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Early Years activities - worksheets, ideas for the provision, outdoor learning, literacy, numeracy etc...

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Early Years activities - worksheets, ideas for the provision, outdoor learning, literacy, numeracy etc...
Questioning - What would you like to ask a paramedic?
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Questioning - What would you like to ask a paramedic?

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My Year 1 class completed this worksheet. We differentiated by my lower group copying underneath my writing, my middle group copied from a model and my higher group and MAT wrote questions independently. We then invited paramedics to come into class for the children to ask them their questions.
Pom Pom Christmas Tree
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Pom Pom Christmas Tree

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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.
Sort Hot and Cold
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Sort Hot and Cold

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Sort Hot and Cold Early Years / Year 1 / Foundation Phase Worksheet and word mat included (Word document can be edited & PDF copy) Photocopy the worksheet as A3. Lower ability - cut and stick pictures in the correct place Core ability - draw pictures and staff label drawings Top ability - copy and draw pictures and label independently using word mat
My Memory Jar
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My Memory Jar

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My Memory Jar Children take part in a circle time activity to discuss what ‘memory’ means. Children think about their favourite memory with their family, in school and the most important lesson that they have learned. Differentiate by: Lowers - draw pictures & staff label pictures Middle - draw pictures and try spelling independently/copy key words from a white board Top - draw pictures and write sentence independently. Editable Word document and PDF copies are included.
Harvest - I am grateful
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Harvest - I am grateful

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Early Years / Year 1 / Year 2 / Foundation Phase Children have circle time to discuss what they are grateful for. Children draw a picture in the circle, then write a sentence about what they are grateful for below. To differentiate: Lower - staff write what children are grateful for Middle - children dictate sentence. Staff write sentence in yellow pen then children write over yellow felt pen Top - children copy from a model, or write independently. Editable Word document and PDF copies are included.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Reception Story Writing Template, and enhanced provision activities
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Reception Story Writing Template, and enhanced provision activities

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Reception Our topic was minibeasts. This pack includes The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Story Writing Template Top group - wrote independently. Middle group - copied from a model. Lower group - over wrote my writing (yellow felt pen). Enhanced Provision Activities include: Finger painting the body of the Very Hungry Caterpillar Measuring how high the bug jumps with non-standard units - cubes, counters etc. Measuring the minibeast using non-standard units - cubes, counters etc.
Ice Melting Science Experiment
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Ice Melting Science Experiment

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Make observations Differentiated worksheet - lower group - cut and stick pictures - middle group - draw pictures - higher group - draw and explain pictures Science Foundation Phase Melting ice
Sort Autumn & Winter pictures
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Sort Autumn & Winter pictures

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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.
Toys KS1 - Old and New
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Toys KS1 - Old and New

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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.
Sort sources of light
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Sort sources of light

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3 differentiated worksheets - PDF and editable word documents. Lower ability - draw a line to correct statement Middle ability - either cut and stick or draw a picture to sort sources of light and non-sources of light Higher ability - sort sources of light and reflection I print out the A4 worksheet then enlarge it to A3.
Sort Natural and Man-Made Sources of Light KS1
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Sort Natural and Man-Made Sources of Light KS1

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Year 1 Science Topic - Light 3 Differentiated Worksheets - Lower, Middle and Higher Worksheet, plus a word mat. Children needed to discuss sources of light during the introduction. Then, we sorted the pictures of sources of light into two hoops, whether they were natural or man-made. We then completed the worksheets.