Welcome to Monkeys!

Monkeys class is taught by Miss Richardson with Mrs Smith, Mrs Kelly (Monday am) and Mrs North (Tuesday-Friday am) supporting our learning too. We also have Coach Mason teaching us PE on a Wednesday afternoon. 

What we are learning about this term...

This term we will still have time for learning play but we will be doing more adult directed and independent learning. We are really looking forward to it! 

This term our topic is 'Our Local Area'. We will be looking at our local area including the physical & human features and where we are in the world. 

We are also learning about materials in science. We will be looking at different materials and their properties. 

Our Local Walk

Miss Richardson took us out on a soggy walk around Felbridge. We went to look for human geographical features and physical geographical features of the village. Human features are made by humans and physical features are made by nature. On our walk we saw more human features than physical. Some human features we saw were the traffic lights, the road, the pavement, the pub, the hotel, the bus stop and the shops. Some physical features we saw were grass, trees and flowers. 

I want my hat back

In English we have started to look at the story 'I want my hat back'. We have enjoyed listening to the story and role playing being the bear and the rabbit so we can explore what they are thinking and feeling. We also wrote a rap with Mrs Smith to recall the story. We really enjoyed performing it too! 

Materials

As part of our science learning on materials we went on a search around school for things made of different materials. We looked for different objects inside and outside that were made of metal, fabric, plastic, wood, glass and stone. We recorded our findings as we went, using our sounds carefully to spell words. 

Our School

To start our learning on 'Our Local Area' we went on a hunt around the outside area to find where different close up photos were taken. We worked collaboratively in small groups to find what the photos were of. Some photos were very difficult to locate. We were also given an aerial photo of the school too and tried to locate what we could see in the photo.