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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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How to teach phonics in MFL [2 min read] Apr 15, 2025

Here are my top tips for teaching phonics in French, German and Spanish:

1. Have a phonics focus every fortnight

When I advise people on how to adapt their curriculum for the new GCSE (first exams 2026), the one thing I always mention is having an explicit phonics focus every couple of weeks. I ca...

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How to know when it's time to quit [3 min read] Apr 15, 2025

CW: This blog post contains discussion of stress and thoughts of self-harm.

Here are my 5 red flags that tell you it's time for a change. If you answer "yes" to one or more of these questions, maybe it's time to send that resignation letter?! 

1. Are you feeling physically ill?

If you are constan...

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