Numeracy Term One Planning

Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in numeracy for Reception aged children in the Foundation Stage covering counting and numbers to ten, finding one more and one less, identifying shapes, using non-standard measurements, working with money and presenting data using pictograms

(A) Counting

Count, record and compare sets of different objects to ten and identify the matching numbers using numerals

(B) Numbers

Practise counting and labelling sets of different objects by writing and matching the numerals for each of the numbers to five

(C) One More

Count and record numbers of different objects that are one more than numbers to ten by using objects around the school and in the local area

(D) One Less

Identify and record counted sets of objects that are one less than different numbers to ten on the theme of farms and farming

(E) Shapes

Identify, describe and compare different 2D shapes by their individual shape properties including numbers of sides and corners

(F) Measurement

Practise and model different ways of measuring and comparing the length, height, volume, capacity and mass of different objects by using counting skills

(K) Christmas Shopping

Solve a range of money problems about different things that families might need to buy to celebrate Christmas by adding money amounts within twenty

  • School Friends

    School Friends

    Investigate, describe and model some of the special ways of providing practical, spiritual and emotional support to other pupils in the school

  • School Pictograms

    School Pictograms

    Explore how to count and record the numbers of different pieces of school equipment that can be found in trays stored around the classroom

  • Listening Skills

    Listening Skills

    Develop and refine listening skills when practising how to follow commands and instructions when playing games and role-playing actions

  • Halving Things

    Halving Things

    Explain and model how to find and record the halves of some of the different objects that can be used at home and in school