Nursery World - EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… a bus

A double-decker bus visited one primary school in London as part of the setting’s investigations of the outdoors and transport. By Annette Rawstrone

The children noted the size of the bus and its features, such as its big wheels and steering wheel

When a big, red, double-decker bus came to their nursery, the children wondered whether it would behave or create chaos like the ‘Naughty Bus’ in the book by Jan and Jerry Oke. Children questioned whether the bus would drive off before they could explore inside, or would it stay where it was supposed to be parked?

Staff at Featherstone Primary School in Southall, west London, arranged with transport provider Abellio for the bus to visit to coincide with the nursery’s investigations around the great outdoors and transport.

‘The school is in an area of high deprivation and, although some of the children use buses more than they use cars, the bus journeys are very limited and parents rely more on walking,’ explains assistant head Natatja Bauer.

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