A fun sports activity aimed for reception and year one children but could easily be adapted for older ages.

STEM challenge activity to add a bit of fun to the ‘everyday materials’ topic in year one science.

Activities linked to the fabulous book ‘Ada Twist, Scientist.’ Aimed at a year one class but could easily be adapted for reception and year two.

Activities for an R/1 class based on the book Farmer Duck.

Medium term planning for 7 lessons looking at identifying, classifying and experimenting with different materials.

Geography medium term plan focusing on our school and immediate environment over 5 lessons.

Challenge Passport Page for a mixed reception and year 1 class.

This is the planning format that I use and share with my support staff to show what inputs we are doing over the week as well as what challenges are out in provision.

Challenges set out in continuous provision for a mixed reception and year one class.

Year 1 Challenge Passport for continuous provision activities. I also use this for reception but adapt the reception writing and maths activities to be more accessible for them.

Year 1 Challenge Passport for continuous provision activities. I also use this for reception but adapt the reception writing and maths activities to be more accessible for them.

Year 1 Challenge Passport for continuous provision activities. I also use this for reception but adapt the reception writing and maths activities to be more accessible for them.

This is the planning format that I use each week that shows the inputs that I will be teaching and the enhancements that I put in provision.

This is the timetable I use for Autumn term in a mixed reception and year one class. I alternate teaching maths and english so one week there will be 3 maths inputs and 2 english inputs and the following week there will be 3 english and 2 maths so it all evens out.

A detailed medium term plan including declarative and procedural knowledge for a half term block of teaching focused on The Gunpowder Plot. This is for a mixed reception and year 1 class with activities for each age group.

This is the planning sheet that I give to my TA to support teaching set 2 or 3 Read Write Inc phonics lessons. It ensures consistency across all groups.

This is the planning sheet that I give to my TA to support teaching phonics. It ensures that there is consistency across all groups as we follow the same format, no matter who is teaching.

10 lessons to be used across the year to teach reception and year one children about the changes across the seasons.

An activity to practise recognising the sound ‘d’

An activity to help children practise the sound ‘m’