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Summer 1 Ticket to ride

Our topic this half-term is 'Ticket to ride!'

Within this topic we will enquire into: 

  • Around the town
  • Vehicles past and present
  • Road safety 
  • Maps 
  • Where I live in the UK/world 

Our key questions are:

  • What can we see in our town?
  • How can we stay safe near roads? 
  • Where do I live?
  • How did people travel in the past?

Root knowledge:

  • To know places in our town
  • To know ways to stay safe near roads
  • To know the place I live
  • To know different types of vehicles 
  • To know the ways transport has changed over time 

Our Talk 4 Write texts are:

  • The naughty bus
  • The train ride 

Texts to share and enjoy:

  • Let’s go for a walk -Ranger Hamzar
  • Martha maps it out -Leigh Hodgkinson
  • Mr Gumpy’s outing - John Birningham
  • Wonderful world of things that go! -William Bee

Our core rhymes are:

  • 5 little men in a flying saucer
  • We're driving in our car
  • Humpty Dumpty 

We will learn the following Makaton signs:

  • Cold 
  • Hot
  • Clean
  • Dirty
  • Again
  • Tidy up