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What is the Butterfly group?

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Our Butterfly group is for children who are in their Pre-School year. Each year, the group grows bigger and bigger with many parents deciding that their child will be fully supported and ready for school following their time with us.

 

Although the 3 and 4 year olds gain a lot from spending time interacting with the younger children, there comes a time when they need more adult led activities.  These activities build on key skills already gained but also introduce children to new ideas and concepts.

 

What do we do?

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Every Monday afternoon, our Butterfly group take part in Forest School sessions with Becky. We encourage the children to get themselves dressed into their outdoor overalls, wellies, coats, hats and scarves. They spend the session in our Forest School garden and explore activities such as clay modelling, den building, digging, bug hunting, planting and log circle story times. The aim of the sessions is to encourage curiosity about the natural environment. 

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Jodie also leads a Butterfly group circle time each day where the children learn letters and sounds, with a focus of the sound of the week. She will create lots of fun and engaging activities to play to support the children to learn and critically think using their own ideas to embed their understanding.

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The children also have their own separate story time which is geared to their level of understanding and thinking.  Children are encouraged to join in with the rhymes and refrains in the story as well as thinking about the characters, how the story might end and what might happen next.  Story time is also an opportunity to reflect on the session and for the children to think about what they particularly enjoyed.

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