Topic - Transport. A bus with a fictional tale. Bus story Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 a real Playbus. The wishing Shelf Book Awards finalist 2018

Christmas Story to share Have you ever been involved with the school Christmas production? If you have, I am sure you would understand some of the events in this story book. One year in particular the events leading up to the final performance were very challenging but it gave me the inspiration for the story. I wrote the story for the children who were the characters in the Christmas Play that year. We could certainly laugh about it afterwards. The Christmas play was always very hard work, with problems along the way, but certainly a lot of fun. Our final school performance ended up well in the end. With the right amount of, ‘Ahh!’ from the audience. I am sure many teachers and helpers will be able to relate to the events I this rehearsal. A bus is always included somewhere in my books, this was certainly a challenge with the Christmas play, but yes there is a bus.

Barty Barton, is not about a bus! (Shhh! There is a bus included!) Barty was a favourite teddy bear and was always ready to give a hug whenever you might be worried. With all of his loving cuddles he was certainly in need of a few repairs. The story is about love and caring for our precious possessions and toys. You should never throw something away because it is old, tatty and no longer perfect. Being loved is so much more important. That would be the message for my bus stories too.

A story book to share. (Transport topic/ buses/ play) Jay-Jay the supersonic bus story, based on the original Playbus, this is another story about the Playbus adventures. The school holidays were a chance for the bus to offer play-scheme play opportunities. Over the summer, the Playbus would visit children around the town offering a safe place to play. Families, with children of all ages, would come along to explore and join in with the activities of the day. Gloria, named after one of the Gatwick Airport Airbear mascots, was certainly a popular attraction and children would look forward to her visits. The fictional tale of a Playbus.

This is a collection of some familiar rhymes and a few jokes with a bus twist. ‘What did the bus conductor say to the frog?’

Sparky the Dragon bus was a real bus which operated in Glasgow, Scotland. The bus supported children with disabilities and had a stair-lift fitted to enable users to access the top deck of the bus. The bus was the inspiration for the story of a little girl, who having designed Sparky’s beautiful exterior paintwork, finds she can join in because of her wheelchair disability. The message of Sparky was based on inclusion. The patron of the original Playbus project was The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, who once visited the bus.

A scheme of work with teaching ideas that can be used for a topic on transport. The SOW has suggested links to the Jay-Jay Story books. 4 bus stories to support KS 1 and KS 2. Based on a real bus now with a fictional story. Topics: transport; environment; local studies Scheme covers all aspects of the curriculum with worksheet links available. (Literacy; Art; Design Technology; Role Play; Numeracy; Speaking and Listening; history) Links and worksheets used in school