A simple plan for the first week of term in a new reception class. Circle time activities planned to get to know your children and a selection of activities for provision and adult supported to baseline your children in an engaging and play-based manner.

For this week we have our children part time so our plan is much more simplified. There are circle time ideas and adult-led activities to support baseline assessments through age-appropriate activities. There are also a range of continuous provision enhancements to engage children and again, hit some of your baseline assessments through play - none of that RBA iPad assessing here! Weekly Theme: Starting School Focus Book: The Colour Monster Goes to School* I know that there is some controversy regarding using the Colour Monster due to the black colour monster being associated with fear. In this version of the Colour Monster, the black colour monster only appears once. There is no reference to black representing fear but the words spooky and scary are used on the same page as the visual of the black colour monster. In our book we have coloured over him in grey paint. In the activities that we set out in class, we have removed the black monster entirely. We have chosen to continue to use this book as the children engage well with it, it approaches the subject of starting school well and promotes good conversations with our young learners.

Detailed medium term plan for a reception class including the following subjects over a 6 week period: Communication and Language PSED Physical (very brief overview) Literacy Maths Understanding the World Expressive Art and Design

This week our focus is still to settle the children, model the provision and get to know them! So there is NO FORMAL LEARNING planned. Here you will find some ideas for circle time and continuous provision enhancements based on the topic ‘All About Me’.

Week 3 planning for a reception class. This links to the progression document and recently updated Autumn 1 Medium Term Plan. This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision plan, a literacy plan, a maths plan, the challenge page to match our challenge mountain and our guided reading learning. Communication and Language, PSED, UTW and EAD planning can be found in the Autumn 1 MTP. The weekly theme for this week is: Pirates Focus Book: The Pirates Next Door

Long Term plan for a reception class for the next academic year. This matches my progression document and has weekly themes throughout. All 7 areas of learning covered, important dates (these might be one day out as I had written this bit a while ago and think I may have written down the 2022 dates), super six books linked to the weekly themes and wow moments for each half term.

Week 3 planning for a reception class - matching my progression document. This is changed from last years planning due to new maths small steps and a change to weekly themes which we introduced mid year. This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision plan, a literacy plan, a maths plan, the challenge page to match our challenge mountain and out guided reading learning.

Week 1 planning for a reception class. This is changed from last years planning due to new maths small steps and a tweaks to weekly themes/activities. We also have a different format for guided reading to last year and some tweaks to foundation lessons too. This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision plan, a literacy plan, a maths plan,a maths notebook, the challenge page to match our challenge mountain and our guided reading learning. The weekly theme for this week is: Under the Sea Focus Book: Tiddler

In depth EYFS medium term plan for spring 1, matching my progression document. This covers the following subjects for the whole term: PSED Literacy/Drawing Club Maths Understanding The World Expressive Art and Design Please note, this plan does not include a communication and language plan and it does not include a physical development plan as this is taught by our specialist sports coach so I do not plan for these sessions.

Week 2 planning for a reception class - matching my progression document. This is changed from last years planning due to new maths small steps and a tweaks to weekly themes/activities. This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision plan, a literacy plan, a maths plan, the challenge page to match our challenge mountain and our guided reading learning. The weekly theme for this week is: Penguins/Antarctic.

Week 1 planning for a reception class. This is changed from last years planning due to new maths small steps and a tweaks to weekly themes/activities. We also have a different format for guided reading to last year and some tweaks to foundation lessons too. This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision plan, a literacy plan, a maths plan, the challenge page to match our challenge mountain and our guided reading learning. The weekly theme for this week is: Animals!

Week 1 planning for a reception class - matching my progression document. This is changed from last years planning due to new maths small steps and a tweaks to weekly themes/activities. This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision plan, a literacy plan, a maths plan, the challenge page to match our challenge mountain and our guided reading learning. The weekly theme for this week is: Birds!

Week 4 planning for a reception class. This is changed from last years planning due to new maths small steps and a tweaks to weekly themes/activities. We also have a different format for guided reading to last year and some tweaks to foundation lessons too. PLEASE NOTE THIS WEEK’S PLANNING IS ONLY FOR 4 DAYS DUE TO THE MAY BANK HOLIDAY This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision plan, a literacy plan, a maths plan,a maths notebook, the challenge page to match our challenge mountain and our guided reading learning. The weekly theme for this week is: Bees Focus Book: Omar, the bees and me

Week 2 planning for a reception class. This is changed from last years planning due to new maths small steps and a tweaks to weekly themes/activities. We also have a different format for guided reading to last year and some tweaks to foundation lessons too. This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision plan, a literacy plan, a maths plan,a maths notebook, the challenge page to match our challenge mountain and our guided reading learning. The weekly theme for this week is: The Beach Focus Book: The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch

Week 3 planning for a reception class. This is changed from last years planning due to new maths small steps and a tweaks to weekly themes/activities. We also have a different format for guided reading to last year and some tweaks to foundation lessons too. This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision plan, a literacy plan, a maths plan, the challenge page to match our challenge mountain and our guided reading learning. The weekly theme for this week is: Transport

Week 7 planning for a reception class - matching my progression document. This is changed from last years planning due to new maths small steps and a change to weekly themes which we introduced mid year. This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision plan, a literacy plan, a maths plan, a maths presentation, the challenge page to match our challenge mountain and our guided reading learning. The weekly theme for this week is: Winter!

Week 1 planning for a reception class - matching my progression document. This is changed from last years planning due to new maths small steps and a change to weekly themes which we introduced mid year. This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision plan, a literacy plan, a maths plan, a maths presentation, the challenge page to match our challenge mountain and our guided reading learning. The weekly theme for this week is: Halloween

An on entry baseline assessment for reception children to be completed in the first half term of the year to assess children across all 7 areas of learning. This is linked to Development Matters 2021.

A matching game for CVC words.

A little checklist children use when writing to check they have included a capital letter, finger spaces, full stop and neat letter formation in their sentences.