What’s more, this bus writing template is available in tons of great options to suit every need. For the more confident writers in your class, it comes in fully lined and narrow lined versions, giving them lots of writing space to express their ideas. It even comes in an editable version that you can change in any way you like.

With so many great opportunities and uses, we hope that you’re on board with this wonderful bus-themed resource! What are some resources like this bus writing template?English - write own naughty bus (or other form of transport!) story (focus on capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, adjectives and conjunctions e.g. The Naughty Bus raced towards the deep pond but suddenly stopped ! ) This is especially fun if children haven’t been on a bus journey before. Children could draw a picture of themselves on the bus after your trip. Talk together about what they noticed and remember about the bus. Find out more Sing a song about a bus Inside this resource, you’ll find a fun bus writing template in portrait orientation. Featuring colourful illustrations of a London bus, as well as plenty of space for children to write and draw pictures, this template will spark children’s imaginations during a range of writing tasks. For instance, your pupils could use it to write a short story, a poem or even an account of a trip they went on!

Read You Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus. Identify each form of transport. Children discuss which vehicles they have tried; they share their reason for travelling and describe how it felt. Our topic this term is based around the story 'Naughty Bus' by Jan Oke. I have uploaded a copy of the text and a YouTube link to read/watch the story. Ideas for this term could include: If sharing this story corresponds with a birthday or other reason for a present you might like to wrap up a toy bus for children to unwrap before introducing the book – a special story about a new toy. Read aloud Read The Train Ride. Identify what the characters see on the journey. List ideas as words or phrases. Show sequencing words ( resources) and model converting the ideas into an oral recount. Below isan animation of the song ‘Wheels on the Bus’ See l ovemybooks ideas for sharing The Wheels on the BusComputing/ICT - plan, direct and film your own 'Naughty Bus' (or Naughty *other form of transport*) story. You could add subtitles, music, narrate it. Use the YouTube link as a guide to help you. Enjoy You Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus. Relish the illustrations and amusing scenarios. Invite children to select their favourite and to use because to provide a reason for their opinion, e.g. A whale riding a bike because it is funny to see something so big on something so small.

Buses, travel, transport, adventures, local area, behavioural expectations, London, toys and the history of toys Encourage children to recreate some of the scenes from the story using their own toys eg the tall buildings and traffic in London, the bus queue or in the garden (or park) even the baked bean scene if you can bear the mess! Children can retell parts of the story in their own words as they recreate these scenes. Makeyour own naughty bus adventure Share Mrs. Armitage on Wheels Identify each problem Mrs. Armitage solves. Discuss the improvements the children would make to their bikes/scooters, e.g. add a wireless speaker to play music, a TV, a seat for teddy. Our topic this term is based around old and new toys. I have uploaded some links to Youtube with stories that children might like. Ideas for this term could include:

Phonics/Reading Activities

Just when you thought one would never come along... This is a book for reading together with young children; designed to encourage conversation, visual literacy and imaginative play. Text Rationale: This is a three-week Writing Root for Naughty Busby Jan Oke.As well creating their own story, the children will have the opportunity to write two simple pieces of information writing, one based on buses and another on toys. Initially, the children will share information about buses and try and to find out what they already know about buses to create a shared simple piece of information writing. After this, there will be some drama where the classroom is messed up or someone has drawn on something! The teacher will read part of Naughty Bus and the children will start to look for evidence to prove it is indeed Naughty Bus who has caused the chaos.After reading all of the book, the children will use Naughty Bus to innovate upon, inventing the sequel for his adventures. This will be based on the local area and will involve children captioning photos of the bus up to no good in other settings. To structure this, the children will use storyboards which they will have had modelled for them. Finally, the children will look at toys and bring their own in. They will have the opportunity to sort and categorise the toys and then create a piece of shared information writing as well as their own, before writing their own naughty toy adventure. Synopsis of Text:

Take close up photos together of the bus in different places, inside and out. Ifpossible print themand make a book ofyour naughty busphotos together.Ask your child to tell you about each photo and scribe their words as captions to gowith the pictures. Alternatively you could look atdigital photos together as a slide show or makeaphotostory with them. Sing a songTake a toy bus or another small toy vehicle off for adventures indoors and in the garden if you have one or the local park. Make a story with photos Read the book to children pausing to look closely at the pictures as you do. Children will enjoy hearing it more than once and joining in with the parts they remember. Talk about the book English - Looking at stories in familiar settings and writing your own about your favourite toy. Looking at non fiction texts and non-chronological reports and creating your own. Writing an old toy information book. Remember to focus on capital letters, full stops, exclamation marks, question marks, adjectives (describing words) and conjunctions (connecting words in a sentence) E.g The old teddy was sat on the dusty chair because the girl had left it there !