Willowbank School, KilmarnockIn the Comets class we have been exploring the world of work and the different jobs that people have. We all were confident individuals when selecting our favourite jobs.
Each child made a poster about a different job, We were successful learners when doing their own research. The Comets participated in discussions around the skills needed for each job.
The children all enjoyed our walk to the Wishing Tree. We took some ribbon with us to tie on the tree and we all made a wish!
successful learners * confidential individuals responsible citizens* effective contributors
This week on our journey through The Enchanted Forest we came across the tale of Sleeping Beauty. The children loved listening to the story and afterwards designed a bed that would be fit for Sleeping Beauty.
Sleeping Beauty had to sleep for 100 years- our challenge was to design a bed that would be comfortable for the Princess.
First, we looked through a selection of different materials and decided which ones we thought would be suitable for the bed. The children were able to identify and select materials that were soft, fluffy and warm. We trimmed our materials to size and made sure they fit our beds. We recognised that a rectangle would be the best shape for our blankets, mattress and pillow. After much deliberation over our materials, we then came up with a plan to construct our beds.
The Princess had a prior engagement and was not available for the bed test. Our classroom crocodile was happy to help us out!
This week the Comets class have been learning about different types of Digital Technology.
We decided to look into Coding and after finding out about it, we were excited to give it a try. The children had to select a character and then create a set of instructions to move them to different parts of the game. When we gave our characters the wrong instructions we had to think of different ways to get them to go in the right direction.
We were all successful learners when completing our Coding game and we confident individuals when selecting different types of instructional language and then putting it into the correct order.
The Comets were effective contributors during our Three Little Pigs STEM challenge. Our challenge was to create a house that would be safe from the Big Bad Wolf. The children were given materials similar to the ones from the story. We spoke about what a house needs and what makes them strong. After the children completed their houses the Big Bad Wolf ‘huffed’ and ‘puffed’ and tried to blow them all down. We used our prior knowledge from the story to make predictions on what houses would be safe from the Big Bad Wolf.
The Comets were successful learners during our fairy tale story sequencing task. After listening carefully to the story of Goldilocks and the Three bears ,we were set the challenge of sorting images from the book into the correct order. We used the book to check that our answers were correct before sticking them down.
This week in the Comets class, we discussed the agenda for the Pupil Council. We voted on what we would like as a theme for our end of term celebrations and what POLO activities we would like to do.
We were confident individuals when making our selections. With the most votes we took forward to the council meeting that our class would like a Disney themed party and a BBQ for our POLO activity.
As part of our journey through The Enchanted Forest the Comets class have stumbled across Cinderella’s Tea Party. We helped Cinderella prepare for her tea party by making delicious biscuits and hot tea. The Comets were successful learners and followed instructions carefully. We tasted our biscuits and enjoyed our cups of tea.
Comets have been learning about how to prepare different types of healthy food. This week we washed and chopped different types of salad in a safe and responsible way.
The children then selected what they wanted to include in their ham salad sandwich. We were all confident individuals and were able to identify our likes and dislikes.
The Comets have been successful learners this week when they were learning about how to build a light circuit. After listening to instructions carefully we were able to make a battery powered electrical circuit. The Comets were confident individuals when some of our circuits did not work at first. We worked hard to identify the problems and fix them.
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