Our book this week is The Jolly Christmas Postman and everyone loves it. We have read it together and got to grips with the plot by using a storymap. Everyone is able to add some words to read and write and this is so wonderful. We used the story to make some...

The Pioneers love their dance session and each week things become more complex. They begin with a warm up and then extend and develop the routine. This involves a lot of skill and focus to listen and follow multi part instructions. This week saw the addition of...

[ngg src="galleries" ids="879" display="basic_slideshow" maximum_entity_count="500"] Henry Freeman, the famous Whitby Lifeboat man made an appearance in Pioneers. This visit allowed them to consider which questions to ask to find out about the past. They quizzed him...

The Pioneers were very interested in the work of Kandinsky the abstract artist and on his approach to creating the images. We have had the most wonderful week full of energy and intense focus exploring line and colour and shape. We did this on a large scale on the...

We had a visit from Owen our marvelous Cricket Coach. The sun shone and everyone was very happy to throw and catch and play as a team. After a quick and happy warm up we played a game with rules and we managed to follow the rules without the need for a video referee!...

The Pioneers took a daytrip to Whitby. For many it was their first school trip and their first trip on a coach and what a trip it was. There is so much to learn and so much to do. The Pioneers carried their own lunches and water bottles and looked after all their own...

The Pioneers talked about the Christian Faith, the Bible and how Christians believe that God created the world in 7 days. We looked at a number of versions of the story - a beautiful book called Let There Be Light, a Children's Story Bible and a short video clip. We...