Category: Pioneers Class

Tuesday the 7th of July – Pioneers Suggestions for Today

Scott Grason-Taylor

Take a look at my photographs.
Can you draw what you see?
Alternatively,make your own structure and draw it.
Get someone else to check how accurate you have been.
Can you add colour to your plan?
Can you name the shapes that you have used?
Enjoy

This book is all about birds and the different things they do.
Can you spot the line that may apply to penguins?
Why do you think that they have the kind of feet they have?
Why are they different to a seagull’s feet?

Sports day is coming up so this week I will suggest a different race each day to try out.
Today is my favourite and it is the potato and spoon race-much less risk than egg and spoon. Especially if you have dogs.
Get yourself a nice spoon and a potato but really any vegetable will do.
You could make a finish line and start to prepare the medals for each event.
Enjoy.

This week is all about revision for phonics. Revisit yesterday’s photographs and take a look at these videos. Do them with the sound on and the sound off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sSpqLJUbiQ – Mr Thorne again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eftL7XywLi0 – This is a good one

And to finish off:

This might be a good idea to try out this very difficult job.
It is always a good idea to learn to tie your laces.
Enjoy

Friday the 3rd of July-Pioneers -Suggestions for Learning

Scott Grason-Taylor

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/pick-a-picture

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/sentence-substitution-ph3

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/4/sentence-substitution-ph4

Here are some wonderful phonics games to play today.
Enjoy

Take another look at this week’s Numberblocks episodes then have a go at this task.
Name the shape.
Is it a square or a rectangle?
Can you say why?
How many squares are covered up?
How do you know?
Can you say how you know?
Use the dotty paper to draw squares and rectangles of your own.
Enjoy

Theere is a little song for you to learn over on Tapestry. We have not sung this in school before. I can’t think why!
It is one of my favourite.
Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfbE5AUG5tM&list=PLmTANLv-GyXXqmwkIkdXcNYoY6Sy1t0Pg&index=4&t=0sThe Hedgehogs have had a house so the Bees certainly need a cafe.
This video contains some ideas to help out the bees in your garden.
Just for fun.
Enjoy

Thursday the 2nd of July Pioneers,Have a Busy Day!

Scott Grason-Taylor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M93qXQWaBdE – piano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd9xha3vk58 – Xylophone

 

Here are two versions of The Flight of the Bumble Bee for you to enjoy.
In the classroom the Pioneers had a baton or a conducting stick. You could use a pencil or a spoon to move to the music.

Take a look at the animation too. It is beautiful.

Here is a wonderful piece of music played on different instruments and a beautiful animation to accompany it.
Could you talk through what is going on as you watch the animation?
Try out using these words to retell the action:
First
And then
Next
Because
When
If
At the end
Enjoy.

https://nrich.maths.org/10071

This is a wonderful game to play together online or on paper.
This will encourage your Pioneer to think carefully. This will need to be modeled first but I think they will begin to work out what to do next.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000271w/numberblocks-series-3-the-way-of-the-rectangle

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00064v6/numberblocks-series-4-loop-the-loop

Now that you have got the hang of the square and it’s properties,take a look at the rectangle.

Make some rectangles on squared paper to match the Numberblocks.

Hello Pioneers! It is the 1st of July Happy Learning

Scott Grason-Taylor

Here is a nice quick little read.
Enjoy it together.

 

Bees love flowers. Flowers love bees.
Cut up a plastic bottle to create a flower.
The bottle will cut with ordinary scissors. You can also cut leaves very easily from the big bits.
Decorate with felt pens,paint or stick things on.
It’s tricky and this is one to do together.
Enjoy.

 

Here is another small section to add to your reading and writing about bees.
Use this to complete your story map.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00063vq/numberblocks-series-4-square-club

Take a look at this episode and then explore how many bricks you need to make a square. You could use squared paper
Take a look at Numberblock 4 ? Hwo many squares across? How many squares down?
Colour in 8 squares. Can you make a square?
Colour in 5 squares.. Can you make a square?

Make a square? .How many blocks do you need?
What is special about a square?

That’s Maths Magic!

Tuesday the 30th of June – Pioneers,Here are your Suggestions for Learning

Scott Grason-Taylor

https://www.maddiemoate.com/busybees

Maddie Moate has a wonderful collection of science videos and one of her passions is Beekeeping.
Take a look. There are some amazing facts to collect.

Use the question words again when watching the video. It goes hand in hand with the Bee book.
How
Why
When
Who
What

Once you have listened to The Bee book and watched Maddie Moate’s videos have a try at some Bee Reading and Writing.
I have written a short text which you can read together,learn and write.
You could try a short story map to go with it.
Discuss pairs.
The bee has 3 pairs of legs,2 pairs of wings and 1 pair of eyes and antennae.
This is another opportunity for counting in twos
Happy Learning

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bp2qlb/numberblocks-series-3-flatland

Here are two videos to watch to get going on your shape work.
I have also attached a vocabulary list for you.

The Tangram is a fun mathematical puzzle which allows comparison and conversation about shape and measure.

A set of shapes has five pieces.
First, make a square using four pieces.
Then, make a square using all five pieces.

Then add another set of five pieces (so now there are ten) and make a square with all of them.

https://nrich.maths.org/5528
If you have Flash Player then there is an online version here too.

And there is also a 7 piece Tangram set to have a go with.

See Tapestry for Tangram pieces.

Enjoy

Monday the 29th of June 2020 -Have a Wonderful Windy Day

Scott Grason-Taylor

Walter was determined to make a wonderful web but it was hard work.
Listen to the book together and discuss the shapes he used.
Take a look outside. Can you spot some wonderful webs?
Take a look at the other links posted today to start building up your knowledge of shape.

 

Once you have listened to Walter’s Web have a look around the house to find some shapes. I suggest food tins,jars and packages and perhaps some building blocks.
Get some play dough or even mud in the garden.
Press the shape into the dough.
Ask your Pioneer:
Tell me about what you’ve made.
Can you see other blocks/packets that might make the same footprint?
Look at the block and the footprint it has made side by side. What’s the same and what’s different?

What will happen if we turn the shape over and make a new footprint?
How many different footprints do you think you can you make with this shape?
Which shapes might have made this footprint?

Draw around a block or packet. Look at the shape you have made.
Is it the same shape as the footprint?

If you dont have dough you could use paint or try out talc on black paper for a different kind of messy work.Enjoy

Here is our book for the week. This book is full of questions. To begin the week we are going to focus on the question about bees and flowers.
Hopefully your Pioneer will be curious and have lots of questions to pose.
Try using all of the question words to construct sentences
How?
Why?
When?
What?
Who?

This is a wonderful book to begin our learning about bees.
Listen together.
Do you know what a miracle is?
Use the question words,”Who,what,where,when,why and how”
What does the bee collect?
Why does the flower smell nice?
Where does the bee take the pollen?
What is a bee’s special job?
Where do bees live and work?

 

https://7esl.com/parts-of-a-bee-vocabulary/

Here is an annotated diagram of a bee.
Ask your Pioneer to draw or to paint the bee,looking closely at the structure of the body and naming the parts.
I hope that they enjoy learning the new vocabulary.
Thorax is one of my favourite words.

Friday the 26th of June 2020 Suggestions for Learning for Pioneers

Scott Grason-Taylor

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/picnic-on-pluto

Here is a quick link to Phonics Play.
We have not used this in the class yet or discussed real and fake.
This would be an interesting chat to have.
Enjoy..

 

Here are a few fun videos with Geraldine to revise your tricky words which is always useful.

As always,if you are happy reading them then have a go at writing them for yourself.

Happy Phonics Y’all.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z2xfxbk

Work with a numbersquare is always good.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares

Let your Pioneer spot the patterns.
Stat by marking vounting in 2’s
You could mark all the 10’s
You could splat all the 5,s
Tallk about the pattern that is made.
Can you say why?
Happy Counting

 

Geraldine is also going on a journey.
Maps and mapping are fascinating to discuss with the Pioneers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/pshe-eyfs-ks1-go-jetters-uk-places-and-landmarks/zkyjkmn

Here is another suitcase to play the memory game with.
I went on a journey and in my case I packed…
There is a change in each photograph. Can you spot it?

Thursday the 26th of June – Pioneers,Here is your Learning Menu for Today.

Scott Grason-Taylor

Spin the wheel and make a word…or two.
Can you complete the words using the sounds on the wheel.

Make your wheel at https://tools-unite.com/tools/random-picker-wheel

I have repeated the sounds to make it more exciting.
Happy Phonics Folks.

 

https://bam.files.bbci.co.uk/bam/live/content/zmbxprd/pdf#sa-link_location=blocks&intlink_from_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fbitesize%2Farticles%2Fzm4dg7h&intlink_ts=1592717388767-sa

Here is a worksheet for you to try.

 

Yesterday’s suggestion was about what to pack for a journey.
Continuing on that theme,here is a suggestion for you:
Below are photographs of a selection of tools you might need on your journey.
What would you use them for?
Which one would be good for scooping peanut butter from a jar?
Which one would be good to lift up a wiggling worm?
Which one would you chose if you needed to help a baby bird back into its nest?
I’m not sure what they are all for. Could you tell me what you think and why?
Could you use any of them to dig a hole?
Would you be able to paint with any of them?
I’d love to hear what you think.

Wednesday the 24th of June 2020- Suggestions for Pioneers.

Scott Grason-Taylor

Count the strawberries on the plate.
Count the ponies in each photograph.
How many strawberries can each pony have?
Can you make it fair?
You can draw pictures.
You can write number sentences.
That’s maths magic!

 

“I went on a trip. I put my things in a brown bag. I am sure I forgot stuff. I checked my list…
In my brown bag I put…”

In the story “Rain Before Rainbows” there is a line about going on a wonderful journey.
If you were going on a journey you would need to pack a bag.
What would you take with you to go on a trip?

Look at the tings that I have packed in my brown bag. Can you list all the things.
You could use my sentence starter to play the memory game.
Are all the things that were in the bag on the 2nd photograph?
Is there anything missing?
Is anythiing differemt?
You can write a list or some sentences.

 

Here is you phonics suggestion for today. Revise the sounds from Monday and Tuesday and add in todays which is “ar”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I8of7AJDdaM. Flash cards

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LXkE8aWfg2E. Geraldine

Enjoy the sunshine.

Another Day in Paradise,Pioneers – Tuesday the 22nd of June

Scott Grason-Taylor

Here is your new reading book.
Enjoy.

Have a go at estimation  but this time use the number stick

This is pretty tricky.
Start by using 10 for the full stick and see what happens.
“If this is 10 then what is…?”

 

Here is a little challenge that is based on algebra.

You could make your own version using stickers,stampers or things.
There are so many questions to discuss here.
Happy Counting.

 

Here is a story for you:
Once upon a time,long.long ago,so I’m told, the world was black and white. After many years the Rainbow Fairies decided they didn’t like it that way and they hatched a plan to brighten things up.
Every time they saw a rainbow,the shook it,they rattled it and little by little all the tiny rainbow chips fell to the ground and covered the world in colour.
Today you can go out and see all of the rainbow chips everywhere you look.
Take a rainbow chip card and go out and search for all the colours of the rainbow in your garden and around your home.
Go on a journey. Look very carefully and match up the colours on the card.
If you have a paint colour chart,they are the best. Otherwise use my photographs or colour some squares with felt tip pens.
Happy Hunting.

 

Read the sentences with the -OW sound.
Can you spot all the OW words. Make a list.Have you included all of the words that are on the poster?
Take another look at the Phonics Poster Document shared yesterday.
Scroll to the end to find the -ure sound.
Talk about the words with that sound.
Watch Geraldine and Mr Thorne talk about the words.