Welcome to Butterfly Class
Welcome to Butterfly Class in the Foundation Stage. We believe in providing all children with a stimulating and nurturing environment, where children feel safe to explore new experiences and continue to develop new skills.
Our Team
Mrs Blane is the Class Teacher on Monday and Tuesday and Mrs Underwood is the Class Teacher on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The Teaching Assistants are Mrs. Maskell and Mrs. Allen.
Our Curriculum
The latest Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Framework came into effect in April 2017 and covers the education and care of all children in Early Years Provision. This Framework is mandatory and sets the standards that all Early Years Providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. Please refer to the documents below for key information relating to the EYFS.
We aim to foster a love of learning in all children by providing learning experiences which engage with their interests. The children are actively encouraged to develop independence and ownership of their learning in both the indoor and outdoor classrooms.
Summer Term Coverage
This half term we are going to be looking closely at plants, growth and lifecycles. We are looking forward to going to visit the lambs and getting outside as much as possible.
We will also be learning about mini-beasts and their habitats. We will be busy hunting for them around the school.
We are continuing to develop the children's phonics knowledge to enable them to read confidently. The children will also use these skills to write simple sentences and we are encouraging more independence.
In mathematics, as well as securing counting skills with numbers 1-20, children will be embedding their calculation skills, using quantities and objects to add and subtract two single-digit numbers. They will also be solving problems, including doubling, halving and sharing. In addition to this we will be looking at shape, capacity and money.
Children will participate in daily phonics and mathematics sessions and two weekly PE Sessions. Please ensure a PE kit is in school at all times.
Parent Partnership
We strongly believe in working closely with parents to ensure all children have a positive and successful experience in their education. We welcome any information you can share about your child and their individual learning experiences outside of school. This can be easily shared through the use of Tapestry, our online learning journal, home/school link books or our Class Dojo communication tool.
If you are interested in supporting the class, either regularly or adhoc, with your time for reading or a particular skill you have please contact the class teacher to see when would be a suitable time for you to visit the class. We are very grateful for any assistance.
Supporting Your Child at Home
We ask that you share your child’s reading book together. Try to ask your child questions about their understanding and feelings about the book. For example, ‘What do you think might happen next?’, ‘Did you enjoy this book? Why?’, ‘How is the character feeling? How do you know?’, ‘Can you think of any other stories like this?’
We want your child to have a secure understanding of numbers to 20 by the end of the year. Any activities that help your child to count carefully or recognise numerals will help. How about adding two small groups of objects – how many are there altogether? Activities can be part of play for example, sharing out toys or exploring shapes on a walk to the shops.
From time to time we may send home activities to work on together. They usually support early reading, writing and number skills.
Here are some websites which parents and carers may find useful:
English
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
www.letters-and-sounds.com www.teachyourmonstertoread.com
www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/sound-pronunciation-guide/
Mathematics
www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/the-numtums/
www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html
Our Team
Mrs Blane is the Class Teacher on Monday and Tuesday and Mrs Underwood is the Class Teacher on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The Teaching Assistants are Mrs. Maskell and Mrs. Allen.
Our Curriculum
The latest Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Framework came into effect in April 2017 and covers the education and care of all children in Early Years Provision. This Framework is mandatory and sets the standards that all Early Years Providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. Please refer to the documents below for key information relating to the EYFS.
We aim to foster a love of learning in all children by providing learning experiences which engage with their interests. The children are actively encouraged to develop independence and ownership of their learning in both the indoor and outdoor classrooms.
Summer Term Coverage
This half term we are going to be looking closely at plants, growth and lifecycles. We are looking forward to going to visit the lambs and getting outside as much as possible.
We will also be learning about mini-beasts and their habitats. We will be busy hunting for them around the school.
We are continuing to develop the children's phonics knowledge to enable them to read confidently. The children will also use these skills to write simple sentences and we are encouraging more independence.
In mathematics, as well as securing counting skills with numbers 1-20, children will be embedding their calculation skills, using quantities and objects to add and subtract two single-digit numbers. They will also be solving problems, including doubling, halving and sharing. In addition to this we will be looking at shape, capacity and money.
Children will participate in daily phonics and mathematics sessions and two weekly PE Sessions. Please ensure a PE kit is in school at all times.
Parent Partnership
We strongly believe in working closely with parents to ensure all children have a positive and successful experience in their education. We welcome any information you can share about your child and their individual learning experiences outside of school. This can be easily shared through the use of Tapestry, our online learning journal, home/school link books or our Class Dojo communication tool.
If you are interested in supporting the class, either regularly or adhoc, with your time for reading or a particular skill you have please contact the class teacher to see when would be a suitable time for you to visit the class. We are very grateful for any assistance.
Supporting Your Child at Home
We ask that you share your child’s reading book together. Try to ask your child questions about their understanding and feelings about the book. For example, ‘What do you think might happen next?’, ‘Did you enjoy this book? Why?’, ‘How is the character feeling? How do you know?’, ‘Can you think of any other stories like this?’
We want your child to have a secure understanding of numbers to 20 by the end of the year. Any activities that help your child to count carefully or recognise numerals will help. How about adding two small groups of objects – how many are there altogether? Activities can be part of play for example, sharing out toys or exploring shapes on a walk to the shops.
From time to time we may send home activities to work on together. They usually support early reading, writing and number skills.
Here are some websites which parents and carers may find useful:
English
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
www.letters-and-sounds.com www.teachyourmonstertoread.com
www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/sound-pronunciation-guide/
Mathematics
www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/the-numtums/
www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html
