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 ! Phonics Flash Cards - could be used for practical activities? Find objects with that sound in? Make things with that sound in? Cut up newspapers/magazines letters to make words/sentences? Play doh sounds? Bake the sounds? String words? Write sounds in soil/sand?

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.A variety of Home School Certificates (you can edit them) - might help motivate some children - keep going everyone - you're doing great! Buses, travel, transport, adventures, local area, behavioural expectations, London, toys and the history of toys Home Learning Certificate - just in case anyone needs any motivation and rewards (It is editable so you can take my name off and put yours!) 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: 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

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. 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 ! ) 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 aloudJust 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: 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 song 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: Maths - length and height practical ideas (can be changed to use things you have at home!) Just ideas feel free to adapt!!!

I had a lovely mental picture of "The Naughty Bus" driving round the country collecting children from Naughty Steps and Naughty Chairs, etc all over the land. Don't know where it would be taking them though. Sorry... I'm losing it! Computing/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. Wow Moments Slips - can be used to motivate children, doesn't have to be academic. May be see how many you can get in a day and give a reward? Compete with brothers/sisters? Helps to keep children (and parents) positive and help mental health and well being. Thinking about being kind and doing things for others.

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Science - plants - with the weather being nice, I thought it would be a good idea to have some things to do in/around/about the garden.

This book is FAB. I use it with my 3/4 yea olds as enrichment and extension work; looking at print, motivation for their own stories, small world play, what happens next. I love it and, in fact will dig it out for some of my children next week. TIMETABLE SUGGESTION - 11.5.20 - just a guide, use what you think is appropriate. You don't need to follow religiously. Spelling Seeds have been designed to complement Writing Roots by providing weekly, contextualised sequences of sessions for the teaching of spelling that include open-ended investigations and opportunities to practise and apply within meaningful and purposeful contexts, linked (where relevant) to other areas of the curriculum and a suggestion of how to extend the investigation into home learning. Four complete English units of work designed for Year 1 but easily adaptable for Reception or Year 2. Includes lesson powerpoints, differentiated resources and planning documents. Below isan animation of the song ‘Wheels on the Bus’ See l ovemybooks ideas for sharing The Wheels on the BusThere is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root. Coverage: Common Exception Words 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 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? This is a three-sessionspelling seed for the book Naughty Bus by Jan Oke. Below is the coverage from Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum 2014. 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.