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How to adapt old resources for the new GCSE (first exams 2026) [3-min read] Jul 17, 2025

If you've got folders full of amazing PowerPoints and worksheets for the old French, German and Spanish spec (2018), and are worrying that you just have to delete them all and start again from scratch... please don't!!

In this blog post, I want to give you five really easy ways of adapting your re...

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How to exploit one text for different skills [2-min read] Jul 16, 2025

In this blog post I wanted to share with you one of my biggest tips for planning as an MFL teacher - how to exploit one text for different skills.

Essentially, exploiting one text is about saving you tons of time as a busy teacher, as you don't need to scrabble around looking for different texts fo...

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Sell your first resource in a week - the results! Jul 06, 2025

Our first ever challenge "Sell your first online resource in a week" has been an incredible success! I am blown away by the amazing resources that the participants have created and truly honoured to be able to share them with you here.

The challenge took place over 5 days, during which time we met ...

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Making extra cash as an MFL teacher [1-min read] Jul 02, 2025

How can you get a few extra £££ in your pocket as an MFL teacher?

In Season 5 of The Kate Language Podcast, I shared my top 5 tips for making a bit of extra cash as an MFL teacher, and I thought now would be a great time to re-share them:

1. Create and sell teaching resources - Upload and sell tea...

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Achieving real teacher well-being [2-min read] Jul 02, 2025

How can we achieve *real* wellbeing in teaching? 

When I chatted to the wonderful Emily Armstrong about *real* teacher well-being on The Kate Languages Podcast, she had so many amazing tips and ideas, I thought I’d share them again with you here:

1. Focus on workload management - Wherever possible...

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5 tips for running a successful education business [2-min read] Jul 02, 2025

What are the top 5 things I wish I'd known before starting my own education business? 

If you’ve been thinking of leaving teaching to set up your own business, or perhaps to start a side-hustle, then these tips are ideal for you!

  1. Figure out how and when you want to work - Do you love being surro...
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5 of my favourite digital tools [3-min read] Jul 02, 2025

If you’ve ever wondered exactly how I create my resources and which digital tools I use, here is a short breakdown of 5 of my favourites!

  1. Microsoft Word and PowerPoint - It may be a bit basic and simple, but I create my full workbooks on Microsoft Word and my lessons are on PowerPoint. I do thi...
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How to avoid teacher burnout [2 min read] May 02, 2025

Teaching is an incredibly stressful job, and burnout is far too common. I know this as I burnt out myself in 2016, and left the classroom for good in 2017. I have spent many years working on being aware of when I might be starting to feel burnt out again, and have tried and tested a number of differ...

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How to introduce creativity into the MFL classroom [1 min read] May 02, 2025

This super short blog post is a summary of three great ways of introducing creativity into the classroom.

These were inspired by a previous conversation I had with Crista Hazell on the The Kate Languages podcast. You can find the full episode here - Creativity in MFL with Crista Hazell

1. Drama -...

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How to check for understanding effectively in MFL lessons [2 min read] Apr 15, 2025

In this blog post, I want to share three great questions you can ask your students to check for understanding.

I don’t know about you, but I used to think I could check for understanding by asking “any questions?” or (and I hate to admit this, but no one is perfect!) I would even just explain a tas...

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How to incorporate culture into your everyday teaching [1 min read] Apr 15, 2025

Here are three really easy ways of incorporating culture into your everyday teaching...

1. Teach vocab that is relevant to the target language (TL) countries - not just Spain, France and Germany! 

You could teach South American animals in Spanish, typical food and drink from the TL countries, spor...

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How to run a successful school trip abroad [2 min read] Apr 15, 2025

This blog post is inspired by a great conversation I had with Claire Wilson for the Kate Languages Podcast, all about taking a school trip abroad. 

Here are Claire's top 5 things to think about before you take a school trip abroad...

1. Risk assessments

Check/adapt existing risk assessments - you...

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