Pioneers Class

Pioneers children are Reception children. The Pioneers 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. 

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 demonstrate the progress and success that has been achieved, as well as the next steps that may need to be taken.

Play in Pioneers

[ngg src="galleries" ids="846" display="basic_slideshow" maximum_entity_count="500"] Watching play developed is amazing. The Pioneers work together to create amazing stories, structures and adventures. Over the year these have become so much more complex and the...

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Making Nests

We continue to learn about the natural world, finding out about animals that hatch from an egg. We first found out about the features of birds and then explored the other animals making a huge list to discuss. The Pioneers were quick to spot that the nest and its spot...

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Snail Trails

After reading the beautiful book,"Snail Trails", the Pioneers were inspired to get up close and observe so wonderful snails. First we looked at them in the classroom and discussed the word "habitat". We went outside and gathered the things we needed to construct a...

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Worms and Bees

[ngg src="galleries" ids="838" display="basic_slideshow" maximum_entity_count="500"] The Pioneers have spent the week learning more about the creatures who use our forest as their habitat The worms are vital to our soil and the bees are vital for pollination of future...

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Team Work

The Pioneers worked together through a number of challenges, in the classroom and outside on the playground. To complete the challenges they had to work as a team and this can be pretty tricky. They were given a selection of wooden pieces and told that they would be...

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Total Focus

[ngg src="galleries" ids="831" display="basic_slideshow" maximum_entity_count="500"] The Pioneers all love maths and this week's selection of chances to explore number really hit the spot. Engagement was high and discussions were focussed. This led to lots of chat and...

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