Welcome
Welcome to Butterflies! Here you will find the Rainbow and River Rooms - as well as access to our Sun Room, conservatory, garden area and school forest!
Here's what you can expect as your child begins their preschool journey with us:
Structured Curriculum: Our preschool program is designed around a well-rounded curriculum that covers key areas of development. Through engaging activities, we foster your child's growth in areas such as language and literacy, math, science, creativity, and social skills Every day is filled with opportunities for exploration and learning.
Exploring with Freedom: At Butterflies, we believe in giving children the freedom to choose their activities Your child will have the chance to move freely between our rooms and our gardens, allowing them to explore their interests and curiosity at their own pace.
Outdoor Adventures: Our outdoor play spaces are designed to inspire wonder and discovery. From the sandbox for creative play to the allotments where children learn about gardening or sensory exploration in our herb garden - there's always something new to discover.
Meettheteam
Please come by and say hello! All of our team photos are on the staff boards by the main entrance;-
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As well as our regular team, we have our own, internal supply team. This part of the team is rotated between the rooms, to offer extra support where it is needed.
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RainbowRoom
The Rainbow Room is at the heart of Butterflies, acting as a shared space for both Rainbow and River Room children.
Central Hub of Activity: It's where we all come together for snacks, meals, and various activities. On sunny days, we have our meals or snacks outdoors!
Social Mealtimes: At Butterflies, meal times are social times! Children from both River and Rainbow Rooms enjoy their meals together, encouraging conversations and interactions.
Promoting Independence: We foster independence during meal times. Children assist in preparing meals, set tables and sometimes even serve themselves. They're responsible for managing their cups and helping with recycling and clearing their plates.
Open Doors, Open Choices: The Rainbow Room is divided into dynamic sections, giving children the freedom to choose their activities throughout the day. It's all part of our engaging approach to learning and play.
RiverRoom
Our River Room acts as the first stepping stone into Butterflies. Children will always have the flexibility to freely move between all of our rooms, which helps them seamlessly transition into life at Butterflies. Typically, children aged between 3-3½ register and pick up time in this room.
Here's a glimpse of what their day will look like:
Register Time & Structured Learning: Children participate in register time and engage in structured learning activities tailored to their age group.
Building Confidence:
Throughout the day children can move freely between all of our Butterfly Rooms, promoting independence and social development. This enables a seamless transition into life in Butterflies.
Rest and Quiet Time: After lunch, children have the opportunity to rest or enjoy some quiet time, recharging their energy and maintaining focus for the rest of the day.
The Butterfly Rooms work in harmony to create an engaging learning environment. Butterflies follow the same curriculum that is used into the end of primary 1.
Activities
Butterflies Room’s feature ever-changing spaces for activities, driven by children's interests and the seasons, igniting curiosity and creativity. Here are a few examples:
Calm Reflection: A peaceful corner filled with tools for selfregulation and reflection. Baskets brimming with sensory toys, books and activities to help children recognize and understand their emotions.
Creativity Hub: A treasure trove! Children practice fine motor skills by drawing, gluing and cutting. Plus, they explore loose parts like shells, feathers, and buttons for imaginative play and crafts.
Literacy + Numeracy Corners: Dive into letters and numbers! Explore writing tools, a rotating cosy reading nook (rotating with each topic!) and materials for counting and numeracy.
Investigation Station: For little scientists! Children experiment with everyday substances like oats, oils and herbs with with tools like jugs and scales.
The rooms also offers colourful building toys and puzzles to nurture logical thinking and problem-solving skills. These dedicated areas provide endless opportunities for your child to learn, grow, and have fun!
SunRoom
The Sun Room is a hub of creativity and sensoryeverything is accessible at child level, encouraging them to find their inner artist!
Arts and Crafts: Your child can explore arts and crafts - from paints and crayons, to using recycled materials and imaginative junk remodelling.
Masterpiece Display: Each child's artwork is proudly showcased around the Sun Room, boosting their confidence and self-esteem.
Messy Play: We believe in the joy of messy play! Activities like sand and water play are always available. We also rotate playdough, slime, shaving foam, and water beads experiences, encourage sensory exploration and learning.
The Conservatory: Connected to the Sun Room, a cosy home away from home area. It offers a variety of role-playing and social interaction opportunities through our home, market stall and till areas.
These areas help children develop their understanding about the wider world and practice roles as well as numeracy skills through money values.
Outdoors
Our outdoor areas are packed with exciting equipment and elements for little explorers. There's a climbing wall, see-saw, slide, crates, bikes, caves and much more! Our gardens offer a sensory-rich experience with mud, leaves, bark and sand to spark curiosity and imagination!
Garden Allotment: Young gardeners can dig into our allotment, planting seeds and watching them grow.
Herb Garden: Discover a world of fragrant herbs. Children can learn about and even taste different herbs as they grow.
Sand Pit: A sandy area for imaginative play and creative digging adventures.
Forest School: The children join Emma and John for exciting lessons in safety and survival skills within our secure Forest at the back of the nursery, including the art of building a campfire!
Our outdoor spaces are where learning meets adventure. It's here that your child will develop their gross motor skills and foster a love for nature!
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Forest School
Take a look inside our beastie cave!
Whattoexpect
The Butterfly Rooms are the last step before your child transitions into the world of Primary School. We understand that this transition can seem different, so here's what you can expect:
Busy Environment: Butterflies is a vibrant and engaging space with plenty of activities and learning opportunitiesour busy environment has lots going on!
Register/Pick up Rooms: Before 9.15am and after 4.45pm you can expect to find your child in their designated room. (out with these times are designated free flow)
Parent Pockets: Please check these pockets for any important forms or documents! You will find them on wall of Rainbow Room.
Feedback: While we love to say hello, our feedback at the end of the day is to be carefully managed - highlights that can be found on our boards outside the room.
Whiteboard Highlights: To efficiently share important notes and highlights of your child's day, our Butterfly team writes them on the whiteboard which can be found outside the Rainbow Room.
Lunch Menu: You can easily find our daily lunch menu and a checklist of what your child ate on the whiteboards.
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EverydayEssentials
Pegs for our Butterflies can be found in and round the Sun Room - River Room can find their pegs just outside and pegs/shoe boxes for Rainbow Room are found within the Sun Room. This ensures easy access and organisation for their belongings.
Each child should have a set of spare clothes, indoor shoes or slippers, and outdoor shoes. In colder weather, we kindly ask parents to provide a warm hat, gloves, scarf, and coat For rainy days, waterproofs are essential, and during hot weather, a sun hat is a must-have. To avoid any mix-ups, please make sure to label all clothing items with your child's name. This helps us keep everything in order and prevents any items from getting lost or misplaced.
To keep all these items together, we request that they be provided in a fabric bag made of crochet, felt, or canvas This ensures durability and easy storage for your child's belongings.
please provide your childs items in a fabric bag!
Chatwithus
We understand that you may have more questions, and we're here to help! We pride ourselves on our transparency and openness. So, if you have any inquiries or simply want to chat, feel free to reach out to any of our team.
Our office embraces an open door policy, feel free to drop by and chat with us. We are located on the ground floor, simply turn right as you come down the stairs, and you'll find us just around the corner.
Stay up-to-date with the latest nursery news by checking our notice board at the entrance. Additionally, we'll keep in touch through newsletters and reminders sent directly to your email.
We've hope you find all the information you need in this newsletter, however, if there's anything else you require, please don't hesitate to let us know!
Kindest Regards,
The Bonnington House Team