A variety of activities taken from different (mainly American) websites on beans. 1. Maths ideas (sorting, matching, counting, capacity and pouring, estimation, time and change, measuring, direction) 2. Growing beans and bean sprouts 3. Collages, songs and music 4. Drama Great ideas to go alongside Jack and the Beanstalk

2 or 3 black shapes overlapping each other. Children to guess what 2D shapes they can see. Shapes animated to move apart.

Topic planner mindmap covering Hallowe'en, focussing on book Pumpkin Soup. Non-fiction instructional text - reading, sequencing, writing and doing, as well as other activities.

Pictorial instructions to make a jam sandwich - ideal for Foundation Stage/KS1.

Children to draw 20 legs (or as many as they can upto 20) on the caterpillar. Also provides them with the opportunity to write their numerals in order on the body or underneath.

Topic planner mindmap covering the job of a postal clerk, post-person, Post Office and sorting office roles and role-play, as well as writing opportunities

A shared writing or independent work idea, linking up both Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell and learning the sequence of the days of the week.

Thanks to Heidi Anne Giebel on Pinterest for this great idea for a simple assessment or homework sheet. To check up that children understand different ways to represent a numeral, eg, tally marks, pictures, calculation, written numeral word

Simple intro to estimation using numbers 1-12.

Children to write down their number bonds to 10 on the legs of the spider. Differentiated, so more able could complete the possible two multiples of 10 to make 100.

Board game designed to celebrate the 2012 Olympic games. Start at the Wenlock mascot and travel around. When you land on a medal space, get that coloured Olympic ring. Can move between rings using the 2012 logo space. Winner is the person that has collected all five coloured rings and raced to the Mandeville mascot to end. Hope you enjoy playing. If so, please rate and leave feedback :)

A captioned sheet with space left for children to draw/use small maths resources to find the different ways to make 5 (0+5, 1+4, 2+3, 3+2, 4+1, 5+0)

Rhyming clues for an outside number treasure hunt

A set of 9 posters, each displaying a numeral from 1-9. Each numeral contains images to represent that number, as well as the addition number bond sentences and shapes with that number of sides. Thanks to The First Grade Parade blog who inspired me.

Simple doubling word problems for children to solve. I have used for homework in the past.

Topic planner mindmap to outline mini topic content. Some ideas are adult-led and some child initiated, although this is not indicated here. Hope my plans are of use to others. Happy New Year xx

Letter from Spiderman written as an intro to 3D shapes and structures. Children encouraged to use the construction toys to build a new lair for him.

Profile guidance with all PSRN profile points on, including links to other profile area scales. Useful for co-ordinators when moderating profile points.

A Shared Reading book, alongside other worksheets and resources. For use in Literacy lesson, YR Term 3 - Reading Non-fiction - recounts Key words and key sentences for contextual reading, and sequencing. Recount writing sheets differentiated for independent writing, and supported writing. Other topics covered: Reading; Stories.

Based on the Beetle drive game. Need to roll a 6 on the die to start. Cannot get head /spots/legs until body is in place, cannot gets eyes/feelers until head there. Great turn taking game; subitising, addition also included.