Willowbank School, KilmarnockThis morning we came into class and found our beautiful Earth sun-catchers reflecting the colour onto the carpet.
Our bird feeders were ready to hang up in the garden this morning. The birds will have some lovely treats this weekend. If there is any food left next week we will do some bird watching in the garden.
We will be responsible citizens and make more food for the birds when they finish their food.
Today we made a picnic and enjoyed it in the sensory garden. We were responsible citizens and ensured we had everything we needed before leaving the class.
We chatted with friends while enjoying our snack in the sunshine.
After successfully sewing a button onto material the boys in Transition moved on to repairing a tear in materials for their SQA Personal Presentation class. The boys were Successful Learners and were very focused when making their repairs.
It was tattie time this week in Transition. The boys were preparing their seed potatoes for growing in their SQA Hobbies and Interests class and were Effective Contributors when chitting their potatoes. The boys identified the end of the potato with the most eyes and set them in a box the correct way up. We hope they will sprout roots in the next few weeks so we can plant them out in the garden.
We had a TECHNICOLOR time this week in Transition class when we rehearsed our SQA group performance. The boys worked very hard and were Confident Individuals about their part in the performance. Each boy was AMAZING when we practiced signing and moving around. I think it will be a DREAM performance.
The Transition boys have been Responsible Citizens and taking part in an up-cycling project for their SQA Eco class. They finished making play roads from pallets and road signs from old AAC lids so had the fun of delivering them to their customers. Lots of fun and smiles all round!
The Transition class were Effective Contributors when taking part in an Engineering Challenge. For the first part of the challenge we watched an interview with Alyssa Carson who works for NASA! The boys are now trying to think of an invention that would solve a common problem before we send it to be judged.
The Transition boys were Successful Learners this week when they learned about frogs during a literacy lesson. We used the Giglets website to read and listen to a description of the life cycle of a frog. The boys were then tested on what they remembered with an online quiz. 100% correct!
Effective Contributors/Responsible citizens/Confident Individuals
For Earth Day we watched songs which celebrated the earth and suggested ways we can help the planet.
We enjoyed looking at a globe in the class and hearing The Tiger Who Came to Tea story which helped us talk about looking after the habitats of tigers.
In the afternoon, the Snowdrops took advantage of the beautiful sunshine and walked to the school garden to hang up our bird feeders. While we were in the garden, we used our looking skills to spot items for our Earth Day scavenger hunt. We were looking for lots of things including leaves, spiders, worms and clouds!
Today we celebrated Earth Day by having the lights off all day and using minimum electricity.
We enjoyed an afternoon in the garden, we made an Earth Sun-catcher and took it in turns to find the sun and make the colours reflect onto the ground.
We have been responsible citizens and helping the birds find some food. We made bird feeders so the birds can have a lovely breakfast and dinner.
We also planted some sunflower seeds, fingers crossed we are successful this year and we manage to grow some beautiful sunflowers.
