Reception Report Writing We looked at the features of report writing. Then we read a report about chickens/chicks, including the life cycle of a chicken, as we had chicks in Nursery. Our topic was 'mini beasts', we we wrote a report about butterflies. We had caterpillars/butterflies in class. The children had observed the full life cycle of a butterfly. Differentiated worksheets x2

Reception Activity - Science Experiment We cut an apple up into quarters. We talked about cutting it in half, and having 2 pieces, then half again, now we have quarters, 4 pieces altogether! We put one in water, one in oil, one in vinegar and the other ‘air’. We put them in the cupboard for 4 days then looked at at them to see if there were any changes in appearance, texture or smell.

Year 1 ICT - X3 differentiated worksheets Symbols - cut out to play snap or pairs. Lower - 4 symbols to discuss and match Middle - 7 symbols to discuss and match Top - write independently

We wrote sounds on cups/milk lids. We laminated these mats and children had to match the inital sound to the picture.

Reception Science Experiment Float or sink? As part of our harvest topic, we carried out an experiment to see which harvest food floated or sunk to the bottom of the water tray. Top group - made predictions before carrying out the experiment Middle group - drew pictures on a table to illustrate the outcome Bottom group - circled the food that sunk.

Chinese New Year - Food Tasting - Recording Sheet for Reception Foundation Phase Second Language Welsh Focus - bwyd - ‘Wyt ti’n hoffi…? Do you like…?’ Differentiated 3 times Bottom group - listen to the question 'wyt ti’n hoffi …?" and colour the happy or sad face Middle group - listen to the question, and answer ydw or nag ydw for the smell, look and taste. Top group - same as middle group, but describe the food. Included Word document (Editable) and PDF.

We talked about valuing the achievements of our peers as well as our own. We held a circle time and complimented the person sat next to us. We then completed the worksheet. Lower - drew pictures of what they were good at (football, writing etc) Middle - wrote key words independently Top - printed it out as A3 - drew lines to write full sentences on.

Actions and Instruments - Children used the flash cards to make a pattern with actions. Children took turns making the pattern for the rest of the group to make. Use 2D shapes for children to follow a pattern also. Repeating Pattern Snakes - My children used their fingers to paint a pattern on the snakes. My top group were encouraged to make 3 changes.

Includes 3 Word Level Pictures and sentences to read. Laminate and use as pairs/snap/splat etc. Adult must encourage the child to say the sentence correctly. Repeat the sentence correctly. Tick off the sentences and date when the child is able to read them correctly.

3 Differentiated Worksheets - Reception/Early Years What’s that sound? 1 - 4 sounds 2 - 6 sounds 3 - 8 sounds I had a feely bag with different instruments and classroom resources inside. I used one resource at a time. I shook the bag for the children to listen to the sound. My lower ability children drew pictures and I scribed for them (listen to 4 sounds). My middle group drew pictures and initial sounds of what they thought the sound was (listen to 6 sounds). My top ability group drew pictures and spelled phonetically (listen to 8 sounds). MAT wrote in full sentences. I used some instruments such as bells, drums, a triangle; as well as classroom resources such as pencils, rulers, crayons. Children thought that pencils sounded like claves. They also thought wooden building blocks sounded like claves. We talked about the material that they are made out of. I also used crisps, marbles, and numicon shapes.

I send this worksheet home with Tedi Twt’s story sack every Friday for the weekend. The children write the name of the Tedi Twt book that they read, and answer the questions. We share the worksheet and talk about Tedi Twt’s weekend on Monday during news.

x2 worksheets Colour in half of the squares (lower ability) Colour in half of the shape (middle ability) Draw a line to show half of the shape using a ruler (higher ability)

Reception - Recognise Numbers to 10 Highlight/tick the number as you show your child flash cards. Write/type your children’s names along the left side of the table. I also use this to assess number formation. I make notes about reversing numbers or poor formation in the comments box.

Numeracy Challenges - Year 1

Boggle Worksheet make words out of the letters provided

Butterfly contains written number, word, sum I cut the butterflies into 4. Children put them together like a jigsaw puzzle. numeracy year 1

One more, one less Bingo Activity numeracy year 1 number

Toys - Money - Year 1 pictures I cut the pictures out and put them in the role play area. Children paid for the toys using plastic coins. £ British money

Feelings Flash Cards PSE P4C Foundation Phase

Choosing characters for a story flash cards foundation phase