For this September 2021, we've updated the power maths reception resources. Here is a
four minute walkthrough of what's different, why the changes? There's a new EYFS framework.
We've adapted the content to fully cover the new early learning goals and the non statutory
guidance in the revised development matters document.
Here's a list of what I'm going to show you. You can always pause the video, but I will
show this again at the end as well. OK, let's go to the power maths planning page
on active learn matching charts for the new EYFS are under curriculum matching on this
page. Let's look at the new yearly overview for
power maths reception, right? There is a new unit for subtraction Unit 12, and there's
also a new week for Shape Unit 17 that covers composing and decomposing shapes.
We've made tweaks throughout all the units to reflect the new EYFS so tweaks throughout
to the teacher guide the flash cards and journals, as well as those completely new units.
There are also two optional units at the end of the summer term schools no longer have
to cover this content, but we didn't want to completely remove it. Some teachers might
still choose to make use of it. You'll also notice that we've updated the
overall progression, the geometry and measures content is spread through the terms instead
of all-in-one unit. That makes it easier to revisit topics and make connections through
the year. It's also a closer fit with the updated White Rose math scheme of learning.
We've added some extra games on day five wherever we felt some extra consolidation of the week
s learning would be valuable, so this is the teacher guide for Unit 11. Just as an example,
this activity Bunny ears is new and then in the in the second week of that unit Sharks
in the water is another completely new game. There are also some new activities for subitizing.
We need to go to the resources page to see that. And we'll look in reception and then
we'll look in teaching guidance. So if you Scroll down here subitizing flash cards, let's
look at those. The idea is you can use these for repeated practice throughout the year.
The numbers one to five are represented in a variety of different ways for children to
practice subitizing. So take a look at that and if we go back to the resources page. That
is a file of teacher notes here. It's just a page with a bit more detail on these subitizing
flashcards. How and why you might use those, and also take a look at the subitizing cards
here. These are printable cut out cards using the same images. So for instance, you could
play matching pairs games like SNAP and pelmanism using those.
While we're on the resources page, do you know about the journal exemplars for reception?
If not, take a look. We've updated these because of course we've updated the journals themselves.
If you haven't seen it already, you should definitely watch the power maths reception
webinar for a full walkthrough of the resources and how they've been designed. Click the classroom
support tile and then it's under pedagogy. So there it is. The power maths reception
webinar. So finally, here's that list again. There
are new books available for reception. The new teacher guides and journals have got 2021
EYFS Framework edition on the front. That's it. I hope you enjoy using the updated
power maths reception.