Reception and FS2 version of Birth to 5 Matters guidance for Early Years provision. Cut and Paste statements for planning/assesment etc. In the past I used a ‘cut and paste’ Development Matters statements documents from TES, so wondered if this Birth to 5 Matters ‘cut and paste’ statements for Reception class would be useful to anyone. I have tried to note where it differs from DM. It includes all statements for Ranges 4-6 which covers from 24 to 70 months.

This is part of a cross curricular topic on the Olympics. Children research what athletes and spectators need in an Olympic Park and Village. They choose which to design and map it out, using the budget they are given. They can they create and advertising campaign to attract visitors. You could extend it with income for how many visitors they attract and costs for runing the park, to then calculate profit and loss. Hopefully They will then build their villages/parks in DT.

A quick haunted house to label, place the ghost in a room and use question and answer to complete a simple sentence.

PPT of 3D shape riddles using images to encourage exploration of properties of 3D shapes for EYFS and KS1 maths. Can be used as a PPT if you want to add an animation to cover the answer. I am going to fold them and laminate them so the answer is on the back and add them to my continuous provision. Please let me know if you spot any mistakes - I did them very late at night!

MFL French Weather Play battleships (Bataille Navale) using weather language. Can be edited for any other topic eg clothes, colours, hobbies and sports.

Geography and maths challenge looking at people travelling to the Olympics. We used atlases to estimate distances using the scale and a ruler, then found an exact mileage on the internet. Children learned how to use the key to find the capital citiy symbol. Could be a good starter activity for over a week.