My Reception children spent half a term learning about caterpillars and butterflies. We learned Makaton actions to the Very Hungry Caterpillar. We watched a makaton video on YouTube. My class wanted to use some of the actions for the minibeasts, and then chose their own actions for other parts of the story. We learned Makaton actions for minibeasts - Mr Tumble CBBC video on YouTube. We painted the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar. We used this script which includes the songs that we used. We found all of the songs on YouTube and learned them during snack time. The class assembly lasted 10-15 minutes.

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.

My Reception class enjoyed the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. We came up with our own story, and changed the words to 'We're Going on a Bug Hunt'. For our class assembly, we learnt Pie Corbett actions to retell the story. We also sang the Ugly Bug Ball song. It took us about 20-25 minutes. The parents and children loved it!

x2 worksheets Positional language year 1 - next to, below, above, between, under etc. Turns - whole, half and quarter turns - cut and stick activity

Compare and contrast pictures of rooms in a house and rooms in a castle Rec/Y1 Cut and stick castles Dragon Tales - Cornerstones

Second Language Welsh Activity for Early Years / Year 1 / Year 2 1 - Board Game. Could be played with a TA/put in the provision for children to play independently. 2 - Colour Hunt worksheets. 3 different activity sheets. Children could go on a colour hunt in the school/outdoor area/woodlands etc… Children could record findings by drawing or writing what they find. 3 - Read/Write/Colour Welsh vocabulary Included Word document (editable) and PDF copy.

My Year 1 class worked in groups to complete a TASC wheel. Contains the powerpoint we used to discuss the different sections of the TASC wheel. Also contains the worksheet they used to design their dinosaur. We printed out the TASC wheel from A4 to A3 for each group to work on.

Reception Foundation Phase Second Language Welsh Welsh translation for food Focus on the question ‘Wyt ti’n hoffi …?’ Includes: Word Mats x2 Splat Cards - A4 (laminate, then place them on the ground. Shout ‘wyt ti’n hoffi …?’ Children need to listen, understand the command and jump on the correct picture) Flash cards - include food and question ‘wyt ti’n hoffi…?’ (used in role play area for shop keepers etc. Also used for pairs/snap) Colourings of food - Welsh vocabulary included

Y Tywydd - Worksheets, Flash cards and Help Mat The Weather Second Language Welsh differentiated worksheets flash cards help mats with sentence patterns and vocabulary

This was the script that my year 1 class used for our dinosaur class assembly.

Year 1 Welsh sentence patterns - Ble est ti? Where did you go? Powerpoint - contains vocabulary and sentence patterns. We read through it daily. Word mat - this was used for independent writing. We also cut out the words and pictures and played snap and pairs. Worksheet - I used this for my lower group. They matched the vocabulary to the picture. My other groups used the word mat to write sentences in their Welsh books. My top group wrote with who… gyda fy mam (with my mum) etc.

Halloween - Spider Counting to 10 This includes 2 games (PDF & Word documents to edit) Spider pegs - children will need to peg on the correct number of legs to match the number on the spider. Spider eyes - children will need to roll a dice to put the correct number of eyes on the spider. I use these games for Halloween & minibeasts.

Bossy Verbs - Instruction Writing - How to Make Fruit Kebabs Reception Language, Literacy and Communication Differentiated - fill in gaps, cut and stick pictures in order, write sentences independently

Worksheet for Early Years/Reception/Year 1 Differentiated for 3 ability groups to help consolidate understanding of counting in 2s. Included an editable Word document and a PDF.

More and Less - Reception - Early Years Differentiated worksheets. Worksheet 1 Roll the dice. Then count the dots on the dice. Draw the dots in the middle box. Draw 1 more in the right box. Draw 1 less in the left box. Or write the correct numbers. To differentiate, children need to use 2 dice and add them together to find the total value. Then find 1 more and 1 less. Or use a foam dice and add your own numbers (e.g 2 -3 digit numbers). Worksheet 2 Find 1 more and 1 less using a number line.

Sut mae'r tywydd heddiw? Worksheet Reception/Year 1 second language Welsh Y tywydd - The weather

Roll the Dice to 100 Work individually, in pairs or small groups Number Addition

Includes photos of trees, their leaves, and their seeds.

Information about Andy Goldsworthy. Pictures of his work to share with the children as a stimulus.

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.