A visit to the forest was required to locate our missing Leafpeople. Many were close to the edge of the forest. Some were stuck in bushes and trees. Poor Mrs McGill had great difficulty in finding her one and needed help. The Pioneers were very quick to offer kindness and support and after a long hard search the lost leafman was located.
Category: Pioneers Class
A Leafman Only Goes Where the Wind Blows
We collected and pressed our autumnal treasures. When they were ready we were able to take inspiration from our beautiful Leafman book and make our own.We all experimented and everyone had their own individual style and composition. We discovered and disussed a new word for everyone “orchard”
Just beautiful
Compare,Order,Measure,Enjoy!
The Pioneers have enjoyed lots of opportunities to measure. They took great care pouring and filling. They have estimated quantities when making bread. They took the scales to the forest to compare their forest finds. They are constantly building,inside and out,horizontally and vertically.
Lots of chat and working together and full focus and concentration.
Such Happy Learning.
Counting Everything
Our world is full of things to count,inside and out. Pioneers love to tip things out and count and order and compare. We have made numberlines on the carpet and in the forest. We have started drawing and counting and using numberframes,on the table and on the whiteboard. We are starting to use = and + and write number sentences.
That’s Maths Magic!
This Week We Are Reading…
Happy Reading Pioneers
On the shelf and in the box,here are this week’s featured texts.
Dough…So Good
Dough is always a favourite in the Pioneer Class. After reading the Little Red Hen, the children made their own dough. Each child had their own portion.There is so much learning to be done,making comparisons and considering ingredients.It takes a lot of communication and understanding to work alongside others and share the space and to clean up afterwards.
Go Pioneers
Paint – Getting to know what it does.
The Pioneers spent time exploring the potential of paint,mixing blues and greens. They used a selection of tools to move and mix the colour. There was silence in the room while they worked their magic.
Because of an Acorn
Our Forest is the most magical place and the Pioneers loved being there. We set boundaries and looked for hazards. We painted and we played. We counted and collected. The whole day was so beautiful that we forgot about going indoors!
It is so great when the world is your classroom.
Thursday the 16th of July 2020-Good Morning to you All-Learning Suggestions for the Pioneers
We have made it through to the holidays. No more sleeps…
It’s Teddy Bears Picnic Day and I hope that you will join me in this wherever you are.
Here are your suggestions for today:
It is Picnic Day and toys enjoy real food and pretend food.
If you mix together 1 cup of flour with 2 cups of mud/compost and add water to make a dough,the resulting material is a fantastic mix to make and build with.
If you then add some cardboard and some leaves you have all you need to make tasty teddy treats.
Otherwise you could make some real sandwiches in the kitchen for you all to enjoy.
Get online and check the weather forecast before you set your rug out. You may have to set it out on the kitchen floor.
Happy Picnic All
Our Maths this week has been about big numbers. They all use zero.
Here is a story about Zero.Pop over to Tapestry to watch the video.
Once you have read the story,take a look at the book pages and try writing 100,1000,10,000,100,000,1,000,000.
You can also make the numbers on this week’s app:
https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/number-pieces/
Here is the link to a big numbers episode of Numberblocks.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0007ln6/numberblocks-series-4-one-thousand-and-one
Enjoy
That’s Maths Magic
Wednesday the 15th of July – Predator or Prey for Pioneers
Who’s eating Who?
Over the last few days we have been learning about food chains and classifying animals as herbivores,carnivores and omnivores
The next two words to learn are Predator and Prey.
Animals that eat other animals are called predators. The animals they eat are called prey.
Take a look at .this clip and read your new reading book.
Can you spot the predator?
Who is the prey?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/science-ks1-ks2-wonders-of-nature-animals-catching-prey-hunting-food/zjnhf4j
As always,go slowly.
Go back to Geraldine if you need to revise a specific sound.
This book will help with the work on today’s other post about Predator and Prey.
Happy Reading.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0007llc/numberblocks-series-4-the-big-one
To finish the year we need to get to 100.
Find 100 on your number square.
Use the NumberPieces App
Find 100 square.
Lay ten sticks on top of the square.
How many can you fit on top?
Try writing 100.
https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/number-pieces/
What comes after 100…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0dJWfQHF8Y The Big Numbers Song
This is a link to a favourite in the classroom.
