Sandfields School Online Resources Revisited.

Back in 2009 I wrote a blogpost about the sandfields telling the time clock which I still use and which is still, in my opinion, fantastic for teaching students to tell the time in any language.

It was my second ever blogpost and the first one I wrote which was slightly educational.

It has been seen by 28 people which is seven more than read my post about mfl sunderland's resources (now lightbulb languages).

Since then, my blog has really taken off and gets many hits per day, so I thought I'd re-share the amazing Sandfields site.

The teaching clock is still there and still amazing - I've used it successfully for years.

I also love and use the countdown timer a lot. It has preloaded tunes from the Countdown  theme which lasts 30 seconds to the 40 minutes of Baroque. My students love the 1 minute and 5 seconds of the Benny Hill Show Theme (although they have no idea who Benny Hill was!) and also the 1 minute and 44 seconds of the James Bond theme. 

These are ideal for quick 1 or 2 minute tasks. Although some of my students just want to dance rather than work....

There are plenty of other tunes to choose, too, from Danger Mouse to The Banana Splits and Doctor Who. 

There is also Dictionary Duel. A Countdown style game where you pick random consonants and vowels to see who can find the longest word. Ideal for practising vocabulary in any language (although there are no accents).

Fridge Magnets is a great resource, too. This one does have accented letters and on an interactive whiteboard you can move the letters around to create words.Again, a fantastic resource for learning and practising spellings.

There are also 2 customisable games: Word Web

and Darts.

These games need to be downloaded. You can then use them to create games for your students to play. You could also get the students to create their own games.

This site has proved very useful to me over the last 5 years and I would definitely recommend it to ever teacher, not just MFL teachers.