A varied list of reading books to look at during guided reading sessions over the year in a mixed reception and year 1 class.

Challenge Passport Page for a mixed reception and year 1 class.

This is the planning format that I use each week that shows the inputs that I will be teaching and the enhancements that I put in provision.

Julia Donaldson book group names. These are editable so you can change the wording/font to suit you.

This is the planning format that I use and share with my support staff to show what inputs we are doing over the week as well as what challenges are out in provision.

A brief overview detailing what we will be teaching across the 7 areas of learning in our reception class.

Sheets for assessing children against the ELGs. We find this handy when sitting as a team and discussing the children’s abilities, looking through books and recent assessments. It then makes inputting data for LA very quick and simple.

A timetable for a reception class in autumn one term showing how we structure our week.

Challenges set out in continuous provision for a mixed reception and year one class.

This is the timetable I use for Autumn term in a mixed reception and year one class. I alternate teaching maths and english so one week there will be 3 maths inputs and 2 english inputs and the following week there will be 3 english and 2 maths so it all evens out.

Year 1 Challenge Passport for continuous provision activities. I also use this for reception but adapt the reception writing and maths activities to be more accessible for them.

Year 1 Challenge Passport for continuous provision activities. I also use this for reception but adapt the reception writing and maths activities to be more accessible for them.

Year 1 Challenge Passport for continuous provision activities. I also use this for reception but adapt the reception writing and maths activities to be more accessible for them.