I cut out these questions and put them in a foam dice. We threw the dice and took turns asking and answering the questions. We do slot drilio every day for 10-15 minutes.

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

I cut these pictures out and my class worked in groups to create sound stories. They choose which order to put the pictures in. Each picture represented a different musical element. Lion - Loud Mouse - Quiet Cheetah - Fast Snail - Slow Children then took it in turns to close their eyes and guess the musical elements used in the sound stories.

My Reception children designed a sign to go in the yard. Our topic was about friendship. The children wanted to make a ‘Friendship Stop’ for those children who didn’t have anyone to play with at playtime. If they stood near the sign, other children would notice that they didn’t have anyone to play with, and would invite them to join in with their game. I took their designs to a company that made the sign for us.

At the start of each term, I will assess children's sounds. Reception Foundation Phase Assessment

As part of our topic on toys, we planned our explanation writing about how a toy car works. We used the skeleton to help us with our ideas first. We also focused on adjectives to describe old and new.

We spent the morning watching videos on BBC clips, and reading facts about woodland animals. We then talked about WOW words to describe how they looked etc. We used this worksheet to record our answers. Sort woodland & non-woodland animals into a Venn diagram.

Counting in 5s Differentiated worksheets board game - counting in 5s year 1 numeracy

We wrote sounds on cups/milk lids. We laminated these mats and children had to match the inital sound to the picture.

Differentiated sheets Early Years/Reception/Year 1 A skeleton table to help children to plan all elements of their story. Word mat included to help children generate ideas. An editable Word document is included, as well as a PDF copy.

I put different challenges up every week for my Reception class. Funky fingers Fine manipulative skills

Includes a powerpoint to introduce herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. I then made dinosaur poo using oats and brown paint. To make herbivore poo, I added leaves and twigs. To make carnivore poo, I added pasta shells as bones and fur. To make omnivore, I added leaves twigs, pasta shells and fur. I left 6 foil wrappers around the classroom for children to work in groups to investigate. They used magnifying glasses to investigate further, and they had the worksheet on a clipboard.

Reception Phonics Early Years Literacy Sort CVC words into a table, -at, -og and -et

Label features of information text African animals Differentiated worksheets

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.

Includes ideas for 9 activities for Mental Health Awareness Week.

Number bonds to 10 Number bonds to 6 Blank cards for new number bonds Flashcards for the maths provision Early Years Year 1 Year 2 Foundation Phase

I made this visual to help my children to make patterns with their bodies. For example, clap, click, clap, click.

My reception class discussed rules and what was ‘fair’ and ‘not fair’ / ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. We cut out the sentences and matched them to either ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. We discussed each one first and re-wrote them to be fair.

Easter Card Message - When my Reception decorate Easter cards, I always use this template on the inside of the card so they have a form to follow. To ____ Happy Easter! Pasg Hapus! Love ____