Bonjour! ¡Hola!

Why not join in with our Translatathon event? The final is scheduled for the summer term at Beverley Grammar School but the first part of the competition takes place in schools. We would love you to join us and it gives the children the opportunity to participate in a competition and put their language skills to the test! Contact us for more details.

This week,why not try this idea? Teaching opinions, use these songs and websites to help to support this in Spanish and French!

Spanish
https://rockalingua.com/songs/fruits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbi7itM0DGQ

https://wordwall.net/resource/94115304

French
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ03KjwiIVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaaSprb0IXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVK4SOArE8g

Use www.wordwall.net to create your own interactive resources.

Don’t forget to sign up for one of our 2 remaining free CPD events this year.
Bonne chance!
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

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,why not try this idea? A great song link for teaching the verbs ‘Tener’ and ‘Ser’ in Spanish and ‘Avoir’ and ‘être’ in French:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj7IDVfTi04 Tener
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O45wjys1Cu0 Ser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dazXZM9kHJQ avoir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxYaUXcH-Uo être

Don’t forget to sign up for one of our remaining 2 free CPD events this academic year.
Bonne chance!
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

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 schools who have already signed up for the translatathon this year! Details are attached. Please contact myself or Kay if you have any questions.

This week,why not try this idea?

Children’s learning is always inspired by food! It also creates a more sensory experience which helps to create a clearer memory of something!

Fruit Market and/or fruit tasting!
Lesson 1
Teach simple vocabulary and phrases to use at the market.
Use these songs to assist the learning.

French
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ03KjwiIVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJMEaN2Gih4

Spanish
https://rockalingua.com/songs/fruits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HkzhncQ3FU

Lesson 2
Ask the children to bring in some fruits of their choice or alternatively you can have pictures on cardboard.

Set up the classroom like a fruit market stall.
Use plastic euros to buy the fruits
Alternatively do fruit tasting and use preference phrases with the vocabulary to express likes and dislikes!

Don’t forget to sign up for one of our 2 remaining free CPD events this academic year. Our next one is in March!
Bonne chance!
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

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.pdf

The East Riding translatathon Primary 2026 updated copy 2 (1).pdf

Bonjour! ¡Hola! This week,why not try this idea?

Get into character!
Why not dress up as a famous French or Spanish artist?
A chef or chocolatier
Waiter or waitress
Bring experiences to life with acting

Set up the classroom as a cafe or create a pretend Boulangerie or panadería. If allergies are a problem use cardboard cutouts of foods and drinks. Use plastic euros to pay.

If you have not done so already don’t forget to sign up for one of our 3 free CPD events this year. There are still a few spaces left for Wednesday 8th October at 1pm at Molescroft with a free £25 Amazon voucher towards languages resources for attending.
Bonne chance!
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

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.pdf

Bonjour! ¡Hola! This week,why not try this idea?

Pronunciation sentence race

Split the class into two teams
Each child lines up one behind the other
Give each team a sentence similar in length
One team goes first
Set a timer
Each child reads the sentence aloud
Pronunciation must be mostly accurate
If a mistake is made – sentence goes back to the start of the line
Stop the timer after last child has read
Next team’s turn – best time wins!

Great for repetition and team enthusiasm!
Works well outside while the weather is still milder!
Don’t forget to book onto one of our free CPD events this year, there are still 5 places left for 8th October at 1pm at Molescroft and you will be given a £25 Amazon voucher towards language resources for your school for attending! Contact shendersontucker to confirm attendance.

Bonne chance!
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

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.pdf

Bonjour! ¡Hola! This week,why not try this idea?

Use one of these songs as part of teaching colours in Spanish or French!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=DsRKoZGaoEM
Spanish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4kNeFGBAcw
French

Don’t forget to sign up for one of our 3 free CPD events this year.
Bonne chance! ¡Buena suerte!
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

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.pdf

Welcome back everyone! Bonjour! ¡Hola!

We hope that you have had a most wonderful summer break!

Please find attached an advert for available Primary CPD, this is all free to attend and includes a £25 Amazon voucher to put towards language resources for your school.

All three events are the same in content but offered across the year in 3 different geographical locations. We have a limit of 10 places per date.

To book onto the CPD or to see ‘Teaching in Action’,please contact Sam Henderson-Tucker

shendersontucker

Our first event takes place on Wednesday 8th October, 1pm to 4pm at Molescroft Primary School.

Finally, an idea to improve recall of words and phrases. Set up a ‘Say a sentence’ chart in your classrooms across school. Link this to current learning. When taking the register, ask children to respond with their word or phrase.
Example:
J’ai un chat.
Tengo un gato.

Keep it short and snappy!
Active regular recall helps the children to remember.

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!

Fantastic event at Beverley Grammar School last week to celebrate the final of the Translatathon. Huge congratulations to Willerby Carr Lane who took this year’s crown as primary winners with their French team and to Molescroft with their Spanish team.

As we begin to think about next year, it’s maybe time to reflect on the place of MFL in the curriculum. The attached document poses some questions which can help frame further discussion or reflection. When you have answered the questions, consider what you would like to change – is it within your power to do so? If so, you can build these actions into your development plan for next year. If not, can you have a conversation with the person who has the power to support your desired development and share your ideas?

MFL IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS.docx

A multi language easy prepare activity for this week’s suggestion!
Draw a grid on the board – 4 or 6 squares
Ask a question using any language previously learnt and if answered correctly, the pupil’s initials are written in one of the grids
When the grid is full, the next pupil to answer correctly can choose which square they want their initials in and they then replace the previous pupil!
This then provides motivation to keep answering questions rather than sitting back once a pupil has answered one question.
You may want to set a time limit on the activity.
Reward at the end of the task with, for example, Dojo points / sweets.

We look forward to seeing some of you later this week for the subject leader meeting but au revoir for now!

Best WishesKay and Sam

Mrs Kay Ray
Mobile: 07496620712

Bonjour!

We hope you have had a lovely half term and look forward to seeing some of you on 12th. There are still a couple of places if anyone else would like to join us.

As you may be looking to review your SoLs I’ve got some phonics resources you may want to build in this week.

A nice summary document of common French phonics with a YouTube link from native speaker Marie Odile Guillou:

With a nice poem and worksheet to practice Sound Spelling Correspondences (SSCs) as they are now referred to in GCSE (or phoneme grapheme links). You could also use it as a model for writing.

And another more advanced document with examples which may provide you with some ‘lightbulb’ moments:

13 French vowels sound cards by MOG (two A5 format).docx

Deuxième poème sur mes petites bêtes avec photos MOGv1 080420.pdf

A4 French phonics quizzes for first poem on mini-beasts (with photos)MOG v1.pdf

FRENCH COMPLEX SOUNDS table – Imprégnation graphémique (avec exemples)MOGv2.pdf

Spanish:

Some culture and tongue twisters from Latin America – Spanish but Mexican style!

¡Trabalenguas!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHuDd4PwCa4

Have a lovely week,

Morning everyone!

Thank you to all those who have booked onto our subject leader meeting on 12th June. We still have a couple of places left if anyone else would like to join us. Please email jlines@molescroftprimary.net. Remember there is no cost to attend and cover will be paid.

A no effort classroom activity this week – just some internet Tunes to brighten up the week as we almost arrive at half term!

https://bilingualkidspot.com/2021/05/15/disney-songs-in-spanish/

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/french/disney-songs-in-french-lyrics/

https://frenchly.us/best-french-versions-of-disney-songs/

Best Wishes,

Kay