What's New?

New modules:
Pushes and Pulls
The Spelling Castle
Habitats

The Big Bus & MAPS e-portfolio
You can now access all of The Big Bus modules from within MAPS.

Learn @ Home licence extension
In addition to the three new modules we’ve mentioned above, you can now extend your licence to The Big Bus to include home use by all your children.

Learning Objectives

Activity Information
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Can You Help?	Return to search page
Sorting, shape, number sequences and materials are all interwoven in an adventure based on the topic ?people who help us?. Go shopping, rescue a cat, visit the hairdresser and sort materials for recycling. Help Aunt Dotty to find her missing key and receive a reward as her mystery box is finally unlocked.
Subjects Covered FOUNDATION STAGE, LITERACY, NUMERACY.
Age Range 3-4-5
Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Communication Language and Literacy, Mathematical Development, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, NNS - Solving Problems, NNS- Shape and Size.
Learning Objectives Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Vocabulary, Reading, Number, Problem solving, ICT, Read common and familiar words, Number lines, Shape and space.
Pre-School Curriculum Links FOUNDATION STAGE P34 Have a developing awareness of their own needs, views and feelings, and be sensitive to the needs, views and feelings of others P38 Consider the consequences of their words and actions for themselves and others P52 Extend their vocabulary, exploring the meaning and sounds of new words P62 Read a range of familiar and common words and simple sentences independently P74 Say and use number names in order in familiar contexts Count reliably up to 10 everyday objects Recognise numerals 1 to 9 P75 Use developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems P92 ? Find out about and identify the uses of everyday technology and use ICT and programmable toys to support their learning
Reception Curriculum Links LITERACY W5 to read on sight a range of familiar words, e.g. children?s names, captions, labels, and words from favourite books W10 new words from their reading and shared experiences W11 to make collections of personal interest or significant words and words linked to particular topics NUMERACY P12 Say a number lying between to given numbers P18 Solve simple problems or puzzles in a practical context, and respond to ?What should we try next?? P19 Sort or match pictures or objects or themselves P25 Use language to describe the shape and size of solids and flat shapes, begin to name shapes FOUNDATION STAGE P34 Have a developing awareness of their own needs, views and feelings, and be sensitive to the needs, views and feelings of others P38 Consider the consequences of their words and actions for themselves and others P52 Extend their vocabulary, exploring the meaning and sounds of new words P62 Read a range of familiar and common words and simple sentences independently P74 Say and use number names in order in familiar contexts. Count reliably up to 10 everyday objects P75 Use developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems P92 Find out about and identify the uses of everyday technology and use ICT and programmable toys to support their learning
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