Bonjour! Hola!
Wishing you all a very happy holiday and Easter (¡Feliz Pascua!) (Joyeuses Pâques). Remember there are still spaces left on our free CPD for Wednesday 22nd April 1pm to 4pm at Molescroft. Watch some live teaching in action, hear the latest updates for PMFL and share ideas with colleagues.

As we approach the end of the spring term and look towards the summer term, consider how you take your language learning into the open!

Think about the following practical activities which could be done outside or as part of MFL or PE lessons!

• Counting any repetitive exercises in French or Spanish using numbers 1-20
• Throwing a ball in a circle at random to rehearse new phrases, colours, words or numbers, food phrases! Anything really!
• Sentence race games for rehearsal and mastering or pronunciation – pass the sentence along the line and say it accurately (if a mistake is made it goes back to the first person in the line – which team is the fastest!
• Younger learners in Y3 might appreciate running to the correct colour/Number in French/Spanish.
• Treasure hunt in French or Spanish for older learners with simple clues written in French or Spanish – You could even ask the children to write clues for one another!
• French cafe or Spanish cafe – set up outside, make menus, order food (real or plastic!)
• Adapt the town! Ask children in pairs to create an image on A3 paper of a place in the town. Take the sheets outside, create a mini town on the playground, draw roads with chalk, use the town to navigate and rehearse phrases for ‘left’ ‘right’ and ‘straight ahead’ in French and Spanish.
• Ask the children to invent an outdoor game using known language – what ideas can they come up with! Children are often far more creative and inventive than us!

Bonne chance! plus not forgetting to wish you all – Bonne Vacances!
Happy Easter!

Joyeuses Pâques! ¡Felices Pascuas!

Best wishes

Sam and Kay
Sam Henderson-Tucker
Subject Leader and SLE for Primary Languages
Molescroft Primary School
St Leonard’s Road
Beverley
HU17 7HF
01482 861762

Bonjour! Hola!
Apologies but the Easter link for Spanish has not worked for all. This is slightly different and will hopefully work:
https://www.euroclub-schools.org/easter-in-spain

Here is a new link for French also https://www.euroclub-schools.org/easter-in-france

This week, why not remember to involve parents in the ‘Love for languages!’ Why not send out a short narrative as part of your newsletter or post something on your website to involve parents.
Make suggestions for developing a love for languages at home from suggesting phrases daily at dinner for example: ‘Bon appétit!’ or send a list of key phrases for holidays in French/Spanish or other languages!

There are also a number of language apps and websites for children to use outside of school:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z39d7ty
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zxsvr82
https://www.duolingo.com for kids for French or Spanish
https://www.mondly.com/blog/spanish-for-kids/
We look forward to hearing from you if you still wish to book onto our next free CPD event which takes place on Wednesday 22nd April 1pm to 4pm at Molescroft, free to attend with a £25 Amazon voucher for attending, to spend on language resources.
Thank you
Best wishes
Sam and kay

Sam Henderson-Tucker
Subject Leader and SLE for Primary Languages
Molescroft Primary School
St Leonard’s Road
Beverley
HU17 7HF
01482 861762

Bonjour! Hola!
This week, a reminder about the Wordwall.net teaching resource. You can sign up for free and create a limited number of your own resources. You can also access other resources that have been created by others. A great creative extra to enhance the other resources you may utilise.
https://wordwall.net/en-gb/community/spanish/wordwall
https://wordwall.net/en-gb/community/french

Our next CPD event is on Wednesday 22nd April and this will take place at Molescroft Primary School in Beverley, 1pm to 4pm. There are still spaces left and this is a free event with a £25 Amazon voucher to spend on MFL resources for attending! Please email if you wish to take up this CPD opportunity!

Best wishes, Gracias, Merci!
Sam and Kay

Sam Henderson-Tucker
Subject Leader and SLE for Primary Languages
Molescroft Primary School
St Leonard’s Road
Beverley
HU17 7HF
01482 861762

Bonjour! Hola!
Thank you to those of you who attended our CPD at Snaith last week. It was lovely to see you all again and a really useful afternoon. Our next CPD event is on Wednesday 22nd April and this will take place at Molescroft Primary School in Beverley, 1pm to 4pm. There are still spaces left and this is a free event with a £25 Amazon voucher to spend on MFL resources for attending! Please email if you wish to take up this CPD opportunity!

This week, we are fast approaching the celebration of Easter. It is always exciting to share the similarities and differences of this time with the children in French or Spanish. Below are some websites and some slides which we have sent you before last year but just in case they are not to hand, here they are again.

Gracias! Merci!
Sam and Kay

A brilliant website for this is:
https://www.euroclub-schools.org/easter-in-france
https://www.euroclub-schools.org/easter-in-spain

Sam Henderson-Tucker
Subject Leader and SLE for Primary Languages
Molescroft Primary School
St Leonard’s Road
Beverley
HU17 7HF
01482 861762

Spanish Easter Week.ppt

Easter in France.pptx

Bonjour! ¡Hola!
We look forward to meeting some of you next week on Wednesday 4th March at Snaith Primary School, 1pm to 4pm.

Our next CPD event is on Wednesday 22nd April and this will take place at Molescroft Primary School in Beverley, 1pm to 4pm. There are still spaces left and this is a free event with a £25 Amazon voucher to spend on MFL resources for attending! Please email if you wish to take up this CPD opportunity!

This week, why not introduce some songs and phrases regularly into weekly assemblies. Simple greetings can be used daily alongside your regular greeting in English. If you use a slide show in your assembly, then you can add the greetings to that and encourage the children to reply using Señor/Señora, Madame/Monsieur/Mademoiselle.

Bonjour tout le monde! – Hello everyone
¡Buenos días a todos! – Good morning everyone
¡Buenas tardes a todos! – Good afternoon everyone

Here are some song links!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4kNeFGBAcw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOj4hEk2CtU

Have a wonderful weekend!
Bonne Weekend!
Sam and Kay

Sam Henderson-Tucker
Subject Leader and SLE for Primary Languages
Molescroft Primary School
St Leonard’s Road
Beverley
HU17 7HF
01482 861762

PMFL CPD 2025 2026.docx

Bonjour! ¡Hola!
This week, why not create a real life Birthday celebration in the target language? Investigate how Birthdays are celebrated in France or Spain. Sing Birthday songs, play a Spanish or French party game. Re-create a piñata or see if a local shop or supermarket might donate one!

You can also make Spanish or French party invitations with a few key pieces of language.

Spain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/articles/zdjhp4j

France
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yxwr32fgq8

Have a lovely half term!
Best wishes
Au revoir! Hasta Luego!
Sam and Kay

Sam Henderson-Tucker
Subject Leader and SLE for Primary Languages
Molescroft Primary School
St Leonard’s Road
Beverley
HU17 7HF
01482 861762

Bonjour! ¡Hola!

This week, as a starter activity, why not share a photograph.
There is a selection attached or discover your own!
Are there any words in the target language children can see?
Where is it?
What is it?
What can we learn about the culture from the photo?
Do you like it?
Have you seen something similar on a holiday?

It is amazing the discussion, just one photograph can create!
Best wishes, Au revoir! Hasta Luego!
Sam and Kay

Sam Henderson-Tucker
Subject Leader and SLE for Primary Languages
Molescroft Primary School
St Leonard’s Road
Beverley
HU17 7HF
01482 861762

Bonjour! ¡Hola! Take time to complete the language trends survey.

https://all-languages.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f477ca697f1122b77dc48a710&id=82ebcd2fa2&e=c4fac0d8fc

Now, why not try this idea with your Y4 upwards pupils in French or Spanish!

When learning clothing items, once the children are feeling more confident, provide a list, sentence builder or support mat with vocabulary.

Ask the children to draw their favourite outfits.
Label them.
Use the images to create sentences about what they are wearing.
Encourage children to draw items not people if they do not feel confident about their art skills!
Ask them to present their outfit to the class!
Have a super weekend! Best wishes, Au revoir! ¡Hasta luego!
Sam and Kay

Sam Henderson-Tucker
Subject Leader and SLE for Primary Languages
Molescroft Primary School
St Leonard’s Road
Beverley
HU17 7HF
01482 861762

Bonjour!
We have a free offer of CPD for Wednesday 4th March for French at Snaith Primary School, 1pm to 4pm (arrival from 12:45). This CPD will provide updates on the latest pedagogy for MFL. It will help individuals gain an insight into teaching MFL, as well as sharing film clips of live teaching together with a debrief and next steps to develop languages further in your school as well as sharing a range of adaptations for how to fully cater for all SEND needs. This offer is open to Subject leaders and anyone involved in the delivery or leadership of MFL. An Amazon voucher of £25 will be awarded to those who attend to spend on language resources of their choice.

Please contact me directly to book onto this CPD event.
Best wishes
Sam

Sam Henderson-Tucker
Subject Leader and SLE for Primary Languages
Molescroft Primary School
St Leonard’s Road
Beverley
HU17 7HF
01482 861762

Bonjour! ¡Hola!
We hope it has been another successful week of learning wherever you are! Thank you to all of you who have notified us that you are taking part in the Translatathon! It is wonderful to hear about so much interest in this event!

Why not try this idea in your MFL lesson or classroom? Ask the pupils to create a map of their town or one from their imagination. Label the buildings in French or Spanish. Once you have modelled and taught directions, ask pupils to use their maps to give simple directions in French or Spanish. This might take place over several lessons.

Don’t forget to sign up for one of our free CPD events this year, if you have not done so already! See attached for further details.

Have a great weekend!
Best wishes
Sam and Kay

Sam Henderson-Tucker
Subject Leader and SLE for Primary Languages
Molescroft Primary School
St Leonard’s Road
Beverley
HU17 7HF
01482 861762

PMFL CPD 2025 2026.docx