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March

 * Easter - Talkabout blogs include - [|Easter Crafts, Maths MFL & RE Too!]
 * Check out this site - [|Vive Paques]
 * For the Easter story - the [|Cate Ouest site]is very simple and good RE links
 * Download [|Easter powerpoints in French and Spanish, also some smart IWB r]resources
 * 21st [|International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2009]

April

 * 1st - Poisson d'Avril - April Fool's Day - blogs include [|Poisson d'avril - April Fools day Fun in French with KS1 and KS2]


 * 21st - [|World Day for Cultural Diversity 2009]*

June

 * 8th [|World Ocean Day 2009]*

July

 * 14th - Le Quatorze Juillet - Bastille Day: [|Talkabout Blog post] for ideas and [|a Bastille Day powerpoint] to download.

September

 * European Day of Languages - blogpost [|Talkabout ideas include European Day of Languages - It Ain't Too Late], also try this discussion thread with lots and lots of resources included to download [|European Day of Languages - What will you do?] and a [|powerpoint for an assembly.]

October

 * 31st - Hallowe'en - download some spooky French powerpoints for practising directions and prepositions from this [|Halloween in the MFL classroom blogpost]. The comments afterwards contain lots of ideas for Dia de los Muertos in Spanish
 * Another Halloween song from Henri Des is at this [|blogpost] with the lyrics and a YouTube video to download.
 * Babara Jones posted this [|Dia de los Muertos blogpost] with loads of fun ideas and info.
 * Lisa Stevens posted links to YouTube videos in Spanish for Halloween, including [|La canción de las brujas.]

November

 * 5th - Bonfire Night - [|link to a French explanation].
 * 11th - Armistice day - link to [|a simple low key blog] post
 * 11th - St Martins Day [|Lanternfest]- German festival when children make lanterns - more info soon in a blogpost.

December

 * 24th - Christmas Eve - Talkabout Blog posts with lots of xmas ideas include
 * [|Christmas Favourites - What's Yours,]
 * [|Christmas MFL Ideas, Sites and resources,]
 * [|French Stories online]- with a christmas stopry recommendation in the form of an interactive book for your IWB.
 * Download 2 games for learning clothes with a French christmas theme; [|follow me cards] and an [|oxo board]
 * Check out this French site - [|ViveNoel.com]
 * story for Christmas in Spanish - [|El pequeño petirrojo]
 * Resources for Christmas - Fr / Ger/Sp - [|here!]
 * 28th - el Día de los Santo Inocentes - an important Spanish festival, treated similarly to April fool's day in the UK - read more from Lisa Steven's [|Vamanos blog].

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