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Topic: Trains Term: Personal, social and emotional: Physical: Communication and Language: Talk about different roles- ticket inspector, train driver Work together to create trains Journeys- talk about past and present events Role play- train station Arrange visit to local train station Role play- ticket inspectors, train driver and passengers Read variety of fiction books- trains/journeys Look at non-fiction texts- rain Arrange visit to local train station Train track and town set- small world Story sack- train ride Have resources outside to make a large train Blocks and planks o create tracks Train movements Small construction to make trains Topic: Trains Term: Literacy: Mathematics: Understanding the World: Expressive arts and design: Read journey, train stories Write train tickets Draw maps for the train ride Write about where they would like to go on the train Draw and label a train Train poems Positional language- trains and maps Time- o’clock and half past. What time is the train arriving? Counting number carriages- 1s, 2s, 5s Writing numbers on seats and tickets Sorting and classifying trains and features Look at a variety of trains- steam, Eurostar, tube, Maps for the children to explore journeys Small construction to make trains Where does the train take you? Look and explore different locations Role play- train station Wheels painting/printing Musical journeys- trains Painting trains- look at old fashioned steam trains Movement pictures- using chalk pastel www.earlybirdyeducation.com