Butterfly Class
A very big welcome to the children starting school in September and the Year Ones who are returning to Butterfly Class. We are a mixed Reception and Year One class.
Your class teacher is Mrs Waters and the teaching assistants are Miss Hardiman, Mrs Barlow and Mrs Smith. We are here to help support you settle into school life and teach you lots of new and exciting things!
Our Learning Environment
We have a fantastic learning environment in Butterfly Class. We love exploring our outdoor area and using it to be creative.
We have lots of resources including bricks, pebbles, sand, wooden planks, guttering and milk crates. We have an area where we can dress up and act out stories. We have a sand pit, a digging area and a huge mud kitchen.
Inside we love to build in the construction area and make things in our creative area, paint or draw. We also have a great book corner.
We are currently following Map B (2026-2027).
Home Learning
Pupils in EYFS and Year 1 are expected to complete reading 5 times a week. Year 1 are given Purple Home Learning books to practise age-appropriate spellings and Maths facts.
Please see the documents below for your termly home learning work. Remember to also use Numbots to practise your Maths facts!
Class Author – Term 1 and 2
Our class author this term is Tom Percival.
Tom Percival is a writer, artist, video producer and musician. Tom lives in Stroud with his partner and their two children. Tom Percival’s Big Bright Feelings series is the perfect springboard for conversations about mental and emotional health, positive self-image, building self-confidence and managing feelings. Every child’s bookshelf should contain his books.
Term 1
Our theme within EYFS this term is 'All About Me!' We will be getting to know each other, learning the class and school rules and settling into school life. Establishing trusting relationships with the adults and children in our class and building friendships is our priority this term. Here are some pictures of our Reception children in their first week of school. We have been very busy!
Geography – ‘Our School’
This term we are learning about ‘Our School’. We will find Stratford-sub-Castle on a map and locate our school. We will go on a welly walk in Stratford village and follow a map to find lots of local features e.g. the church and river. We will look at an Atlas to find the UK and create our own maps.
History – Significant place in Locality
Old Sarum and New Sarum
(Salisbury)
Science – Animals (humans)
In Science this term we will learn about our bodies and how they change from being a baby to an adult. We will read ‘Funnybones’ and look at X-rays of bones on a lightboard. We will learn the names of some organs inside our bodies and explore our senses – smell, touch, taste, hearing and sights.
