Transport for LondonPlanning a journey
An essential part of every journey is planning. Adults tend to do this for young children with the result that children travelling independently for the first time often lack the necessary abilities of forward planning and map reading skills. This section contains activities that will give children experience of planning using TfL maps, thinking about what they will need to take with them on a journey and how much it will cost them.
Activities within this section will deliver the following National Curriculum Citizenship Objective:
1c children should be taught to face new challenges positively by collecting information, looking for help, making responsible choices and taking action.
1c children should be taught to face new challenges positively by collecting information, looking for help, making responsible choices and taking action.
Activities to download and print
Starter questions
Use these questions to provoke childrens’ thinking during the introduction to a lesson. Write them on a board or use as quick fire questions at the start of the session.
Use these questions to provoke childrens’ thinking during the introduction to a lesson. Write them on a board or use as quick fire questions at the start of the session.
Circle Time - activity starters
These teacher notes provide ideas and activities and information that teachers can use to structure circle time sessions. The accompanying photo cards and verbal activity cards provide stimuli to engage your group.
These teacher notes provide ideas and activities and information that teachers can use to structure circle time sessions. The accompanying photo cards and verbal activity cards provide stimuli to engage your group.
Classroom based activities
This section contains downloadable files that may be printed of to provide you with child worksheets, teacher answer sheets and supporting teacher notes. The Classroom based activities teacher notes provides the overview of these resources and guidance on their use.
This section contains downloadable files that may be printed of to provide you with child worksheets, teacher answer sheets and supporting teacher notes. The Classroom based activities teacher notes provides the overview of these resources and guidance on their use.
Activities to do online
TfL Website: Journey Planner - planning a journey online (PDF 168Kb)
The TfL online Journey Planner is a great resource for planning any journey from the very basic to the most complex using many different modes of transport. This activity structures a session in which children learn how to use Journey Planner for themselves.
The TfL online Journey Planner is a great resource for planning any journey from the very basic to the most complex using many different modes of transport. This activity structures a session in which children learn how to use Journey Planner for themselves.
TfL Website: Maps (PDF 42Kb)
TfL produce a wide variety of maps to help people to plan journeys on all modes of transport.
TfL produce a wide variety of maps to help people to plan journeys on all modes of transport.
