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.
Sort Hot and Cold
Early Years / Year 1 / Foundation Phase
Worksheet and word mat included (Word document can be edited & PDF copy)
Photocopy the worksheet as A3.
Lower ability - cut and stick pictures in the correct place
Core ability - draw pictures and staff label drawings
Top ability - copy and draw pictures and label independently using word mat
Assessments Included:
Cutting skills
DCD skills
High Frequency Words
Number Formation
Number Recognition
Word document (Editable) and PDF copy included
Early Years Literacy
Children could either find letters hidden in the outdoor area/woodlands and record their answers as a tally chart on the worksheet.
Alternative activities:
Letter hunt in books
Letter hunt around the school
Find flashcards
Included Word document (editable) and PDF copy.
Valentine’s Day - Numeracy Provision
Activity mats for the numeracy area in the provision.
Children need to make the correct number of hearts out of play dough.
Children need to build a tower of cubes to match the number on the heart.
Hearts on numbers - order numbers
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.
Pre-Writing Shapes
Early years
Before children form letters, they should be able to form these shapes correctly.
Included:
Assessment sheet
Practise sheets (can be laminated for an independent activity in the literacy area)
Word document (editable) and PDF copy included
Early Years Maths
Numeracy Provision
Cut and laminate the patterns in strips.
Provide plastic / real coins for children to make repeating patterns in the maths area.
Challenge children to make their own patterns.
Worksheet - match the initial sound to the day of the week. Copy from the day from the word mat.
Worksheet - cut out the days of the week and stick them to the correct initial sound.
Worksheet - to write which day it will be tomorrow and which day it was yesterday.
Worksheet - daily routine. Draw a picture/write what you do on each day of the week. There are some picture of our week for ideas.
Seasons - draw a line from the season to the correct picture.
I’ve included the Word document (editable) and a PDF copy.
Early Years & Year 1 Literacy
CVC Word Bingo
Staff member will need to orally segment CVC words - e.g. pig ‘p - i - g’. Children will need to orally blend the word and then look for the picture on their board. When all 4 pictures have been called out, shout out ‘BINGO’ to win the game.
I’ve included a Word Document (editable) and the PDF copy (cannot edit).
Enhanced provision activity mats
Early Years / Reception / Year 1
1 more and 1 less - laminate the sheets and encourage children to use objects (cubes, counters, compare bears) to find 1 more/1 less.
Outdoor learning - laminate the sheets and encourage children to find natural materials to find 1 more/1 less than the number in the middle of the table.
Worksheet - roll the dice and add 1 more/take 1 away and record your answer
Worksheet - count the pictures in the centre column, then add 1 more/take 1 away and record your answer. To differentiate for MAT children, can they write the number. To make it easier, children can record answers using drawings.
Worksheet - use the number line to record 1 more or 1 less than the number.
Worksheet - circle which picture has more/less
Editable Word document & PDF copy provided
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.
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.
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.
PDF & Editable Word document included
Flashcards of repeating patterns with 2D shapes to use in the enhanced provision as a stimulus to encourage the children to either copy or make their own repeating patterns.
Cutting skills activity for a TA task or in the provision. Children need to colour in then cut out the 2D shape.
Worksheet - look for the 2D shapes in the top half of the page. Write the correct number of shapes in the box.
Worksheet - 2D shape hunt record answers in a table (Differentiated for 3 ability groups).
Worksheet - tick the correct shape. Staff member to read out the sentence. E.g.‘Tick the circle’. Children need to search for the circle and tick it.
10 frame - painting activity with numbers up to 10
3 differentiated sheets with various numbers from 0 to 10.
I’ve attached a PDF & an editable word document.
I’ve also attached a Pudsey Bear 10 frame activity.
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.