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 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.

CVC and CVCC word templates to match Stick Man.

We’ve only got 3 days in our final week of term and we are going all out Christmas - so here are some input ideas and fun activities to have out in your classroom to celebrate the festivities. Enjoy :)

Activities linked to the traditional tale, The Gingerbread Man aimed at a mixed reception and year one class.

A list of all the ELGs split into the 7 areas of learning.

A matching game for CVC words.

An activity to help children practise the sound ‘m’

An activity to practise recognising the sound ‘d’

The first week of term for us is only 2 days long, so rather than do an entire plan for this, I have just done a brief overview linking to the story ‘Room on the Broom’. This is the first book that we are going to explore using Drawing Club so seemed nice to link it all in together and immerse the children.

3 different formats for children with varying abilities. These have been made to stick in reading records to share children’s progress with parents and inform them on what sounds/skills need to be developed.

A CVC writing activity that children can complete as part of adult-led learning, a CP enhancement or an end of term assessment. Differentiated 3 ways to suit varying abilities within your class. At this point in the year it is hugely common to have some children writing initial sounds, some writing full CVC words and some using digraphs.

A baseline assessment linked to my progression document. Following checkpoints and statements from Development Matters, aged 3-4 statements. Many of these activities can be done through teacher assessment observing children in play but also through CP enhancements and play-based learning. No RBA tablet-style assessing here!

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.

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 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, this term focusing on stories. We have also made changes to our enhancement planning - now only enhancing 5 areas and having 5 child-led/engagement activities out. We are bringing back more JOY!!! This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision enhancements plan, a literacy plan, a maths plan, a maths presentation and the challenge page to match our challenge mountain. Focus Book: Star in the Jar Please note there are no guided reading powerpoints for this half term as we are going to be incorporating the format in our daily story times rather than focusing on the same story all week

Week 6 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. We have also made changes to our enhancement planning - now only enhancing 5 areas and having 5 child-led/engagement activities out. We are bringing back more JOY!!! This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision enhancements 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: Christmas!!! Focus Book: The Dinosaur Who Pooped Christmas

Week 5 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. We have also made changes to our enhancement planning - now only enhancing 5 areas and having 5 child-led/engagement activities out. We are bringing back more JOY!!! This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision enhancements 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 Focus Book: Snowball

Week 4 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. We have also made changes to our enhancement planning - now only enhancing 5 areas and having 5 child-led activities out. We are bringing back more JOY!!! This pack includes an overview of the week showing when we teach, how we distribute staff, a continuous provision enhancements 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: Traditional Tales Focus Book: Little Red

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 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: Children in Need/Bears