During our first week back Nursery experienced a very exciting hook week to power up our new expedition, We are on the move – Would you travel by Wheels, Wings or Other things?
We had a very exciting Vehicle Showcase on our school grounds to support our hook week text The Bus is For Us by Michael Rosen. In the text the children explored various modes of transport that were available for people to travel by, both real and imaginary. To bring the text to life the Nursery children observed a range of real life vehicles or modes of transport that move around our local community including; a tractor, a camper van, an old american Sheriff car, a fire engine, an old vintage car, roller skates, a scooter and a mobility scooter! The children were so excited to look at the vehicles and sit inside/on some of them. The talked about the appearance and colours of the vehicles and picked out key features, such as wheels, mirrors, lights, fuel cap/bottle and special features such as ladders and raised roofs!
Nursery also went on a short trip to the Junior school to make traffic observations. They were excited to count and see various modes of transport that moved up and down the busy road. We saw a van, a post van, several cars, a bike, someone walking and a dog, birds flying, lorries and two trucks. Finally after a little wait we were even lucky enough to see a Bus!! “The Bus is for us, the Bus is for everyone!”
We then thought carefully about what we had seen and placed lollypop sticks to mark a simple tally, which helped the children to remember the different kinds of vehicles.
Each day we are encouraged to walk to school to stay healthy and help the environment, we complete a Travel Tracker to record this. When we were completing this in hook week, the children were encouraged to consider how they move through their journey to school, is it by wheels or other things?
Finally to race to the finale of our week Nursery were asked to come to school on their bikes or scooters as an alternative to walking or driving. The children were so excited to share their bikes and scooters with us.
What a wonderful hook week and first week back it was to chase the Christmas blues away and accelerate our learning into their latest expedition.