We have been exploring our feelings and giving names to how we feel. This has resulted in a lot of funny faces as we have experimented with expressions. Some of the Pioneers are masters of the sad face(see classroom for pictures) We took a look at one of our favourite...

[ngg src="galleries" ids="171" display="basic_slideshow"] This week we took delivery of a beautiful blue whale to enhance our play and discussions about our world. and in particular our work around "Somebody Swallowed Stanley". Previously we talked about Stanley in...

This week we have been working with some  glorious,beautiful seed heads  from Mrs McGill's garden . They are beautiful structures and the Pioneers worked with delicate fingers extracting the seeds. The were almost silent as they discovered the various...

Our Pumpkin Patch has grown thanks to donations from family and friends. The interest has been huge. The discussions about texture and the changes we have been observing have been fascinating. Finding words to describe mould has become a favourite this week. Lots of...

[ngg src="galleries" ids="170" display="basic_slideshow"] We have some new and beautiful texts to share. It is so exciting to see the interest in print and illustration. Readers can be spotted everyday totally engrossed in the detail.Some are reading alone.Some sit...

Every child in the school brought their library book to the hall to share with their friends,big and small. Together we made a chain,naming all the books and their authors. There was a great buzz about books. The Pioneers took all the small chains and made them into...

Stanley is a plastic bag. In the original story that we read together,Stanley falls into the ocean and is a threat to marine life. We discussed the book in detail,used it for story mapping ,in our class and with the whole school and acted out the story with soft toys....