Clare Seccombe
@clareseccombe.bsky.social
Teacher of primary Spanish and French in NE England | Independent consultant and trainer | Owner and resource writer for Light Bulb Languages | Usually sewing and singing when not language-ing | https://linktr.ee/cseccombe
Have you seen my resources shop? ideaseducationltd.sellfy.store You will find high-quality and award-winning resources for French and Spanish there. Have a browse! Use the code BLUESKY for 25% off.
Ideas Education Ltd
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January 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Have you seen my resources shop? ideaseducationltd.sellfy.store You will find high-quality and award-winning resources for French and Spanish there. Have a browse! Use the code BLUESKY for 25% off.
If you haven't seen it before, Light Bulb Languages has over 8000 FREE resources for the teaching of French, Spanish, German, Italian and Latin. www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk @lightbulblangs.bsky.social
Light Bulb Languages HOME
Hundreds of resources for busy language teachers. Choose from French, Spanish, German and Italian.
www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 5:01 PM
If you haven't seen it before, Light Bulb Languages has over 8000 FREE resources for the teaching of French, Spanish, German, Italian and Latin. www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk @lightbulblangs.bsky.social
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Primary Languages CPD video series #5 out now! The Three Pillars of progression: vocabulary, grammar and phonics youtu.be/ThiZQIBx_tw
Primary Languages CPD Series #5: The Three Pillars of progression: vocabulary, grammar and phonics
YouTube video by Clare Seccombe
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January 23, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Primary Languages CPD video series #5 out now! The Three Pillars of progression: vocabulary, grammar and phonics youtu.be/ThiZQIBx_tw
Songs for primary French and Spanish changing-phase.blogspot.com/2025/12/more... Created in Suno.com, sometimes with AI assisted lyrics. My classes love them!
More Suno songs
Since my last post about the songs I have created using Suno , I have added more to my YouTube playlists for French and Spanish. FRENCH: ...
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January 23, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Songs for primary French and Spanish changing-phase.blogspot.com/2025/12/more... Created in Suno.com, sometimes with AI assisted lyrics. My classes love them!
Primary Languages CPD video series #5 out now! The Three Pillars of progression: vocabulary, grammar and phonics youtu.be/ThiZQIBx_tw
Primary Languages CPD Series #5: The Three Pillars of progression: vocabulary, grammar and phonics
YouTube video by Clare Seccombe
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Primary Languages CPD video series #5 out now! The Three Pillars of progression: vocabulary, grammar and phonics youtu.be/ThiZQIBx_tw
Primary Languages CPD Series changing-phase.blogspot.com/2026/01/prim... free videos
Primary Languages CPD video series
(created by ChatGPT!) This week I have started a series of Primary Languages CPD video series on my YouTube channel . You can find the vide...
changing-phase.blogspot.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Primary Languages CPD Series changing-phase.blogspot.com/2026/01/prim... free videos
If you're doing a listening activity in class, and a child checks a SB / KO prior to writing their answer, are they 'cheating'?
January 22, 2026 at 9:07 PM
If you're doing a listening activity in class, and a child checks a SB / KO prior to writing their answer, are they 'cheating'?
Reposted by Clare Seccombe
I’m pleased and proud to say that my new book is published! frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2026/01/my-n...
My new book is out!
I'm delighted to let you know that that my new book Thinking About Language Teaching (Volume 2) is now out and available as a paperback or ...
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January 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I’m pleased and proud to say that my new book is published! frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2026/01/my-n...
Reposted by Clare Seccombe
Video #4 added to my Primary Languages CPD series: The time allocation for languages in Key Stage 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3yI... #mflbluesky
Primary Languages CPD Series 4#: The time allocation for languages in Key Stage 2
YouTube video by Clare Seccombe
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January 19, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Video #4 added to my Primary Languages CPD series: The time allocation for languages in Key Stage 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3yI... #mflbluesky
Video #4 added to my Primary Languages CPD series: The time allocation for languages in Key Stage 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3yI... #mflbluesky
Primary Languages CPD Series 4#: The time allocation for languages in Key Stage 2
YouTube video by Clare Seccombe
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January 19, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Video #4 added to my Primary Languages CPD series: The time allocation for languages in Key Stage 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3yI... #mflbluesky
New blogpost: Primary Spanish Workbooks changing-phase.blogspot.com/2026/01/prim...
Primary Spanish Workbooks
In September last year I started using custom-made workbooks in my Key Stage 2 lessons. Previously (for sixteen years!) each child had an ...
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January 18, 2026 at 8:54 AM
New blogpost: Primary Spanish Workbooks changing-phase.blogspot.com/2026/01/prim...
New blogpost: Flippity Randomisers changing-phase.blogspot.com/2026/01/flip.... How do you use them?
Flippity Randomisers
I have to admit that I use Flippity Randomiser a fair bit in my lessons. I've been using it for different purposes. For example: With th...
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January 17, 2026 at 7:55 AM
New blogpost: Flippity Randomisers changing-phase.blogspot.com/2026/01/flip.... How do you use them?
Video #3 of my Primary Languages CPD series available now changing-phase.blogspot.com/2026/01/prim...
Primary Languages CPD video series
(created by ChatGPT!) This week I have started a series of Primary Languages CPD video series on my YouTube channel . You can find the vide...
changing-phase.blogspot.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Video #3 of my Primary Languages CPD series available now changing-phase.blogspot.com/2026/01/prim...
Reposted by Clare Seccombe
I've started to make a series of Primary Languages CPD videos, and the first two are now available on my YouTube channel, on the "Primary Languages CPD series" playlist www.youtube.com/watch?v=agJO...
Primary Languages CPD Series #1: The place of foreign languages in the English primary curriculum
YouTube video by Clare Seccombe
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January 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I've started to make a series of Primary Languages CPD videos, and the first two are now available on my YouTube channel, on the "Primary Languages CPD series" playlist www.youtube.com/watch?v=agJO...
www.tes.com/magazine/new... Bernardette Holmes for Languages
Revealed: The experts shaping England’s new curriculum
Dozens of ‘curriculum drafters’ have been chosen to help the government revise the national curriculum, following on from last year’s Francis review
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January 13, 2026 at 12:36 PM
www.tes.com/magazine/new... Bernardette Holmes for Languages
I've started to make a series of Primary Languages CPD videos, and the first two are now available on my YouTube channel, on the "Primary Languages CPD series" playlist www.youtube.com/watch?v=agJO...
Primary Languages CPD Series #1: The place of foreign languages in the English primary curriculum
YouTube video by Clare Seccombe
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January 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I've started to make a series of Primary Languages CPD videos, and the first two are now available on my YouTube channel, on the "Primary Languages CPD series" playlist www.youtube.com/watch?v=agJO...
Blogpost with primary languages bits of the recent House of Lords debate re "measures, such as visa waivers, to improve the supply chain of qualified modern foreign language teachers and the sustainability of language learning in schools and universities" changing-phase.blogspot.com/2026/01/lang...
Language Learning: debate in the House of Lords
I've mentioned before that I have Google Alerts set up on my account, and they bring a number of language-related stories to my inbox each d...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Blogpost with primary languages bits of the recent House of Lords debate re "measures, such as visa waivers, to improve the supply chain of qualified modern foreign language teachers and the sustainability of language learning in schools and universities" changing-phase.blogspot.com/2026/01/lang...
Some great languages stats from Baroness Coussins hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...
January 12, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Some great languages stats from Baroness Coussins hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...
www.financialexpress.com/life/lifesty... Interesting article about gender-neutral pronouns in other languages
The role of language in shaping identity
China’s new gender-neutral pronoun is part of a global linguistic shift
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January 12, 2026 at 8:40 AM
www.financialexpress.com/life/lifesty... Interesting article about gender-neutral pronouns in other languages
