Welcome to Class 1 - Butterflies
These are the staff who work in Class 1
Below is the phonics book to support our learning in class.
Mymaths homework has been set this week.
The topic task in the yellow homework book is due in on Monday 9th March.
Phonics book
This week we have been learning 'se', 'ze' (making the 'z' sound), 'eer', 'ere' (making the 'ear' sound) and 'ti' (making the 'sh' sound)
You will find this book in the ELS ebook library. Use the search bar to find it.
Model houses
Gingerbread Houses
Winter Walk
Happy New Year Butterflies!
I hope you and your families have had a wonderful break together. I just wanted to say a huge thank you for my gifts from you all. I was blown away by your generosity and thoughtfulness. xxx
Rapid Recall Facts - Term 3
RE Day
Butterflies enjoyed learning all about advent and the advent wreath. We spent the day making our own wreaths, paper chains and used the Lego and multilink to create some festive models. We also made our gingerbread man decorations. They look wonderful on the Christmas tree in the school hall!
STEM Week
Butterflies enjoyed a great STEM week based on the theme 'Changing and Adapting'. Inspired by the film Wall-E, we looked at how Earth had changed due to the amount of rubbish thrown away, and found out about ways to reuse and recycle our own rubbish. We then made some fantastic robots with some of the rubbish. We also learnt about how plants and animals adapt to their surroundings and planted cress seeds in different conditions to see if/how they would grow. Finally, we looked at how the humans in Wall-E had adapted to their new lifestyle in space and concluded they were not very healthy! We ventured onto the playground and took part in different workout stations that would get the humans fit in no time!
We enjoyed a walk in the village this week, spotting lots of signs of autumn and filling our pockets with conkers as we ambled through the woods! We are looking forward to returning to the same spots to see how they change throughout the year.
Fantastic Friday saw the arrival of autumn in Butterflies Class!
This week we have been reading 'Grandad's Island'. We pretended to be Syd and Grandad, and asked each other questions about how we felt during different times in the story. We had to stay in character and answer as if we were Syd or Grandad!
Cotton bud skeletons and a rather windy senses walk!
We have been finding out about England this week as part of our United Kingdom topic. We have made Lego bridges to go over the River Thames, used blocks to make Stone Henge and printed celery to paint English roses.
Rapid Recall Facts - Term 1
Presentation to Parents
2024/2025
Animal Day!
Creepy Claws!
Bug Hotels
We made Bug Hotels as part of our Science learning. We thought about what things minibeasts would need from their habitat and tried to incorporate these features in our hotels.
Sports Day
VE Day Celebrations
Baking Shortbread with Mrs Twynam
Emotions Wheel
We made Emotions Wheels in PSHE to help us identify and talk about our feelings.
Fruit Skewers!
We learnt about keeping healthy in our PSHE lesson so we made some fun fruit skewers and ate them!
Essential Letters and Sounds
Please click on the links below to access videos which will help you to support your child/ren with their phonics.
These sounds are taught in Phase 3. Reception children will be taught these sounds.
https://vimeo.com/753931102/b9a2f8194f
These sounds are taught in Phase 5. Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children will be taught these sounds.
Essential Letters and Sounds
Please click on the links below to access videos which will help you to support your child/ren with their phonics.
These sounds are taught in Phase 3. Reception children will be taught these sounds.
https://vimeo.com/753931102/b9a2f8194f
These sounds are taught in Phase 5. Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children will be taught these sounds.