The Pioneers have been visited by the elves who have come to help in the Shoemaker and his wife in their shop. They are intrigued by the sewing machine and all of the tools and leather that a cobber may need. The elves have come with letters to introduce themselves...

The week began with discussions about Advent and Hannukah and lighting a candle in the darkness. The Pioneers made wreaths together and talked about any risks involved-sharp points on the holly and cocktail sticks to hold the candles and the risk from fire. They all...

We have had another wonderful week of learning in Pioneers,full of elephant poo and phonics and the number 6. All of which caused great excitement. We have been finding out what animals need to survive and the Pioneers were all very clued up on this.Impressive. We had...

[ngg src="galleries" ids="558" display="basic_slideshow"] The Pioneers have been incredible this week and writing is happening all over the place. We have now got to grips with sh,th,ch and ng so so may words can be constructed using the phonics we have to play around...

[ngg src="galleries" ids="553" display="basic_slideshow"] Last week we had a lot of chat  around the books we read by Oliver Jeffers. A question came up that was unexpected and that was,"Why don't the penguins fall off the bottom of our planet?" This week we have...

[ngg src="galleries" ids="550" display="basic_slideshow"] The week has been all about Pumpkin Soup and our forest finds. We have told and retold the story and acted it out with the toys,discussing the importance of friendship and how to sort out our differences. We...

The Pioneers prepared for Mr Atherton's visit by taking a look at his Green Cook Book. We got to grips with some new vocabulary-equipment,recipe and ingredients. We talked about a range of equipment and the use in our classroom-sieve,scales,garlic press and measuring...