Pioneers Class

Pioneers children are Reception and Year 1, aged four to six years old. Children enjoy a range of creative and engaging play based activities, as well as formal inputs, to support their development and growth. Children in Pioneers are taught by Mrs Hann, Mrs Gurney, Mrs McGill and Miss Greaves.

Learning begins the minute they walk through the door. The classroom is a carefully curated collection of wonderful things to allow the children to flourish. The classroom is theirs and everything in it is there for a purpose. What they chose to do may be completely different for each individual. This is when the learning happens. The resources are ready to use and accessible and the team work together to create, to communicate, to count and to grow

Each day starts with exploration of the resources and suggestions for learning set out around the room. The Pioneers will come together for teaching. This will happen in small groups, as a whole class and often one to one. Across the day we will gather for mathematics, reading, writing and phonics sessions, to share stories and to learn about the world.

PE kits are in school all week to allow us to do PE at any time. This term, the Pioneers have dance on a Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs Gurney teaches computing on a Thursday morning.

We are rolling with phonics and children will bring a book and their reading record home each day. Please read little and often and write a message in the reading record. All reading is good reading. This is such an exciting time.

Please look out for a text message to let you know when we will go to the forest. We will use our wonderful outdoor space as much as we can and this will not always be on the same day each week.

Children’s progress and activities are recorded in their own Learning Journeys. These act as a summary of the journey children embark upon during their time in Reception and Year 1 and demonstrate the progress and success that has been achieved, as well as the next steps that may need to be taken.

Wednesday 8th April – Teddy Bear’s Picnic

Good morning everyone.

The sun is shining again – what a beautiful day!

What a perfect day to have a Teddy Bear’s Picnic. Take your favourite toys out into the fresh air, put down a blanket and share some snacks. You could even have a go making a Teddy Bear Sandwich (See Tapestry for more details).

While your outside, look around, what do you see? What is the weather doing today? Are there many clouds today?

Maybe, take some paper and colouring pencils outside and draw things you see, the sky, some flowers, trees or birds.

Sing the Teddy Bear’s Picnic Song while you’re enjoying the sunshine! – see link. Be warned once you start singing it, you cant stop!

https://youtu.be/D4HrxzG1WDM

Have fun and don’t forget to send us your videos, pictures and messages on Tapestry and let us know whatever it is you’re doing today!

Look out for tonight’s story on Tapestry – 6pm don’t be late!

Keep smiling – Team Sleights

Happy Holiday Pet Show

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Now we all love having a pet.
Perhaps you have a dog. Maybe you have a cat or a hamster. It is possible that you may have a horse or some chickens.
Worms make great pets and I know that lots of you just adore woodlice. Tigers and alligators are tricky to keep as pets and prefer to be in the wild
Some of these can be difficult to handle and you may prefer an imaginary pet, a toy or a brother or sister.

Your mission for the holidays,should you choose to accept it is to hold a pretend Pet Show. Team Sleights will be doing this at home too.
Here are a few ideas:
Make a poster to advertise when and where your Pet Show will take place.

Plan the categories for your show. Here are some ideas:

Pet with the smiliest face
Pet most like its owner
Pet with the waggiest tail
Agility Course/obstacle course

Best Trick
Best dancer
Best singer
Best fancy dress
These are just ideas. As always your ideas are the best.

Make rosettes or medals as awards for pets and handlers.

Someone with a clipboard will need to be the judge.

Try out an app called Piccollage if you haven’t used it before. It lets you collect and arrange photographs and text.
It’s fun for making posters.It’s free.

https://pic-collage.com/

You could also make a model of your pet from cardboard tubes,fabric and bits.

We would absolutely love to see photographs and video of your Holiday Pet Show.

Pop over to Tapestry to see some videos and photographs for ideas

Happy Learning

Wednesday 6th April

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Good morning everyone,

How fabulous, the sun is shining again!

Whatever you do today, keep in touch and look out for tonight’s Bedtime Story.

Keep smiling 🙂

Team Sleights

Ladybird,Ladybird

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Good Morning to you all.

Here is your maths mission for today should you choose to accept it.

Look carefully at each ladybird.

Count the spots on one side.

Count the spots on the other side.

Write a number sentence using +and =

Ask yourself some maths questions,” I wonder…

Which Ladybird has the most spots?

Which Ladybird has the smallest number of spots?

What if….

I add one more?

I take one spot away?

Draw your own Ladybirds with 10 spots,7 spots or 5 spots.

As always,send me your pictures or videos. I love to log on and see them

Happy Maths

What’s Hatching?

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Earlier this week,I read The Odd Egg. I didn’t finish the story and asked you what was hatching.

Someone said it might be a big bird. Someone said it might be a T-Rex. I was sure that it was going to be a dragon.

Take a look at this video to find out just what came out of the egg:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a25kikvEpOw

It wasn’t a bird but a thing with sharp teeth and snapping jaws.

Pop over to Tapestry to see some suggestions for a job to do today.

Get cracking Pioneers

Just in case…

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Here is a link to Geraldine. Take a look at “Ch” because you could be writing words like “chick and cheep,cheep”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyrYDitif1o

You can also find two reading books,sound button cards and captions posted on Tapestry yesterday.

Dont forget to go through all your sounds. You could do them with your teddies to give your grown-ups a rest.

Happy Reading Pioneers

Once Upon A Tuesday…

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Good Morning Pioneers,

I hope that you enjoyed the stories and the suggestions yesterday. I certainly loved getting the replies and seeing your pictures too.

Today,I am sending you a link to one of our favourite maths things. I would like you to play with it and then show it to your grown up.

Get some small pieces of paper.

Write number 1-10 or up to 20 if you like.. Use numbers to suit you.

Find a magic hat.(All hats are magic) Put the numbers in the hat. Pull one out.

Here is what I would like you to try, make numbers on the number frame and ask your grown up,” What is 1 more than…?” and then,”What is one less than…?”

Take turns to write the number. Remember you can use Ladybirds to fill the number frame too. Play with the colours

https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/number-frames/

There is a number square in your school pack. Find the number on the square and colour it in

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares

That’s Maths Magic as we say in Pioneers.

Welcome to the New Week 30March 2020

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Welcome to the new week. The suggestions for learning this week will centre around nests and eggs. The birds are chirping and are looking for worms so I thought it would be nice to look at “What comes out of an egg?”

I will put suggestions for learning on Tapestry. These will include a reading book and some ideas for counting and writing along with some ideas to explore and of course a story for you.

Please enjoy these together and as I always say these are only suggestions,often the Pioneers have the greatest ideas to follow.

Keep in touch.

Happy Learning

Good Morning 27th March -Mud Pies and Other Recipes

March 27, 2020 March 27, 2020 Scott Grason-Taylor Pioneers Class, Pioneers' Home Learning

Mud Pies and Other Recipes

Good Morning to you all. It is a bit frosty but I do think that when the sun starts to shine the garden will be a lovely place to be so with this in mind I have a suggestion for learning today taken from one of my most favourite books.

Look at the recipe ideas in the photographs from the book. A grown up can help you.
Take a look in your garden. Each garden will have special things and each Pioneer will have special ideas.
Do your recipe. Who is it for? How will you serve your creation?
Make a story map to share your recipe with others.We can show our photographs to each other on a shared post later so take lots of pictures.
Write some words to add to your story map-Stir,mix,grass,grit,muck,dish. Use your phonics sheets to help you.
Happy Learning

Have a wonderful day people. I will do a story during the morning so look out for a post on Tapestry

Good Morning 26th March 2020

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Good Morning to you all. I hope that you enjoyed our stories yesterday. A new story will be on later today.

The sun is shining so I am sure that you will all want to take the opportunity to be outside looking for signs of spring and taking care of the worms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pG9mcUiwXY&t=74s

Here is a link to one of our favourite songs if you would like a little reminder. It is Micheal Rosen singing,” Threw It Out The Window…” Sing while you are digging.

http://www.treetoolsforschools.org.uk/activities/pdfs/pdf_spring_spotter_sheet.pdf

This link will take you to a guide to help you identify signs of spring.

If you are spending time inside today you could have a look around your house to find any clocks. I had fun yesterday taking pictures of all of mine. You can send me pictures on Tapestry.