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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