Welcome to the Butterfly Class Blog!

This is the page that you can visit to keep updated on the children's learning. Make sure you come back each week to see the learning opportunities that the children have been taking part in.

Spring Week 2

This week in English, Butterfly Class has been writing poetry based on a chapter from the book we are reading in class 'Kensuke's Kingdom'. It was based on the moment where Michael falls off of his boat and into the ocean. We focused on making sure we got the mood across to the reader, using personification to help us along the way. On Thursday in Geography, we looked at how volcanoes are made and rounded off the afternoon by investigating the different properties of rocks. We rounded off the week with PE and we carried on with our spy dance. We went over what we had already done and then added in some tense action to help build our dance about the spy.

Spring Week 1

Welcome back to spring term! What a busy first week we've had indeed. We have started looking at Kensuke's Kingdom in English and we are eager to keep on reading. In Geography we have started looking at 'our extreme earth' and started looking at the different layers of the earth. In science we have started looking at rocks. We discussed different rock types and then tried to sort a variety of rocks into different groups. We rounded off the week with a bit of dance in the PE. Safe to say we have worked our socks and are very well deserving of the weekend. 

Autumn Week 15

After a long 15 weeks we have finally reached the end of the autumn term. I hope you all enjoy a well deserved break and have a very Merry Christmas & a happy New Year.

Congratulations to Oscar for getting the Headteachers Award this week!

Autumn Week 14

In DT we finally got to make our nightlights! After spending time perfecting our designs we finally got round to making them. A lot of hard work and effort went into making them and the finished products looked great. This week was our last PE session with Kate. Definitely feeling a lot of mixed emotions as it was a super fun last PE lesson but also a sad time knowing that it was the last. Butterfly Class would like to say a huge thanks to Kate for all her hard work and help in PE. 

Autumn Week 13

In English, Butterfly class has been looking at persuasive writing. We found ourselves with the opportunity to do something amazing..... writing to Santa Clause to persuade him to send over one of his very finest elves to keep an eye on us! We worked together to create a letter that no one could refuse, not even the big guy himself. Stay tuned to find out the response we get. In PE we have been carrying on with our gymnastics, focusing on types of jumps and the technique we need to jump off of a range of apparatus. It has been another busy week and we have made it to the end.

Congratulations to Rohin for getting the Headteachers Award this week!

Autumn Week 12

This week in DT, Butterfly Class began designing their night lights. We had to think really hard about what we were going to make them out of and how our circuits were going to fit inside of them. In English, we have been looking at writing descriptions for different settings. Our creativity was flowing and we managed to write some incredible descriptions. We have kicked off the festive season a little early by beginning to practice our songs for the Christmas Concert. Already, we are sounding better and better each day.

Congratulations to Arnie for getting the Headteachers Award this week!

Autumn Week 11

This week in Butterfly class we have worked hard and gotten lots done. In science we looked at the water cycle, in maths we continued to work little and often on our times-tables and in English we mastered writing a set of instructions on how to capture a wild mythical two-headed beast. We rounded off the week with some talking maths. We get to walk around the classroom discussing our thought process whilst answering the questions in our book. It's our favourite way to keep us moving and keep us learning.

Congratulations to Sienna for getting the Headteachers Award this week!

Autumn Week 10

This week in Butterfly class we began gymnastics in PE. We tried a range of partner balances with a variety of difficulty. We had a good laugh whilst trying to master them. In English we have began to look at instructions, more specifically, how to catch a mythical beast. If you see any of us with a giant net don't be alarmed this is to help us better understand how to catch them.

Congratulations to Ella for getting the Headteachers Award this week! 

Autumn Week 9

After our well deserved short break, Butterfly Class sprang straight back into action, busy working hard and learning new things. We got the glockenspiels out and music and had a great time. In DT we dismantled flashlights to get our heads around how they worked

Congratulations to Harry for getting the Headteachers Award this week!

Autumn Week 8

It is safe to stay after a long 8 weeks we have finally made it to the end of the first half term. Butterfly Class have had an amazing start to the year and put 100% into everything they have done. Have a lovely half term!

Congratulations to Ethan for getting the Headteachers Award this week! 

Autumn Week 7

It has been another busy week here in Butterfly Class. We have worked hard on a variety of subjects. Some highlights of the week are:

• Carrying out our own science investigations that we planned last week.
• Blowing off some steam whilst continuing to improve our tag rugby skills with Kate, in PE.
• Reenacting a story about the Crucifixion to help us understand what it is truly about for Christians.

We rounded off the week with a timestables afternoon to ensure our recall of them is top notch. Overall a busy week where we have all worked extremely hard.

Congratulations to Izzy for getting the Headteachers Award this week!

Autumn Week 6

This week, Butterfly Class had a special guest. Declan Brooks, Team GB Bronze Olympic medalist in BMX came and gave Roseacres a visit. After wowing the whole school with an array of tricks he came into our class to show us his medal and answer some questions. It was a very cool experience that we all loved!

Congratulations to James and Sophia for getting the Headteachers Award this week!

Autumn Week 5

This Friday, Butterfly Class were fortunate enough to go and experience the Benedetti Session at Saffron Hall. We had a great morning, getting to partake in many musical games that had us thinking about rhythm and call & answer. We were introduced to the cajon drum and vibraphone and got to hear them in action. It was an amazing experience that we all enjoyed very much. 

In science, we continued to look at electricity, trying to make a variety of switches to go in our circuits. We had a lot of success and enjoyed investigating the different ways to make switches.

Autumn Week 4

In topic this term, Butterfly Class is looking at the Anglo Saxons and Vikings. In history, we were fortunate enough to use some artifacts from them time to extend our thinking and questioning skills. We spent the lesson looking at them and thinking about what they might have been used for and what we thought they might have been called.

In English we honed in on our feelings and tried our best to channel our inner actor to recreate scenes from the short film we have been focusing on called 'The Present'. There were some very convincing dogs in our class.

Congratulations to Eloise for getting the Headteachers Award this week!

Autumn Week 3

This week Butterfly class continued to show their creativity in art, building on their compass skills to create the beginnings of a whole class art piece. In P.E we practiced both our attacking and defending skills in Tag Rugby, playing a whole host of different games to put the skills into action.

Congratulations to Olivia for getting the Headteachers Award this week!  

Autumn Week 2

This week Butterfly class has been busy working hard, putting maximum effort into everything they do.

We had our first PE lesson with the Cricket Coach and we all had lots of fun practicing our batting skills. We finished the week with some art, honing in on our compass skills to create perfect circles.

Congratulations to Emine for getting the Headteachers Award this week!

Autumn Week 1

Welcome back and welcome to butterfly class!

This week we have been getting back into the swing of things and working hard.

In science this half term our topic is electricity and on Friday we were sorting objects into 'need to be plugged in' and 'needs batteries'. This gave the opportunity for some interesting conversations to be had about some items.

Congratulations to Jaxon for getting the Headteachers Award this week!