Join in the crazy chaotic fun (and chortle loudly) as an array of animals ride all sorts of unsuitable vehicles in this energetic picture book Thank you for visiting Nursery World and making use of our archive of more than 35,000 expert features, subject guides, case studies and policy updates.

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. So, having brought these kinds of questions to the forefront of children’s minds I would then start to talk about the rules we have at the setting. Are there ‘Can’t and don’t’ rules that are made to keep each other safe? Are there rules that are made to show consideration for others? I think it’s important that children think about the rules that are in place, and consider the reasons why they are there. This way we can teach children about self, and mutual respect and about how behaviour is managed and moderated within groups – all important aspects of British Values (PSED) Green: creating our own playdough animals using other materials such as string and googley eyes to finish them. Elephants on buses? Monkeys in shopping trolleys? Hippos in hot air balloons? A whale … on a bike?’ 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.Children will enjoy the silliness of this book and the familiar font and layout will naturally draw some children to it – it looks very much like a Lauren Child ‘Charlie and Lola’ picture book.

Next week the focus will be extending our vocabulary related to wild animals, describing patterns in nature and length, reading the story: Spots or Stripes? by Vasanti Unka. Phonics focus will be: oa and igh. Yellow Challenge: looking at a scene from our story Spots or Stripes and writing our noun phrases “stripey tiger”, “spotty leopard”, etc.

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We have been learning to use positional language as well as giving directional commands using an app on the iPads. 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.

iPads and tablet devices are increasingly used at home for learning and entertainment purposes. It can be problematic if children browse different applications or the internet by themselves. An important e– safetyfeature on iPads that is easy to use is called ‘Guided Access’. This function limits users to only using one specific app and prevents them from switching to another program or returning to the Home screen. Please see the instructions below of how to enable Guided Access on iOS. 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. Purple: playing ‘animal twister’– like the traditional twister game but replacing the colours with animals. Wednesday 28th February- DON’T FORGET TO WEAR A BRIGHT T-SHIRT! As part of the University and County wide commitment to equality, the school, together with Eddington and the University, is ending LGBT+ month by making a human rainbow. On Wednesday 28th February, we ask that you send your child to school dressed in a coloured T-shirt or outfit. In the afternoon of that day, all 300 children and our team will form a human rainbow at the entrance to our school. There will be a high level photograph taken.

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