Willowbank School, KilmarnockIt’s that time of the year already, when the Transition class begin practicing their sports day skills. The class were Successful Learners when they were learning the finer ‘points’ of the javelin. The boys copied the movements very well and throughout the week their throws got further and further. They also practiced their relay running. I think a bit more training is required to prevent the boys getting out of breath so quickly!
There was some serious landscape gardening going on this week in the Transition class. The boys were Effective Contributors when they were working on their SQA Hobbies and Interests outcomes. The boys were preparing a patch of the garden to take the whole school sunflowers. We hope to plant them all together next week.
The Transition class were Effective Contributors when they took part in their Health and Wellbeing Lessons this week. They were learning skills to play rounders. Each boy practiced hitting the ball and then throwing it towards a target. The Major Baseball League is the obvious next step!
As the Transition boys near completion of their SQA work there is an opportunity to reflect on the unit. The boys were Confident Individuals when they thought about their Eco unit. The boys selected ‘like’ or dislike’ for each activity then the gave reasons for liking or not liking two aspects. The boys were very focused and could give excellent responses to the questions.
The Transition boys were Confident Individuals this week when they had an opportunity to work on their listening skills. The boys played a series of computer games where they had to wait for the bell before pressing the switch. However, if they waited too long after the bell then they missed their opportunity to score points. Two favourite games were scoring goals and playing through different adventure levels to find the treasure.
Confident Individuals and Responsible Citizens
Whilst out in the garden, the Sunflowers were on the look out for some coloured bugs! Each child used our magnifying glasses to find the bugs and collected them with their trowels. Afterwards, the bugs were sorted into their colours and matched to their partners. Everyone also completed a cut and stick activity by sticking their favourite bugs to their jars.
We were given sunflowers seeds to plant as a class. All the boys were confident individuals we used a trowel to scoop and fill the pots, we added a sticker with their name on them. We then picked a seed and put it inside. The boys have been responsible citizens are have been watering them throughout the week. We are looking forward to seeing how tall they grow.
The Bluebells had great fun yesterday doing some yoga. We had to copy different shapes and become different animals. We were confident individuals at copying the pictures and the ladies. We listened and worked together to try all the different poses. A favourite was the lion pose as we got to stick our tongue out . Everyone tried really hard to make the difficult poses of the bridge and the crab.
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We had lots of fun this week exploring a range of digital technologies. We had a Traditional Tales themed afternoon where we used different technologies to aid our story-telling skills! We were all effective contributors as we took part in each activity and concentrated hard on how to operate each device.
Successful Learners Confident Individuals
The Moonbeams enjoyed taking part in a Science experiment with some colourful sweets. The children all explored the ingredients and helped to place the sweets and pour some warm water. They all observed and reacted to the change in the water as the sweets melted. Take a look at our cool experiment!
