Welcome to Butterfly
Class! 🦋
Butterfly Class is home to our wonderful Reception children, where every day brings new opportunities to explore, discover, learn and grow. We aim to create a happy, nurturing and stimulating environment where every child feels safe, valued and excited to come to school.
Our class teacher is Mrs Lightowler, supported by our lovely teaching assistants, Mrs Crisp and Miss Crathorne-Jones. Together, we work to build positive relationships with every child, celebrating their individuality, encouraging their curiosity and helping them develop the confidence to spread their wings and reach their full potential.
In Butterfly Class, learning is a joyful blend of adult-led activities and child-initiated experiences. We believe that children learn best when they feel inspired, curious and actively involved in their learning. Through play, exploration and meaningful interactions, we encourage children to ask questions, try new things, develop friendships and build the skills they need for their next steps.
We also embrace ‘In the Moment Planning’, which allows us to recognise and build upon children’s interests, ideas and discoveries as they happen. By following their curiosity and extending their thinking through carefully planned interactions and activities, we create exciting learning opportunities that are meaningful to each child.
Our learning is guided by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, which supports children’s development across all areas of learning. We focus on nurturing the whole child, helping them to become confident, independent and enthusiastic learners who are ready to embrace new challenges.
In Butterfly Class, we want every child to feel that they belong, that their ideas matter and that they can achieve wonderful things. Together, we learn, laugh, explore and grow — making every moment count as our little butterflies begin to spread their wings! 🦋
P.E.
PE kit consists of a red t-shirt, black shorts and plimsolls – please make sure your child has the correct kit in school at all times.
Physical movement both gross and fine underpin the children’s ability to engage in moving and write with control. We concentrate on developing the children’s fundamental skills of running, skipping, jumping and catching with control and precision. You can help your child to develop essential fine motor control by encouraging them to draw, colour in, paint and cut with scissors.
Using an effective pencil grip can take time for some children to develop. We encourage the children to use the nip, flip and grip approach.
Daily Routine
To ensure a smooth start to the morning our doors are open from 8:55. We encourage the children to share and listen when we take the register and when we share snack time. Children are given free milk until their fifth birthday. If you would like your child to continue receiving milk beyond this you can arrange this online ‘Coolmilk’.
In the morning we have a mixture of directed and child initiated teaching. We have lunch at 12:00 until 12:45. The afternoon session usually follows our topic or activities which have been inspired by the children interests.
The children join the school on a Friday for playtime. Butterfly Class will let you know when we are joining the rest of the school for Award Assembly on a Friday morning.
We are a school with a listening approach so please contact us with any worries, concerns or positive comments.
Clothing
The children are encouraged to be independent as possible. Ensuring all clothing is labelled is very useful and much appreciated especially with 27 children. When purchasing shoes, please, please if possible choose Velcro over laced shoes as even with my best effort I haven’t found the secret knot that remains tied. As the weather begins to gets wetter and colder it would be helpful if your child has gloves, wellies and a waterproof coat for school.
Recent Activities
Coming soon…