Below isan animation of the song ‘Wheels on the Bus’ See l ovemybooks ideas for sharing The Wheels on the Bus If sharing this story corresponds with a birthday or other reason for a present you might like to wrap up a toy bus for children to unwrap before introducing the book – a special story about a new toy. Read aloud I had a lovely mental picture of "The Naughty Bus" driving round the country collecting children from Naughty Steps and Naughty Chairs, etc all over the land. Don't know where it would be taking them though. Sorry... I'm losing it!

With so many great opportunities and uses, we hope that you’re on board with this wonderful bus-themed resource! What are some resources like this bus writing template? Read the book to children pausing to look closely at the pictures as you do. Children will enjoy hearing it more than once and joining in with the parts they remember. Talk about the book Phonics - I have included all the sheets with sounds on right from the beginning of Reception to the end of Year 1. Some of you might find it helpful to 'assess' where your child is or any gaps that are missing.

This book is FAB. I use it with my 3/4 yea olds as enrichment and extension work; looking at print, motivation for their own stories, small world play, what happens next. I love it and, in fact will dig it out for some of my children next week.

Inside this resource, you’ll find a fun bus writing template in portrait orientation. Featuring colourful illustrations of a London bus, as well as plenty of space for children to write and draw pictures, this template will spark children’s imaginations during a range of writing tasks. For instance, your pupils could use it to write a short story, a poem or even an account of a trip they went on! Computing/ICT - plan, direct and film your own 'Naughty Bus' (or Naughty *other form of transport*) story. You could add subtitles, music, narrate it. Use the YouTube link as a guide to help you. Take close up photos together of the bus in different places, inside and out. Ifpossible print themand make a book ofyour naughty busphotos together.Ask your child to tell you about each photo and scribe their words as captions to gowith the pictures. Alternatively you could look atdigital photos together as a slide show or makeaphotostory with them. Sing a song What’s more, this bus writing template is available in tons of great options to suit every need. For the more confident writers in your class, it comes in fully lined and narrow lined versions, giving them lots of writing space to express their ideas. It even comes in an editable version that you can change in any way you like.English - write own naughty bus (or other form of transport!) story (focus on capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, adjectives and conjunctions e.g. The Naughty Bus raced towards the deep pond but suddenly stopped ! )