Schools

Activities
The activities on both buses are varied and can be adapted to fit most subjects and pupil's abilities and Key Stages. Evaluation forms are left after each bus visit for staff to make comments, and activities are modified in response to this feedback.

It is recommended that you use the Recycling Bus in two main ways:

• To help support and promote recycling activities in school. Contact Kim Warren
• By linking recycling activities to the school curriculum or your current topic. The activities menu below shows a small range of activities, but please contact us to suggest your own sessions.

Activity/topic	Year Group	Group size and timing	Resources	Skills	Notes
Box model vehicles Science/forces and motion/DT	KS1/2	1/2 classes per day (dependent on complexity of activity)	Small cardboard boxes to be collected by pupils. Wood and wheels supplied.	Planning, design,measuring, sawing.	Can be extended to wind- powered vehicles for yr5/6. Adult assistance essential..
Natural / man made materials	KS2	2 classes per day	All provided	Observtional/descriptive, exploring senses, applied science, classification.	Very good activity for broadening global environmental knowledge
Swords and shields History/DT	3-6	One class per day	Newspapers, corrugated cardboard, wool	Cutting and dexterity, modification	Adult helper required
Rainbow fish/ underwater habitat	Reception	One class	Card provided, class collects crisp packets.	Cutting	Adult helper required
Settlement growth Geog/maps/local environment	Yr 5/6	Groups of 7/8 per 50 min	Maps and models provided	Planning, maps, decision making, problem solving, thinking.
Card insects Science/environmental /symmetry	Yr 1-6	Two classes in one day	Card, provided	Drawing, cutting, design	Two adults with KS1, one adult with KS2
Spinning tops Victorians/science- forces/sustainability	Yr 1-6	Two classes in one day (depending on complexity of activity)	Card or wood, dependent on age	Design, drawing, maybe some sawing.	Two adults with KS1, one adult with KS2.