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Activity: Los Países Europeos – European Countries

Pupils use their orienteering map to visit control points, where they record a specified letter from each marker. They identify a country from its flag and then circle the correct Spanish name for that country.

Summary

  1. Pupils work in pairs or small groups.
  2. They use their orienteering map to visit specified control points and record a letter from the marker as indicated on the activity sheet.
  3. They must then identify each country from its flag and circle the correct Spanish name for the country from a choice of 3.

    Key Facts

  • MFL
  • Key Stage 1
  • Key Stage 2
  • Key Stage 3
  • Spanish Reading and Writing
  • Spanish Vocabulary
  • Activity Sheet Download Required
  • Orienteering Control Markers Required
  • Orienteering Map Required
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