Reception/Year 1 Word Bank Write independently, or cut and stick key words into the correct place Welsh second language Y Corff - The Body

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.

Foundation Phase Science / Knowledge and Understanding / Science and Technology Differentiated worksheets - editable Word document and PDF copies. Lower - draw a line to match the correct picture to magnetic or non magnetic Middle - print in A3. Children could either cut and stick pictures in the correct place or draw pictures and staff label their drawings. Top - draw and label their pictures and sort them into magnetic and non magnetic

Year 1 complete the sentence. read the sentence and find the correct word in the word bank to complete the sentence literacy test preparation

Welsh second language Bingo mats Y corff - the body

Pictogram of Reception's Favourite Fruit Numeracy

Science - Alive or Not Alive worksheet differentiated worksheets sort pictures into tables sort key words into tables

Finger Paint teen numbers Children need to read the teen number and finger paint that number. Rec/Y1 - Early Years Numeracy 3 differentiated worksheets

Rights of the Child Foundation Phase Circle time question Differentiate through over writing, under writing and copying from a model. Article 12 - You have the right to give your opinion, and for adults to listen and take it seriously. Literacy P4C

Order Value of Coins - Reception Numeracy cut and sticking activity learning objective - order value of coins money

Sort Real and Nonsense CVC Words Reception Literacy Phonics

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.

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.

Spider Web Phonics Group activity / game. Each child needs a board and a spider. Start with the spider in the middle of the board. An adult will need to shout out a letter. The children need to move their spider to the sound that they hear. I’ve attached 2 copies - a PDF & and editable Word document to change the sounds

3 differentiated worksheets - PDF and editable word documents. Lower ability - draw a line to correct statement Middle ability - either cut and stick or draw a picture to sort sources of light and non-sources of light Higher ability - sort sources of light and reflection I print out the A4 worksheet then enlarge it to A3.

2D Shape Scarecrow Early Years Maths / Numeracy I usually do this task in Autumn Term as part of our topic ‘Harvest’. Children need to cut out 2D shapes. Glue 2D shapes to make a scarecrow. Then children need to colour in a block diagram to show which / how many shapes they have used. I’ve included the Word document (editable) and a PDF copy.

Part 1 Work in groups to carry out an experiment. Use guttering as a ramp. Predict how far it goes. Then measure with cubes. Part 2 Design and Make a Car - DT Project Junk Modelling Children work in groups to research, design and create a car using junk modelling/recycled materials. Included Word document (editable version) and PDF copy.

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.

Design your own puppet - Early Years - Reception During our topic of fairytales, the children designed their own puppet. The children will write the name of their puppet. Then colour in the splodge to show the colour of the material that they will use. Then they circle the materials that they will use. In the last box, they will draw and label their puppet.