Butterfly Class

Butterfly Class is our EYFS and Year 1 class taught by Mrs Tupper.

Mrs Tupper: Monday- Thursday

Mrs Grinsted: Friday

EYFS & Year 1 continues in a practical and fun way linked to our curriculum. Throughout the year the children will learn to:

Develop their phonics knowledge, and learn some spelling rules. We use the Little Wandle scheme for phonics and we use Collins Big Cat Reading books for home reading. Please click on this link to access the parent guide for more information about the Little Wandle phonics scheme. The children will get a phonics sheet of what they have learnt each week.
A key focus for year 1 is to improve their writing style and structure.
Children in Year 1 are expected to use and apply a range of Maths strategies and solve more complex problem solving questions.
The EYFS and Year 1 classroom is play based; this means that as well as children doing group work with adults they also have access to different areas of learning with different enhancements and challenges. These enhancements and challenges depend on the class’ interest and the skills they need to practice.

Our Expectations for Home Learning in Butterfly Class

Recommended minimum time to spend on home learning at least four reads per week PLUS 15- 30 minutes per week on other identified home learning for year 1. Homework for Year 1 is set every Friday.

We we also ask children to complete half term projects in the Spring and Summer term. It is a fun and creative way to engage children in the following terms topic.

This particular project was making animals out of recycled materials. Don’t they look good!!?

Butterfly Class also has a class mascot, Jerry and Cherry as voted by the children.

Spring 1

The children have had a great start to 2026!! The children have been challenging themselves to do more in all areas of the classroom. Their maths, phonics and writing are improving so much! It’s great to see them in action. Have a look at the photos below.

Forest school photos are on the forest school page.