This
half term we will be looking at different types of transport. We will look at
transport in London, transport used in other countries and design our own modes
of transport. Here is an overview of what we will be doing.
Communication, Language and Literacy
Car registration plates: our names
·
Vehicle
poems.
·
Maps /
instructions for moving beebot…
·
Describing
vehicles to friends.
·
List
of what to take on a journey.
·
Passports
/ Oyster Cards.
·
Transport
/ Travel songs and rhymes
·
Letters
and sounds: m, d, g, o, c, k
· Roleplay Area: Train Station / Café
· Writing CVC words.
· Weekly phonics sessions
Physical Development
·
Washing
tricycles & toys
·
Large scale
vehicles: boxes.
·
Draw
your own road – signs etc & obstacles.
·
Vehicle
manoeuvring- cones / obstacles / stop / go
·
Tyre
printing in dough
·
Dance
/ Moving like vehicles
·
Parachute
games
·
Hand
gym / write dance.
Personal, Social
and Emotional Development
· Bus Game – Socialising
& recognising friends.
· Tell me about a journey.
· Junk modelling with
friends.
· Road safety – songs and
trips.
· Circle time – discussing
emotions.
Mathematical Development
·
Positional language activities.
·
Counting transport/comparing quantity.
·
Sorting vehicles into different types.
·
Graphs of our favourite transport.
·
Tallys for transport surveys.
·
Measuring how far vehicles travel.
·
Matching numerals to amounts.
·
Daily Maths carpet session.
Knowledge and Understanding
Of The World
·
Make a
car ferry.
·
ICT –
programmable cars
·
ICT - design
own vehicles
·
Investigate
float and sink.
·
Local
area maps / journeys.
·
How to
improve local area.
·
Bike/scooter
to school day.
·
Types
of traffic survey.
·
Old
and new transport – why the changes?
·
Transport
café food/picnic.
·
Waterways
and guttering.
·
Train/dockland
museum trip
Creative Development
·
Different
track patterns.
·
3D transport
models.
·
Favourite
vehicle pictures.
·
Transport
of the future.
·
Clay
modelling – design own transport.
·
Mother’s
Day cards / Easter eggs
·
Weekly
music (Wednesday)
·
Junk
Modelling
We will be looking at a selection of these books:
Mr Gumpy’s Outing by John Burnigham
The Train Ride by June Crebbin and Stephen Lambert
Whatever Next by Jill Murphy
The Snail And The Whale by Julia Donaldson and Axel
Scheffler
Mr Gumpy’s Motorcar by John Burnigham
Lost And Found by Oliver Jeffers
Curious George and the Dump Truck by Margret Rey and H. A. Rey
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo by Kevin Lewis
Dig, Dig, Digging by Margaret Mayo and
Alex Ayliffe
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive The Bus by Mo Willems
Felicity & Cordelia by Lisa Jahn-Clough
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
Maisy Drives the Bus by Lucy Cousins
Man on the Moon: A Day in the Life of Bob by Simon
Bartram
Oh, The Places
You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
The Little Red
Train: The Runaway Train by Benedict Blathwayt
The Noisy Airplane
Ride by Mike Downs
The Polar Express by Chris
Van Allsburg
