Editable writing, maths and design prompts to support Book Week 2025
These matching slides are the perfect companion to your We Live in a Bus printables — ideal for classroom display, interactive discussions or independent work tasks.
Designed to help you plan Book Week with ease, these editable slides include writing prompts, vocabulary activities and maths challenges inspired by We Live in a Bus by Dave Petzold.
What’s Inside:
Writing Prompts
Hunting for Onomatopoeia – collect and create sound words, then design a comic strip
Listening to Country – reflect on what it means and write about sounds in nature
Persuasive Writing – would living in a bus be the best adventure or a total disaster?
My Bus Adventures – describe an imaginative road trip, including sights, sounds and feelings
Maths Challenges
Travel Timetable – calculate travel times and total hours on the road
Sharing Marshmallows – solve problems with division and sharing scenarios
Where Should We Go Next? – collect and graph class votes to decide on a destination
Mapping & Geography
Plan a journey for around the country
Respond to open-ended prompts to justify each stop on the map
Creative Design Tasks
Blend literacy, design thinking and artistic expression
➕ Bonus Blank Slides
Editable templates in different designs to use however you wish
Perfect for independent tasks, warm-ups or classroom displays
Want it all?
Grab the matching We Live in a Bus printables pack to extend learning with hands-on crafts, guided writing templates and differentiated maths activities for primary classrooms.
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