Transport

Aims:  These tasks are designed to be done with your child. Blue coloured tasks are aimed at Pathway 1 pupils as well as pupils who prefer more interactive activities and require a higher level of support. These are tasks we hope you will enjoy, please select the ones you feel are most appropriate for your child.

Thinking

Literacy Focus

Building language
skills talking about
and describing,
reading practise [widget supported], sentence building,
fine motor work, expressing a personal opinion. Letter sound skills [phonics]

Speaking, Listening & Communication, Reading and Writing:

Resources:  links in the powerpoints to different types of transport to watch + talk about.

 No internet, no problem - story and task sheets on the powerpoints below…

 Powerpoints: 

W8 Transport Find and Sign BLUE fb  [go for a walk and find]]

W8 Transport Story + Tasks  BLUE as [signed story]  

W8 Big Digger ABC BLUE as [phonics]

Maths Focus

• Watch the video about transport vehicles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2S6g3OigmQ
  • How many different vehicles have you seen?
  • How many wheels does the bike have?
  • How many wheels does the car have?
  • How many passengers have you seen in the car?
  • How many passengers have you seen on the bus?
  • Which vehicle is the longest in length? Why?

• Watch the video (draw and paint a train): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-96ajr1P8BM
  • What shapes can you see on the train?
  • Draw your own train.
  • Paint or colour your train.

• Count the passengers
  • How many passengers can you see on bus 1?
  • At the next bus stop, 2 passengers got off. How many passengers left on the bus?
  • At the next bus stop, 3 passengers got off, how many passengers left on the bus?
     

• Count the passengers
  • How many passengers can you see on bus 2?
  • At the next station, 2 more passengers got on the bus, how many passengers were on the bus altogether? At the next station, 3 passengers got off the bus, how many passengers left on the bus?
     

Which bus has the most passengers in the end?
Which bus has the least passengers in the end?

• Transport addition

Science Focus

Task 1: Balloon powered car experiment - A fun and hands-on science experiment. You could make 2 of these cars and race them! It contains details of what you will need, along with step-by-step instructions on how to carry it out. There is also a prompt card to promote discussion and exploration.

Key words: Balloon , Force , Air, Distance

Equipment: Toy Car, Straw, Balloon, Sticky Tape, Scissors

Link:https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-2545520-eyfs-balloon-powered-car-science-experiment-and-prompt-card-pack-1

Task 2: How fast can a car go? - To find out how the height of a ramp affects the distance travelled by toy cars released from the top.

Starter:Watch the video clip below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96fbm7XAFwg

What you will need:Toy cars,books or boxes, cardboard paper or a wooden plank

Plenary:

1. Which car was the fastest? The one on 2 books or the on 5 books?--------------------------.
2. Why did this happen?
    
3. The car on two books was higher/lower so it went faster / slower. But the car on five books was higher/slower so it travelled faster/slower

Creativity

Cooking/Technology 

Task: Make race car hot dogs! - Here is a fun, creative recipe that not only looks good but tastes yummy too. You can change the hot dog to a veggie alternative too.

Link:https://eatingrichly.com/race-car-hot-dogs/

Task: Using PowerPoint and the Internet to copy and paste images

Aim: for pupils to search the internet for images of transport and create a Powerpoint presentation.

• Car
• Bike
• Bus
• Car
• Train
• Aeroplane
• Tram

Pupils to copy and paste images and create a page on PowerPoint for each mode of transport.

Pupils can also type the key features of each transport on each page.

Pupils can present their work to their family once complete.

Task: Using shapes on Word to make pictures - Pupils to use Word and insert shapes to create pictures of transport. Pupils to insert different shapes and then change the size of these and fit them together to make different modes of transport.

Task:Cooking Skills - Practise knife skills by copying some of these transport themed foods. Be careful. Always have an adult with you.

Drama / Arts / Music

Task Focus: Making a newspaper hot air balloon.

Task Helpful link to follow:

https://iheartcraftythings.com/newspaper-hot-air-balloon-craft-for-kids.html

Key Information:

Have you ever been up in a hot air balloon? Although I’m not sure I could handle the heights, I’ve always dreamed of how fascinating the experience would be. The watercolour painted newspaper hot air balloon craft for kids is so cute and perfect for summer. Kids will love getting creative by drawing unique and special designs on their hot air balloon craft.

You will need:

·       Newspaper

·       Liquid watercolours (but any paint will do)

·       Paintbrush

·       Blue and white card (if you have different colours make it a
         fantasy style)

·       Brown paper lunch bag.

·       Fun chalk markers or felt pens

·       Scissors

·       Glue

Keywords: hot air balloon, newspaper

Instruction:

1. Start by painting your newspaper with your liquid watercolours. Let the newspaper dry overnight. When it is dry, cut out a hot air balloon shape.

2. Cut clouds out from your white cardstock paper and glue them onto your blue cardstock paper. Then glue your hot air balloon top onto your paper on top of the clouds.

3. Cut a hot air balloon basket out of your brown paper lunch bag and glue it under your hot air balloon. Use your brown marker pen to connect the hot air balloon and basket.

4. Finish your craft by using your Fun Chalk Markers or felt pens to decorate your hot air balloon.

Other Wider Learning

Task: Transportation crafts -

Link: https://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/transportation/crafts.html

https://youtu.be/Jv22CKVJSas   Vehicles Transportation Song for blue

https://youtu.be/okq0ux8de70   Wheels on the Bus and Vehicles

Health & Wellbeing 

Physical Activity

The PE staff are uploading videos of circuit training or challenges every week. Have a look at this week’s videos and have a go.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQVlu1D0XnL-bwjaXIzbZxQ/videos

Now that you have worked really hard to make your hot air balloon why not do this fantastic hot air balloon breathing exercise with lots of fun yoga moves. Follow the link below and turn your living room into a yoga disco!!!

https://youtu.be/dtQ72qRpVVE

ThisIsPE: Updated 3 times a week. Fun and easy activities to be done at home. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thisisPE

Using ideas from the “This is PE” link, try and create your own game using things you can find at home. Write down the rules and play with your family. If you can, upload to Twitter and tag “@MeadowPE” so we can see it.

Nike Move Crew: Fun games and dance activities led by Nike athletes.  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nike+move+crew

Go Noodle I Get Moving: Lots of videos to get children moving, dancing and exercising with lots of music and singing. https://www.youtube.com/user/GoNoodleGames

Changing Gears:

1st gear: slow walk; 2nd gear: fast walk; 3rd gear: jog; 4th gear: run; 5th gear: sprinting; Handbrake: freeze.

In an open area you must move around at the speed of whichever gear is called out to you. You should see the different speeds you can move at. Make sure you avoid obstacles and other people.

Cross Curricular

PSCHE

PSHCE: Safety using transport

Task 1: Find out why we ask you not to stand upstairs on a bus

Link: http://media.tfl.gov.uk/top-deck/index.html

Task 2: Explore making safer choices about how far back to wait when using public transport

Link: http://media.tfl.gov.uk/waiting-distance/index.html

Transport

Aims: These tasks are designed to be done with your child. Green coloured tasks are aimed at
pupils in the main body of the school. Tasks are a mixture of interactive tasks  and tasks which
build core skills. These are tasks we hope you will enjoy, please select the ones you feel are most
appropriate. 

Thinking

Literacy Focus

Build language and story sequencing skills making links between events and the character’s feelings.  Develop close reading skills, using evidence from the text. Developing imagination and creativity through design challenge and extended writing task.

Signing & Communication Link:  Zones of Regulation linked to feelings and language to talk about change and transition.

Speaking & Listening, Reading + Writing:

Resources:  range of video links in the powerpoint for

Horrid Henry, Go-Kart Challenge and Harry Potter the Knight Bus.

Powerpoints: 
W8 Transport Horrid Henry GREEN Text + Tasks as

W8 Transport Harry Potter the Knight Bus

Videos:  Miss Barratt reading Horrid Henry’s Car Journey [3 x videos]

               Mr. Brady reading Harry Potter the Knight Bus

Miss Barratt reading Horrid Henry (3 clips)

Mr Brady reading Harry Potter - The Knight Bus (1 clip)

Extension Work:  Mrs. Sugden - Zones of Regulation + emotion signs

Maths Focus

• Transport survey

When out on your daily exercise, take a look around and tally which different transport you see. Answer the questions below

• Bus routes
  
  
   

• Find the quickest walking route from:
  • Edgware Road to Picadilly Circus
  • Hyde Park Corner to Russell Square
  • Temple to Chancery Lane
  • Old Street to Euston
  • Marble Arch to London Bridge

• Complete this transport puzzle
  
   

Science Focus

Task1: Design a zip line that can carry passengers

Link:ttps://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/us2-s-45-zip-line-stem-teaching-ideas

Task 2: Bicycle riding aerodynamics - (please complete with adult’s agreement and supervision)

Link:https://www.twinkl.com/resource/t-he-050-bicycle-riding-aerodynamics-activity-sheet?sign_in=1

Task 3: Plasticine Boat Buoyancy - To build a plasticine boat and complete notes on upthrust.

What to do: Build a boat out of Plasticine that can support as many small objects as possible. Think about how you can make the Plasticine float easily and how upthrust affects the boat.Experiment with different shape boats to find out which one works the best.

Key words: Boat, Float , Upthrust, Weight, Force, Sink

Equipment: Plasticine, Water, Little objects

Link:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/plasticine-boat-buoyancy-investigation-6162684

Creativity

Cooking/Technology 

Task: Make traffic lights “lollipops” snack! - This recipe is a fun chocolate treat that is simple to make

Link:https://planningwithkids.com/2012/09/30/traffic-light-party-treats/

Task: Computing - logo design - Social media is used to transport information all around the world, enabling people to keep up to date with the latest news and with each other.

Your task is to design a logo for a new social media app called ‘Connection’. Look at the different social media logos for ideas.

Attached: PDF  - Transport - Social media logo design

Task: Newspaper Article - Write a newspaper article about a modern form of transport powered by technology. Research and describe its features and how it transports people.

You can type this up using Word or design one by hand.  Remember to include a title, information and pictures.  Examples of modern transport: planes, trains and automobiles.

Drama / Arts

Task Focus: Making transport from recycled materials

Task Helpful link to follow:

https://www.meadowhighschool.org/page/?title=Home+Engagement&pid=662

Key Information:

All over the world children make toy vehicles out of recycled packaging. Can you find items in your recycle bin and around the house that will help you make a vehicle. What can you use for the body? Do you need wheels or does it fly?

Use the link and pictures to help you decide what you want to make. You will need an adult to help you get started

You will need:

Packaging-bottles, lids, boxes, paper, card etc.. Cellotape, Scissors, Glue,

(you may wish to paint it at the end or add stickers)

Keywords: Recycled Materials, Vehicle, Wheels, Body, Plane Train Car Truck Lorry Bus

Instruction:

1. Pick what you will make

2.Find your materials and packaging.

3. Plan your design

4. Make the design

5. Play a guessing game, can you make the sounds of the transport? Then see if you can guess what the transport is?

6. Say what you did well.

Other Wider Learning

Task: Transportation crafts -

Making a paper/card Train Engine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o87p1DLbAG8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek4xOGTnRRI

How to draw and paint a Lightning  McQueen Car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06iaW7Cq9wo

With Adult support!

How to make a toy plane from Lollipop sticks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur97l9Ci0mg

Make a Mobile car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwCzEcjqf1I

Health & Wellbeing 

Physical Activity

The PE staff are uploading videos of circuit training or challenges every week. Have a look at this week’s videos and have a go.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQVlu1D0XnL-bwjaXIzbZxQ/videos

ThisIsPE: Updated 3 times a week. Fun and easy activities to be done at home. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thisisPE

Using ideas from the “This is PE” link, try and create your own game using things you can find at home. Write down the rules and play with your family. If you can, upload to Twitter and tag “@MeadowPE” so we can see it.

Nike Move Crew: Fun games and dance activities led by Nike athletes.  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nike+move+crew

Go Noodle I Get Moving: Lots of videos to get children moving, dancing and exercising with lots of music and singing. https://www.youtube.com/user/GoNoodleGames

Measuring speed:

Distance, Speed, Time

1. Measure a distance you want to run in metres. E.g. 10m, 5m or 200m. This could be in a room, garden or park.
2. Get someone to time how long it takes you to run/walk that distance.
3. Divide your distance by your time. E.g. 100m ➗ 9.58 seconds = 10.4m per second (Usain Bolt’s 100m world record!). This is your speed.

Investigate what your speed is at different distances.

Wellbeing

Useful links offering support and discussion:

https://youngminds.org.uk/

https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/

Make Time For Me
Task: To discuss the importance of speaking about mental health openly and think about how we can take care of our mental health and wellbeing.

Using the  PDF and powerpoint discuss how we can make time for ourselves to do something that makes us feel good. Read through the Make Time for Me list. Explain that these are all ways that people can help themselves feel better when they’re feeling low or having a tough time. Some of them can help contribute to feeling more healthy physically and mentally (though, just as with physical health, sometimes people will get mental health problems even if they do all these things). Make a poster to include all the things you like to do that makes you feel good.

Links: https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/

How Many Positives

Individual/family task: In this task we want to think about all the positives we have to be grateful for. Use the PDF ‘How many positives’ to guide students and family through the activity.

Links: https://youngminds.org.uk/

Cross Curricular

PSHCE/ Geography: Travel and Tourism

Task: Travel and Tourism activity pack ( ppt, teaching ideas, worksheet)

Link: https://www.twinkl.com/resource/ks2-tourism-resource-pack-t2-g-2567184

Transport

Aims:  These tasks are designed to be done with your child. Purple coloured tasks are aimed at pupils who would enjoy more of a challenge .  These are tasks where pupils should be working with greater independence, however  please take time to support pupils in starting the tasks and build communication skills. 

Thinking

Literacy Focus

Literacy Focus: Build
skills identifying key moments in a text, making links between events and the character’s feelings.  Embed close reading skills, using evidence from the text.  Build auditory memory through listening and taking notes leading to writing a summary. Developing imagination and language skills through narrative and descriptive writing tasks.

Signing & Communication Link:  Zones of Regulation linked to feelings and language to talk about change and transition.

Speaking & Listening, Reading + Writing:

Resources:  video links the powerpoint .

Powerpoints: 

W8 Transport Read, Discuss + Write PURPLE as

W8 Transport Descriptive Writing PURPLE as

Videos:  Miss Barratt reading Horrid Henry’s Car Journey [3 x videos]

               Mr. Brady reading Harry Potter the Knight Bus

Extension Work:  Mrs. Sugden - Zones of Regulation + emotion signs

Miss Barratt reading Horrid Henry (3 clips)

Mr Brady reading Harry Potter - The Knight Bus (1 clip)

Extension Work:  Mrs. Sugden - Zones of Regulation + emotion signs

Maths Focus

• This is the London Underground map, can you research the distance between these stations in km? Can you convert them to miles?
  • Euston Square to Oxford Circus
  • Angel to Bank
  • Royal Oak to Wood Lane
  • Putney Bridge to South Kensington
  • Borough to Monument

• Can you solve this puzzle?

• BBC Bitesize Revision - decimals, fractions, percentages

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zh7xpv4

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsxhfg8

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf6pyrd

Science Focus

Task 1: Make COKE AND MENTOS ROCKET CAR!  - This demonstration unleashes the power of candy and soda to propel a rocket car.

Link:https://www.scienceworld.ca/resource/coke-and-mentos-rocket-car/

Task 2: Fastest Animal - Put the following animals in order of their speed-highest to lowest.

Answers:

Task 3: Speed - Measure the speed of a trolley down a ramp and use the formula to calculate speed

Video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6K-F9Bjl8s

Which variables affect the speed of a toy car?

What you will need:

• metre ruler or tape measure

• toy car

• ramp/or some cardboards

• blocks

• stop clock

Method

A) Set up the ramp as shown. Put a cushion at the end of the ramp to catch the car.

B) Measure the height and length of the ramp. Write the numbers here:

    Height ________________ cm          Length _________________________ cm

C) Measure the time taken for the car to roll down the ramp and write it in the results table under Time 1.

D) Repeat the measurement twice more.

E) Repeat steps B to D with different ramp heights

1a.  Calculate the mean time for each height by adding all three results together and dividing the answer by 3.

1b. Now calculate the speed for each ramp height.(distance /time)

2. How does the height of the ramp affect the speed of the car?

Evaluation

3. How reliable were your results? (Hint: how close were your repeated results to each other?)

4. Suggest one way to improve your investigation

Creativity

Cooking/Technology 

Task: Make “no bake” train cake! - A no-bake cake that magically transforms into a train when all of the pieces are put together. It’s a show-stopper of a treat.

Link: https://www.annabelkarmel.com/recipes/no-bake-train-cake/

Task: Transport challenge - Computing and technology has transformed the globe, including transport. Create a timeline using one of the available templates to show how transport has developed through time as technology has developed. Below is an example of one of the templates

You can choose one type of transport to focus on for the timeline.

Below are two useful websites to help you complete the task.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaLCQo8NJFA

Link: https://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/cars.html

Attached: PDF - Blank Timeline Template 

Drama / Arts

Task Focus: Design a warning sign or poster helping people keep safe on public transport. 

Task Helpful link to follow:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-safer-travel-guidance-for-passengers

You Will need:

Pencil, Paper and Colouring Pens. You can paint it if you like

Key Information:

Designers create art by working to a design brief.

You are going to pretend you are a designer and you have been asked to create a fun poster encouraging young children to stay safe when using transport.

Remember you need a title- e.g. Help Stay Safe!

You need instructions- e.g. Do stay at least 2M away from other.  Remember wear a mask.

You need a logo/picture to help people see what it is about and look at your poster..

Keywords:Transport, Train,  Bus, Plane, Taxi, Safe, Mask, 2 Metres

Instructions:

1 Look at the example poster and link on government guidelines

2. Pick the type of transport your design is for

3. Plan your Title, logo-drawing and key information

4. Colour your design in bold colours which will attract attention.

If you use  opposite colours on the colour-wheel together they stand out better. These are cold Complementary Colours

Other Wider Learning

Task: Transportation crafts -

Painting a plane contrasting colours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eYITrhQPpE

Fun Fluid Art- try this with knotted string and paint to create movement in your painting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMBJRAfAvmI

Fun Fluid art with String

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMLPw6DGHAc

One point perspective high ability

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3fRwrZhiMg

Two Point Perspective- High Ability

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgfeehj48a4

Health & Wellbeing 

Physical Activity

The PE staff are uploading videos of circuit training or challenges every week. Have a look at this week’s videos and have a go.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQVlu1D0XnL-bwjaXIzbZxQ/videos

ThisIsPE: Updated 3 times a week. Fun and easy activities to be done at home. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thisisPE

Using ideas from the “This is PE” link, try and create your own game using things you can find at home. Write down the rules and play with your family. If you can, upload to Twitter and tag “@MeadowPE” so we can see it.

Nike Move Crew: Fun games and dance activities led by Nike athletes.  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nike+move+crew

Go Noodle I Get Moving: Lots of videos to get children moving, dancing and exercising with lots of music and singing. https://www.youtube.com/user/GoNoodleGames

Fitness Blender: Build your own circuit training session

https://www.fitnessblender.com/videos

Measuring speed:

Distance, Speed, Time

1. Measure a distance you want to run in metres. E.g. 10m, 5m or 200m. This could be in a room, garden or park.
2. Get someone to time how long it takes you to run/walk that distance.
3. Divide your distance by your time. E.g. 100m ➗ 9.58 seconds = 10.4m per second (Usain Bolt’s 100m world record!). This is your speed.

Investigate what your speed is at different distances

Pacing:

Using what you have just used in the measuring speed task have a go at setting yourself a speed target and try to achieve it.

E.g. 10m course 2m per second speed target

Using the speed triangle:

10 ➗ 2 = 5 seconds

So, your target is to run the 10m course in exactly 5 seconds.

This will be trial and error and you will not get this straight away.

Explore with different distances and different speed targets or even harder, can you repeat the same speed multiple times.

This is a helpful skill to adjust your pace when racing in athletics or cross country.

Wellbeing

Useful links offering support and discussion:

https://
youngminds.org.uk/

https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/

Make Time For Me
Task: To discuss the importance of speaking about mental health openly and think about how we can take care of our mental health and wellbeing.

Using the PDF and powerpoint discuss how we can make time for ourselves to do something that makes us feel good. Read through the Make Time for Me list. Explain that these are all ways that people can help themselves feel better when they’re feeling low or having a tough time. Some of them can help contribute to feeling more healthy physically and mentally (though, just as with physical health, sometimes people will get mental health problems even if they do all these things). Make a poster to include all the things you like to do that makes you feel good.

Links: https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/

How Many Positives

Individual/family task: In this task we want to think about all the positives we have to be grateful for.  Use the PDF ‘How many positives’ to guide students and family through the activity.

Cross Curricular

PSHCE: Planning a journey

Task1: Using a bus map worksheet

Link: http://content.tfl.gov.uk/plan-journey-teacher-resource-bus-map-safety-citizenship.pdf

Task2: Know your area

Link: http://content.tfl.gov.uk/plan-journey-know-your-area-resource-safety-citizenship.pdf

Task 3: What to take with me on a journey

Link: http://content.tfl.gov.uk/plan-journey-helpful-hints-resource-safety-citizenship.pdf