Willowbank School, Kilmarnock* SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS, CONFIDENT INDIVIDUALS *
The Planets class are missing our weekly PE sessions in the Gym Hall. We have been trying to include daily move and groove sessions in the classroom including runaround and team games.
Today we tried something different. We completed an aerobics exercise on Youtube. There were 10 levels including squats, sprints, donkey kicks, press ups etc. We had to work really hard!
We have a right to share our thoughts freely UNICEF Article 13. We enjoyed listening to a story called, ‘What to do with an idea’. The moral of the story was to share your ideas with everyone and say what you are thinking. So we made a silhouette picture of our head and put jigsaw puzzles inside for our ideas. In the Oak class we are regularly encouraged to share what we think.
We enjoy working on our reading skills every week, we are becoming confident individuals at reconsigning the familiar words that are repeated throughout the story.
Everyone in the Oak class loves pizza, we played a pizza topping game with friends to increase our memory skills. Some of us could remember three toppings others could remember up to five toppings.
We were successful learners when following the music to play some of our favourite songs, this week we played ‘I Love my Life’ and ‘Three Little Birds’. Everyone was actively engaged in the music lesson.
We enjoyed our outdoor PE lesson, we were working on our basketball skills. We were confident individuals when trying to dribble and shoot as independently as possible. Everyone focused their attention and listened to the advice given to make their performance better.
Responsible Citizens Effective Contributors
The Moonbeams have been learning how they can help to make our world more Eco friendly. We made Eco pledges to switch off the lights when we are not using them, turn off taps when they are not in use, walk more, feed the birds and recycle where possible.
The pupils created informative posters and made bird feeders.
Check out our Eco fish!
The Beech class participated actively in this activity. The learners created their own fish from recycled plastic bottles.
The vibrant colours used really make this artwork stand out.
Confident individuals! Well done!
Effective Contributors
The Snowdrops have been exploring the shape and texture of different vegetables that might have grown in Mr McGregor’s garden. We have also been exploring the different patterns and shapes they can make when printing with paint. We created lots of different pictures, take a look!
Successful Learners/Effective Contributors
The Snowdrops have been using different shapes to create our own Peter Rabbit. Everyone showed interest in exploring shapes to create animal pictures. The Snowdrops participated well, gluing and sticking paper shapes together to make a rabbit.
Confident Individuals/Successful Learners
The Snowdrops have been experiencing lots of different activities about our emotions. Everyone has responded really well to action songs about being happy or sad. We have been looking at our reflections in a mirror and trying to make different faces. Some Snowdrops have also been sorting pictures of happy, sad or angry faces.
The Planets created some Harvest themed art by using natural materials such as recycled fiber and leaves from the sensory garden,
I think you will agree that our Hedgehogs look very autumnal!
Successful learners in the Planets class today. Fab!
The Transition boys continued with their outdoor theme today by recreating Kandinsky’s Colour Study into Kandinsky’s Trees!
Everyone was actively engaged in the activity.
Well done to our Transition boys. Successful learners today!
The Pine class focused their attention on some sensory art. The boys and girls used marbles rolled in yellow ink to create an interesting and unusual sunflower design.
There was a lot of response to the rattling sound of the marbles. Smiles and great eye contact!
Super successful learners. Wonderful job!
