each word once only and remember to add punctuation.
7 Penalty Play this penalty shoot-out game - how well can you do these activities?
 

Unit 4: Portraits (Portraits)
1 BBC Game and activity for practising colours and the numbers 1-5, provided by the BBC.
2 Bananas Find the hidden colours.
3 Noughts Play noughts and crosses with colours.
4 Drop Use the magnet to grab the right letters to spell the colours.
5 Chanson Link to Mama Lisa's World for a song about the colours of Autumn.
6 Bananas Find the pairs to practise the parts of the body in the song sung by the gingerbread man.
7 Noughts Play noughts and crosses to learn the parts of the body.
8 Hangman Hangman games - which part of the body is it?
9 Wdsearch Find the parts of the body!
10 Cloze Listen to the gingerbread man sing the song 'Têtes, épaules, genoux et pieds' and put the song words back in the right order. The English words to this song are a bit different, but I have opted for a word for word translation in this activity. Can you spot the differences?
11 Gapfill Print or copy out this gapfill worksheet, listen to the song and fill in the missing words.
12 Jigword Match up the French and English parts of the body.
13 Speedwd How fast can you spell the parts of the body in French? You must type the word for 'the' as well!
14 Chanson Click on this link to 'Mama Lisa's World' for another French children's song to practise the parts of the body. It's called 'Do you know how to plant cabbages?' - Lyrics and music file included.
15 Chanson This link to the same website is for 'Jean Petit qui danse' - another song to practise parts of the body.
16 YouTube Watch this video for 'Jean Petit qui danse'.
   
 
 

Unit 5: Les quatre amis (The four friends)
1 Quia Match pictures with these things mentioned in the story 'les quatre amis'.
2 Bananas Match the French verbs from the story with the English.
3 Wdsearch Find the French verbs from the story in this wordsearch.
4 Tiletap Spell out verbs from the story by tapping the correct letters before the clock runs out. Watch out for word-quakes!
5 Cloze Can you put these sentences from the story in to the right order?
6 Quia Read the story, then match up the correct sentence halves.
7 Snakes Play snakes and ladders - questions are about the story 'les quatre amis'.
8 Quiz Win bananas by answering these quiz questions about the story.
  (See also link to PPT version of story and example lesson plans.)
   
 
 

Unit 6: Ça pousse! (Growing things)
1 Quia Match pictures of vegetables with the correct French.
2 Quia Matching games for key vocabulary to talk about vegetables.
3 Jigword Try this drag and drop matching task to talk about vegetables.
4 Wdsearch Find the words and sentences about vegetables.
5 Wordweb Spell out French words and sentences about vegetables.
6 Speedword Beat the clock! How fast can you spell these words and sentences about vegetables.
7 Click on the play button to find out what out what Janne says about vegetables. Make a list of the vegetables she likes and the ones she doesn't like.
8 Bananas Find the hidden pairs to practise words for the life-cycle of a plant.
9 Gapfill Copy out or print this worksheet and fill in the gaps (life-cycle of a plant).
10 Cloze Put these sentences about the life-cycle of a plant back in the right order.
11 Quia Matching games to help pupils understand the story 'Jack and the Beanstalk' in French - this is included in full at the end of unit 6 of the QCA scheme of work for KS2.
12 Listen to 'Jack and the Beanstalk' in French. You will need QuickTime to open this file.
  (See also the PowerPoint presentation listed below)
   
 
 

Unit 7: On y va (All aboard!)
1 Quia Can you match the pictures to the weather sentences?
2 Quia Put the sentences about the weather in the right order to reveal the hidden picture.
3 Task Magic games on the weather.
4 Bananas Find the hidden pairs to practise weather vocabulary.
5 Noughts Play noughts and crosses on weather vocabulary (one or two player game).
6 Rhubarb Spell out weather sentences, but watch out for quakes!
7 Link Drag and drop listening and reading activity on weather sentences and how people feel. Activity from Languages Online.
8 Listening Answer the phone, listen to the weather and type in the missing words. Activity from Languages Online.
9 Quia Can you win a million euros? You will need to know the weather words and to collect a weather map from your teacher to play this game. (Weather map is included in SmartBoard activity - see below).
10 Quia Can you put the days of the week in the correct order?
11 Wdsearch Find the days of the week in this wordsearch.
12 Letterdrop Spell out the days of the week by grabbing the right letters with the magnets.
13 Tetris Tetris game on the days of the week. Don't let the words stack up to the top of the pile!
14 Chanson Link to Mama Lisa's World for a French children's song about the days of the week 'Bonjour, Madame Lundi!'
15 Quia Visit this website to find out how each day of the week got its name and to compare the days of the week in different languages.
16 Jeu Fantastic memory game on transport. Languages Online, Australia.
17 Bananas Find the hidden pairs to practise where you live (compass points and countries).
18 Letterdrop Spell out compass points and countries using magnets to grab the right letters.
19 Rhubarb Find the hidden compass points and countries, but watch out for quakes!
20 Hangman Hangman games on ways to travel.
21 Bananas Find the hidden pairs to practise ways of travelling.
22 Noughts Noughts and crosses games for one or two players on travelling.
23 Tiletap Tap the correct tiles to spell out travel phrases.
24 Cloze Drag and drop activity to build sentences about travelling to school.
25 Quiz Win bananas by answering these quiz questions on travel.
26 Snakes Snakes and ladders game on travel for one or two players.
   
 
 

Unit 8: L'argent de poche (Pocket money)
1 Noughts Noughts and crosses games on the numbers 21-30.
2 Bananas Find the hidden pairs of numbers 21-30.
3 Flashcards Practise the numbers 30-39.
4 Tiletap Tap out the numbers 30-39 and make the tiles drop down.
5 Letterdrop Use magnets to grab the right letters to spell the numbers 30-39.
6 Noughts Play noughts and crosses games on toys.
7 Rhubarb Try to spell out the French words for toys before the letters move!
8 Hangman Hangman games on toys.
9 Bananas Find the hidden pairs of toys.
10 Letterdrp Grab letters with magnets to spell out words for toys.
11 Quia Which toys would you want for your birthday? Can you learn all 20 toys? Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais pour ton anniversaire? Qui voudrait ...?
12 Quia You can win a million euros if you know all 20 words for toys!
13 Website Visit this French website on toys. How do the French prices compare with prices in England?
   
 
 

Unit 9: Raconte-moi une histoire (Tell me a story)
1 Quia Match numbers in multiples of 10 (10-100).
2 Quia Matching activity to practise key vocabulary from Sleeping Beauty song/story.
3 Quia Can you put the Sleeping Beauty song in the right order?
 

Unit 10: Vive le sport (Our sporting lives)
1 Quia Can you match the 8 sporting activities to the correct pictures?
2 Quia How well do you remember the days of the week? Put these activities into the right sequence beginning with Monday and ending with Sunday.
3 Bananas Turn over the cards to find matching sentences.
4 Drop Use the magnet to select the right letters to spell sporting activities.
5 Quia What should you do to stay healthy?
6 Quia Play battleships (healthy lifestyle questionnaire).
  (See also the healthy eating work included below.)
   
 
 

Unit 11: Le carnaval des animaux (The carnival of the animals) - see also three links in the list at the bottom of the page.
1 Quia Match the pictures of the animals which appear in this musical composition with the correct French words.
2 Noughts Play noughts and crosses with the animal words.
3 Wdsearch Find the animals in this wordsearch.
4 Tiletap Tap on the right tiles to spell animal words.
2 YouTube Le carnaval des animaux - l'éléphant.
3 YouTube Karneval der Tiere - le cygne.
4 YouTube Karneval der Tiere - l'aquarium.
5 Quia Win a million euros if you can match the animals to the right habitats and descriptions.
   
 
 

Unit 12: Quel temps fait-il?
  Begin by revising weather vocabulary, see unit 7 above and the interactive whiteboard activity below.
1 Quia Qu'est-ce qu'il te faut, quand il pleut? What do you need for different types of weather? Match the pictures.
2 Quia Quiz to revise the numbers 1-40. You can get up to 30 points. Who can get the highest score?
3 Quia Try this quiz on temperatures. The highest possible score you can get is 15.
   

Years 5-6
 

Unit 14: Je suis le musicien
1 Quia Practise key vocabulary about music and musical instruments.
2 Match-up Which instrument do you play? Match the French and the English. Activity written by Ashley and Nicola (Y11 pupils) during Enterprise week November 2008.
3 Quiz Multiple choice quiz on music and opinions.
   
 
 

Unit 16: Scène de Plage
1 Quia Match pictures and key words for topic.
2 Noughts Play noughts and crosses on key words for topic.
3 Bananas Match the words hidden behind the bananas.
4 Wdsearch Find the key words in the wordsearch.
5 Match-up Beat the clock to complete these sentences describing a beach scene.
6 Quiz Timed multiple choice quiz about the Beach Scene painting by Degas.
 

Unit 18: Les planètes
1 Quia Picture matching games.
2 Bananas Win bananas by answering these questions about the planets.
3 Snakes Play this snakes and ladders game to see how much you know about the planets. Activity based on questions written by Hannah and Tasha (Y11 pupils) during Enterprise Week November 2008.
   
 
 

Unit 19: Notre école (Our school)
1 Task Magic games to practise classroom instructions.
2 Quia You can win a million euros if you know the French for items in the classroom.
 

Unit 20: Notre monde (The world about us)
1 Quia Columns game on nationalities.
   
 

Unit 21: Le passé et le présent (Then and now)
3 Quia Where do you live?
   
 

Activities for a Smart Board Interactive Whiteboard

Download software to view 'Notebook' activities for a Smart Board.

Year 3 Science: Magnetism. Framework objectives: O3.2, O3.3, O3.4, L3.1, L3.3. Select the French parts and delete the German.

Year 3 Healthy eating and teeth. Fits QCA scheme of work units 10 and 13. Framework objectives : O3.2, O3.3, O3.4, L3.1, L3.3, L4.4, O5.2.
Year 3 PowerPoint file for unit 6 of the QCA scheme of work 'Ça pousse' (Jack and the Beanstalk). This link takes you to one of my resources on the TRE.
Years 3-4 Weather. Fits QCA scheme of work units 7 and 12. Includes a game to win a million euros! Framework objectives: O3.2, O3.3, O3.4, O4.1, O6.2, L3.1, L4.1, L4.3.

PowerPoint Presentations for Teachers

BECTA

 Visit this website to download a lesson plan and PowerPoint for names of buildings (Geography/ICT/MFL). Scroll down to lesson 3. Note error spelling the verb 'to practise' on slide 2 of presentation. You will need to enter the French words for the places, the PPT currently has the English. This fits unit 2 of the QCA scheme of work.


Links for Primary Teachers

DfES KS2 Languages Framework. Download the full framework. Very useful overview of the learning objectives for Years 3-6.
QCA Download a scheme of work for French (non statutory). Choose from drop-down list. The 2000 Scheme of Work has been re-written and extended. Units 1-12 are for Years 3-4, units 13-24 for Years 5-6.
ZUT Zut Junior - really excellent and extensive collection of resources and activities for primary French. I strongly recommend this site. This is free!
Staffs Lesson plans and resources produced by Staffordshire Learning Net to link to the QCA scheme of work.
Primary NEW LINK! Primary resources, ideas and tips.
Nacell website: national advisory centre on early language learning (includes some free French materials).
The Teacher Resource Exchange (TRE) is a moderated database of resources and activities created by teachers. Resources are free to use and you can also add your own resources to share with other teachers. Resources by Wendy Adeniji are particularly good, as an example, look at her resource entitled 'French songs for primary children'.
Chansons Collection of really good French songs to use in the classroom.
ICT ideas Excellent ideas for using websites to promote language learning. Click on 'Useful ICT ideas, effective language lessons'.
For example, how to revise colours, gender, clothes, French sounds through the use of song, see review of Belette website.
The song 'Dans sa maison, un grand cerf' could be used to introduce pets, it would be quite easy to sing additional verses where other animals arrive to hide from the hunter. It also shows pupils how to do actions to accompany the song and would be easy to learn.
Chez Mimi Computer games, teachers' notes, vocabulary from Channel 4 and NGfL Scotland.
WGFL Warrington Grid for Learning - Free primary resources including a free French and German course by Janet Lloyd (AST) with PowerPoint presentations, support with new KS2 framework, further links and ideas.

Lots of exercises written to be used with TaskMagic, you will need to buy a site license to use this at school, pupils can download and use this software at home as well. These exercises are for use with units 1-11 of the KS2 scheme of work.
SMART Free e-learning resources.
Primary French website from the BBC (includes songs, games and dialogues).
Free primary resources from Merryman.
Free teaching materials. Bleu! Blanc! Rouge!

Pupils make their own language puzzles on-line.
Link Free downloadable templates to make your own interactive tasks e.g. Tetris and Memory Game Maker. Also includes some ready-made activities and songs. Languages Online, Australia.
Carnaval Information about 'Le carnaval des animaux' by Camille Saint-Saёns.
Link Automatic translation into English of the above page.
NME Free download and video of parts of 'Le carnaval des animaux'.
Resources Additional resources and ideas for exploiting 'Le carnaval des animaux'.
Four friends Wendy Adeniji's PowerPoint presentation, suggested activities and flashcards to help teach 'The Four Friends' project (TRE Resource).
Four friends Example lesson plans written by Emmanuelle Carme.
Animals Le fermier dans son pré. Resources and song created by Rebecca Cole. Links to unit 2 of the QCA scheme of work.
RM Free resources hosted by RM. Worksheets, ideas and tips.
Wkshts Enchanted learning – labelling worksheets for many different topics e.g. days of the week, clothes, body parts, furniture in the different rooms, time, compass points, dairy foods, fruit, members of the family, parts of the tooth, the house etc. Answers are provided.
Songs Songs for teaching French.

© R. Lloyd 2004-9
The IWB activities and pupil games on this page have been written by R. Lloyd (Head of MFL at Sutton High Sports College) for primary school teachers and pupils. They are intended for normal classroom use and are not to be used for commercial purposes.