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Free French teaching resource – Bonjour ball game
Children retain more vocabulary or grammar in any language if they practise using it with a fun, challenging activity. Why not try this game with your class?
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What is the best way to explain difficult news?
Terrorism and extremism are not easy subjects to teach. The Manchester Arena attack will raise questions as it is in the news again while Martyn’s Law progresses through parliament.
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The problem of being bright
Being gifted can bring obvious benefits to a child, but it also can bring with it physical, social and emotional challenges at the same time.
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The ultimate memory aid for learning French
When children sing and dance along with the video of a simple song in French, not only does their pronunciation improve but their recall is heightened.
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What’s the point of the box?
It’s often said that the successful adults of tomorrow will be adept at thinking outside of the box. Why?
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Proving this teaching method works…
“Daily Sentence Structures” is a totally practical guide to the subject which really does lead to rapid and significant improvements in pupils’ writing.
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Better French at KS1?
What is the best way of using the enthusiasm and lack of inhibition that exists within most KS1 children, when teaching French?
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Improve, stimulate, save and stretch
Where children’s imaginations are stimulated, so inevitably is their writing – which will naturally benefit the children’s work throughout the school.
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What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
I always underestimate the amount of time it will take to do the final checks on a book. Have we included answers to all the questions? Are any of them ambiguous?
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Multi-Sensory Spanish
What is the single most effective way of teaching Spanish in Primary? A multi-sensory approach to teaching and learning is by far the most effective there is.
