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.

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

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.

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.

Letter Formation Early Years Literacy / Phonics / Handwriting Encourage children to form letters correctly by first writing over the orange letter, then trying by themselves. An editable Word document and PDF copy has been included.

Early Years / Reception / Year 1 Sort food that is healthy and unhealthy for your teeth. Print page as A3. Lower - children can cut and stick pictures Middle - children can draw pictures, adults can label drawings Top - children can draw and label pictures independently Word document (editable) and PDF has been included.

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.

Queen’s Jubilee We were learning about money. We linked it to the Queen’s Jubilee. The children need to match the value of the stamp to the correct postcard. e.g. Miss West’s stamp is 19p. Can you find 19p? Can you make 10p using coins? How many ways can you make 19p? We used this in the provision whilst learning about the Jubilee. Then we wrote our own postcards about what we enjoyed during the Jubilee celebration.

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.

Tally Chart of Favourite Pet Early Years Numeracy / Maths Whole class task Children vote for their favourite pet. Discuss recording votes as a tally chart. Count the votes and write the number in the last box. Editable Word document is included, as well as a PDF.

Postcard Penguin On Holiday Early Years Literacy Children pretend to either be Penguin or Crab. They write a postcard to their friend talking about their holiday.

Measuring using non-standard units Early Years Maths / Numeracy

Early Years / Year 1 / Year 2 / Foundation Phase Children have circle time to discuss what they are grateful for. Children draw a picture in the circle, then write a sentence about what they are grateful for below. To differentiate: Lower - staff write what children are grateful for Middle - children dictate sentence. Staff write sentence in yellow pen then children write over yellow felt pen Top - children copy from a model, or write independently. Editable Word document and PDF copies are included.

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.

During subtraction week, we carried out 3 activities. We used the ‘Playdough Smash’ laminated sheet to make blobs of playdough up to 10. Then we used whiteboard pens to write subtraction number sentences. When children took numbers away, they smashed the playdough then counted to see how many were left. We used the purse and the 10 frame to pay for items in the shop. We started with 10p (1p in each square) the we took pennies away to find out how much we had left. We used the differentiated worksheets to cross out the objects to see how many were left.

Assessments Included: Cutting skills DCD skills High Frequency Words Number Formation Number Recognition Word document (Editable) and PDF copy included

Teen Numbers Worksheet - Use dienes to make teen numbers. One 10, plus ones. Word document (editable) and PDF copy.

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

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.