During subtraction week, we carried out 3 activities.
We used the ‘Playdough Smash’ laminated sheet to make blobs of playdough up to 10. Then we used whiteboard pens to write subtraction number sentences. When children took numbers away, they smashed the playdough then counted to see how many were left.
We used the purse and the 10 frame to pay for items in the shop. We started with 10p (1p in each square) the we took pennies away to find out how much we had left.
We used the differentiated worksheets to cross out the objects to see how many were left.
My Reception children spent half a term learning about caterpillars and butterflies. We learned Makaton actions to the Very Hungry Caterpillar. We watched a makaton video on YouTube. My class wanted to use some of the actions for the minibeasts, and then chose their own actions for other parts of the story.
We learned Makaton actions for minibeasts - Mr Tumble CBBC video on YouTube.
We painted the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar.
We used this script which includes the songs that we used. We found all of the songs on YouTube and learned them during snack time.
The class assembly lasted 10-15 minutes.
Reception
Foundation Phase Second Language Welsh
Welsh translation for food
Focus on the question ‘Wyt ti’n hoffi …?’
Includes:
Word Mats x2
Splat Cards - A4 (laminate, then place them on the ground. Shout ‘wyt ti’n hoffi …?’ Children need to listen, understand the command and jump on the correct picture)
Flash cards - include food and question ‘wyt ti’n hoffi…?’ (used in role play area for shop keepers etc. Also used for pairs/snap)
Colourings of food - Welsh vocabulary included
Worksheet for Early Years/Reception/Year 1
Differentiated for 3 ability groups to help consolidate understanding of counting in 2s.
Included an editable Word document and a PDF.
Second Language Welsh
Activity for Early Years / Year 1 / Year 2
1 - Board Game. Could be played with a TA/put in the provision for children to play independently.
2 - Colour Hunt worksheets. 3 different activity sheets. Children could go on a colour hunt in the school/outdoor area/woodlands etc… Children could record findings by drawing or writing what they find.
3 - Read/Write/Colour Welsh vocabulary
Included Word document (editable) and PDF copy.
Y Tywydd - Worksheets, Flash cards and Help Mat
The Weather
Second Language Welsh
differentiated worksheets
flash cards
help mats with sentence patterns and vocabulary
Year 1 Science - Hearing/Ears
This was a part of our science topic ‘The Senses’. We completed these 3 differentiated worksheets/anticipation grids to activate prior knowledge. Half way through our topic, we completed the ‘expanding statements’ as children had a better understanding of hearing. We then completed the beaker experiement. Children predicted what the beakers would sound like when struck when they were full and empty. We had been learning about low and high pitch.
As part of our topic on toys, we planned our explanation writing about how a toy car works. We used the skeleton to help us with our ideas first.
We also focused on adjectives to describe old and new.
Second Language Welsh - Foundation Phase/KS1
Includes the following sentence patterns:
What did you see?
What are you wearing?
What is the time?
Where did you go?
Which colour?
Can I have…?
Which number?
What do you like?
Do you like?
What is the weather like?
How are you?
Halloween - Spider Counting to 10
This includes 2 games (PDF & Word documents to edit)
Spider pegs - children will need to peg on the correct number of legs to match the number on the spider.
Spider eyes - children will need to roll a dice to put the correct number of eyes on the spider.
I use these games for Halloween & minibeasts.
Early years - sorting the seasons autumn & winter.
Lower ability - Draw a line to match the picture to the correct season.
Middle ability - cut and stick the pictures into the correct season.
Higher ability - draw and label the pictures.
I’ve attached editable copies & PDF copies.
Print out the A4 worksheet then enlarge it to A3.
My Reception class enjoyed the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. We came up with our own story, and changed the words to 'We're Going on a Bug Hunt'. For our class assembly, we learnt Pie Corbett actions to retell the story. We also sang the Ugly Bug Ball song. It took us about 20-25 minutes. The parents and children loved it!
Make a pom pom Christmas tree in the enhanced provision.
Use tweezers to put pom poms on the Christmas tree.
Measure the pictures using cubes/counters/lego. Predict how many first, then measure.