Week 1: My School | Early Years Activities & Worksheets

Name letters of the alphabet and give their sounds, then locate letters hidden inside a picture and in the playground

Name emotions, show them on their faces, sort emotion flash cards, and identify and colour the emotion they felt on the way to school

Describe their own school in speech and drawing: what it looks like, the classroom, the friends made there and the colour of the uniform

Use the supplied discussion, exploration and class-work ideas to plan each lesson; check the materials and outdoor setup ahead of time

Much of the week happens outside the classroom: two lessons walk the class around the school, the alphabet scavenger hunt hides letters in the playground, and "Count and find" sends children outdoors to collect a set number of objects

Have red, blue, yellow, green and purple ready for the fourth numeracy worksheet; its printed key uses all five colours

Letter recognition and letter sounds - children sing the alphabet, sit down when the letter their name begins with is called, and hunt for letters both hidden in the playground and drawn inside a worksheet picture.

Counting and numeral writing - children count pictured objects such as butterflies, colour a given number of items, and write the numeral in the block provided.

Descriptive talk and drawing - after touring the school children draw the building, their classroom, their friends, their uniform colour and the place in school where they feel safe.