Hello and welcome to the Buttermere class page!
Welcome to Buttermere’s class page.
This year in reception our class teacher is Mr Fasham and our teaching assistants are Miss Hodgson and Miss Bulman.
We have an engaging and interactive indoor and outdoor continuous provision in our Early Years unit where children can develop their skills through, playing and exploring, active learning, creating and thinking critically through the 7 areas of learning and development.
Each day we spend time developing our language, communication and reading skills. We have a daily phonics session to give us the best possible start in our reading journey. We split into small groups for our phonics sessions to enable every child to make progress through the Read Write Inc programme. We enjoy taking home a range of books from both our phonics scheme and our class library. We know that reading is essential to unlock learning and the love of reading underpins our weekly parent library sessions.
To keep our brains alert, every child is given the opportunity to have snack (a piece of fruit) and a cup of milk or water.
At lunch time children can choose to have a hot dinner provided by school, which is free for reception children, or they can bring their own packed lunch from home.
Tapestry
We use an online learning journal in reception called Tapestry to celebrate children’s learning and development. This builds a special record of the children’s experiences, development and learning journey and this is shared with parents. We do this by adding photos, videos and diary entries.
Smile 4 Life
We are a Smile4Life school. This means that we work with children and families to lay solid foundations for good oral health throughout life. Smile4Life provide each child in reception with a toothbrush and toothpaste to use in school and also a set to take home with them.