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Early Years activities - worksheets, ideas for the provision, outdoor learning, literacy, numeracy etc...
Bwyd / Food Word Mat & Flash Cards
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Bwyd / Food Word Mat & Flash Cards

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Reception Foundation Phase Second Language Welsh Welsh translation for food Focus on the question ‘Wyt ti’n hoffi …?’ Includes: Word Mats x2 Splat Cards - A4 (laminate, then place them on the ground. Shout ‘wyt ti’n hoffi …?’ Children need to listen, understand the command and jump on the correct picture) Flash cards - include food and question ‘wyt ti’n hoffi…?’ (used in role play area for shop keepers etc. Also used for pairs/snap) Colourings of food - Welsh vocabulary included
Positional Language Year 1
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Positional Language Year 1

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x2 worksheets Positional language year 1 - next to, below, above, between, under etc. Turns - whole, half and quarter turns - cut and stick activity
Hedgehog Cutting Skills
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Hedgehog Cutting Skills

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Aimed at Reception children. I usually cut each hedgehog out into strips to make it easier for the child to concentrate on one hedgehog at a time.
Pattern - 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p coins
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Pattern - 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p coins

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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.
Sort Hot and Cold
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Sort Hot and Cold

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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
Story Writing - Planning your story
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Story Writing - Planning your story

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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.
Instruction Writing - Reception
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Instruction Writing - Reception

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Our genre was instruction writing. Each task is differentiated. Introduction - use a big piece of sugar paper and ask the children to tell me what to write. We talked about the features that we needed to include (title, numbered points, pictures to illustrate what happened). 3 tasks - Instructions to make bread, instructions to plant potatoes, instructions to plant onions MAT - copy from a model/word mat/independent writing Top group - use a word mat to find the correct bossy verb. Fill in the gap. Draw pictures to illustrate each step. Middle group - cut out each step and stuck them in order. Draw pictures to illustrate each step. Bottom group - I took photos of each activity and they cut them out and glued them in order. A member of staff wrote what they said about each picture.
Count in 2s
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Count in 2s

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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.
Subtraction for Early Years
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Subtraction for Early Years

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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.
Spider Counting to 10
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Spider Counting to 10

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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.
Sort Autumn & Winter pictures
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Sort Autumn & Winter pictures

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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.
Colours - Lliwiau
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Colours - Lliwiau

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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.
KS1 Science - Ears/Hearing Experiment
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KS1 Science - Ears/Hearing Experiment

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Year 1 Science - Hearing/Ears This was a part of our science topic ‘The Senses’. We completed these 3 differentiated worksheets/anticipation grids to activate prior knowledge. Half way through our topic, we completed the ‘expanding statements’ as children had a better understanding of hearing. We then completed the beaker experiement. Children predicted what the beakers would sound like when struck when they were full and empty. We had been learning about low and high pitch.
Pom Pom Christmas Tree
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Pom Pom Christmas Tree

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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.