Out and About with the Pioneers
The Pioneers spent the day outdoors exploring our wonderful site. We packed up our trolley and took responsibility for the kit we needed. Some helped to carry some very heavy buckets. We talked about looking after ourselves,looking after others and looking after our...
Making Sleights
This corner of the room is very popular and always full of activity and conversation. The Pioneers work together to build and create. They have combined a variety of materials to create parts of our village. They have made the river with the railway line running along...
Fabulous Pie
Pioneers got stuck in to making bread dough. They combined each ingredient-flour,yeast,sugar,water and oil to make a crust for the fabulous pie. This took a great deal of perseverance to continue when their hands were sticky and uncomfortable. Every Pioneer followed...
Our First Full Week
[ngg src="galleries" ids="738" display="basic_slideshow"] The Pioneers have completed their first full week at school and it has been wonderful. So much has been achieved and everyone is much more independent in the classroom. They know where the resources are and...
Welcome to Pioneers
Everything was ready for the new Pioneers to let the learning begin. The first week has been wonderful and full of so many "firsts"-a first day, a first lunchtime, a first trip to collective worship, a first PE session and a first trip to the library as a Pioneer. The...
Flotsam
In preparation for our trip to Whitby next week, we took a look at FLOTSAM. This is a wonderful picture book full of curious items and possibilities. The Pioneers had a great chat with Mrs Gurney about shells and cameras and things washed up on the shore. The Pioneers...
Looking at Fish
The Pioneers have been classifying living things and have been learning about fish. We got up close and looked at the fins and the scales and the teeth and the beard. The smell was not too bad as we got outside! We drew some great pictures recording features of each...
