Ideas for Home Learning:
Week Ending 3rd and 10th February 2017
Dear Parents/Carers,
Please find below some ideas for guiding your child’s learning at home. Please encourage
your child to complete one or more of these activities, with your support.
In addition, we would love to hear from you about your child’s home learning; please use
the home learning diary to jot down your observations. Thank you.
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Our story this fortnight is called ‘The Naughty Bus’.
 Tell your family (and friends) about the story. Tell them about: the
characters, the setting, how the story starts, problems and solutions
in the story, and how the story ends.
 Also, talk about your favourite part of the story.
 You can also watch a similar version of the story online by typing
in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqQ1BAEj1oE
On the front and side of the ‘Naughty Bus’, there are signs which tell us the number of
the bus and where it is going.
 When you are out and about, look at the writing on
different vehicles - what do you notice?
 Look at the number plates too. Talk about the letters.
Do you know what sounds they make? Can you name
the letters? Perhaps you could make a number plate of
your own and attach it to a wheeled toy.
In the story, the ‘Naughty Bus’ goes on an adventure.
 Take one of your toys on an adventure.
 Think about:
1. Where your toy’s adventure will start.
2. A problem your toy will have along the way.
3. How the problem will be solved.
4. And how your toy’s adventure will end.
 You could take photographs to illustrate each part of your
toy’s adventure story AND/OR tell your story to
someone in your family, so that they can write it down for
you.
 Can you draw a map showing where your toy went? Reception children, can you use
your letters and sounds to label your map? Remember to sound talk the word you want
to write.
 Have you or someone in your family ever used a map? If so, where did they go? Have
you seen any maps when you’ve been out and about with your family? Could you use
any electric devises to look at maps such as a SatNav, phone or Google maps?