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.
Spring Term Coverage
The Spring is a busy one! We have lots of different themes and topics that we aim to cover, however we are always guided by the children and their interests so things can change during the term.
This term we will begin by going into the woods! We will use Julia Donaldson’s ‘Stick Man’ as a literacy focus and we will also be spending time outside building dens in our Forest Area (which is currently under development).
We will continue our learning on The Seasons and will learn about Winter in addition to our topic ‘Polar Explorers.’ We will then move on to learning about Spring and our topic will be ‘Superheroes.’
As part of ‘Understanding of the World’ we will celebrate Chinese New Year and learn about the traditional celebrations in China. As the term progresses we will be thinking about traditions and important dates that we often celebrate here such as Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Easter. The children will also be looking at several Bible stories-The Creation story, Adam and Eve, Story of temptation and The Garden of Eden.
We are continuing to develop the children’s phonic knowledge through games and activities to enable them to read confidently. World Book Day in March will be another opportunity to encourage a love of reading. The children will also use these phonics skills to write simple sentences and we are encouraging more independence.
We will be ‘experimenting’ during Science week! The children will be scientists and carry out some exciting experiments.
In Mathematics as well as securing counting skills with numbers to 20, children will be embedding their calculation skills, using quantities and objects to add and subtract two single digit numbers. The focus this term is on numbers 6-10, knowing them inside out, and how to partition them. They will also be solving problems involving doubling, halving and sharing. In addition to this we will be looking at shape, pattern and money.
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.
Spring Term Coverage
The Spring is a busy one! We have lots of different themes and topics that we aim to cover, however we are always guided by the children and their interests so things can change during the term.
This term we will begin by going into the woods! We will use Julia Donaldson’s ‘Stick Man’ as a literacy focus and we will also be spending time outside building dens in our Forest Area (which is currently under development).
We will continue our learning on The Seasons and will learn about Winter in addition to our topic ‘Polar Explorers.’ We will then move on to learning about Spring and our topic will be ‘Superheroes.’
As part of ‘Understanding of the World’ we will celebrate Chinese New Year and learn about the traditional celebrations in China. As the term progresses we will be thinking about traditions and important dates that we often celebrate here such as Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Easter. The children will also be looking at several Bible stories-The Creation story, Adam and Eve, Story of temptation and The Garden of Eden.
We are continuing to develop the children’s phonic knowledge through games and activities to enable them to read confidently. World Book Day in March will be another opportunity to encourage a love of reading. The children will also use these phonics skills to write simple sentences and we are encouraging more independence.
We will be ‘experimenting’ during Science week! The children will be scientists and carry out some exciting experiments.
In Mathematics as well as securing counting skills with numbers to 20, children will be embedding their calculation skills, using quantities and objects to add and subtract two single digit numbers. The focus this term is on numbers 6-10, knowing them inside out, and how to partition them. They will also be solving problems involving doubling, halving and sharing. In addition to this we will be looking at shape, pattern and money.
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
