Welcome to Butterfly Class 2024-25

- Class Teacher - 

Miss Brown

- Learning Support Assistant - 

Miss Beattie

We change our library books on a Tuesday.

PE is on a Tuesday.

Forest School is on a Thursday.

Sports Day

We had a fantastic morning sharing our new skills we have been learning in PE. We enjoyed cheering our teammates on as well has having our grown ups come and watch us. 

Expressive Arts and Design

It was lovely to spend the morning outside making our yogurt pot jellyfish. We are currently learning about the Oceans and Pollution. The children have enjoyed learning the Oceans Song to help embed their knowledge of the 5 oceans and we have also been discussing the affects of plastic pollution in the waters. We decided for our arts and crafts activity this week we would recycle old yogurt pots to create our own sea creature! We had loads of fun using glue and brightly coloured tissue paper to decorate the pot and make tentacles.

Orienteering Day

We were very lucky to have Cross Curricular Orienteering come to visit our school and worked with our class. We enjoyed practising our map skills through playing games to find real objects in our school grounds. We went looking for hidden clues and used a map of our school grounds to locate features such as buildings and the trees using the symbols on the key. We really enjoyed developing our skills and having fun!

School trip to Hogmoor Inclosure

We had a fantastic day at Hogmoor Inclosure! The children demonstrated excellent personal and social skills by working together and helping each other with their tasks and when playing. Their behaviour was wonderful and it was safe to say everyone had a great time in the sunshine!

In the morning we completed some tasks to support our learning back at school. We drew observational sketches of two pieces of playground equipment ready for designing a playground and making a model back at school. We then collected some rubbings of the different textures around the park to understand the different materials and surfaces that might be used in playgrounds. Finally, we went on a hunt to find different objects, having to look closely for details. 

In the afternoon we enjoyed some time playing on the playground equipment with our friends. 

Walking to the Post Box

We made postcards to send to our families telling why we love them. We decorated them with a heart on the front and our message on the back of our postcards. We walked to the post box near our school to post them. We all posted our postcards, some of us needed a little help to reach the post box! We were very lucky as the post man arrived just as we were posting our postcards. We watched him open the post box and empty the post inside into his bag. Then we watched him drive away taking our postcards to the local sorting office so they can be sorted and delivered. Our post cards will be a lovely surprise for our families when they arrive at our homes! 

CHINESE NEW YEAR

The children were very excited to have a visitor to talk to them about the Chinese New Year celebrations. They played instruments such as gongs, cymbals and drums, acted out the lion dance and walked with the dragon following the Pearl of Wisdom. It was wonderful to learn about the traditions and festivties that are celebrated. 

The children also had the opportunity to try some chinese food including prawn crackers, egg fried rice, noodles, soy sauce, beansprouts and spring onions. It was lovely to watch them try some new foods and discuss what they liked and did not like so much.

Visit from Little City

The children were very excited to visit Little City. There was a range of roles and activities to choose from including the vets, doctors, supermarket, post office, christmas home corner, construction area, cafe, christmas market and emergency services. It was wonderful to watch and join in with the children's play, taking on different roles and using their imagination.

People Who Help Us

This half term the children have enjoyed learning about different roles within the emergency services. We have based some of our learning specifically around the police, firefighters, paramedics, doctors and nurses. We have also discussed the important role of soliders and how the coastguard can help us.

Our first week in Year R

The children have enjoyed exploring the classroom and outdoor learning environments. They have been accessing lots of new resources to support their gross and fine motor skills. They have also been making lots of new friends!