Willowbank School, KilmarnockWe enjoyed exploring sound using boomwhackers (plastic tubes that are different lengths) and a cajon drum (wooden box with a hole in the back).
Everyone focused their attention and were confident individuals when listening to soundtracks and playing their instruments. We all were actively engaged in making a sound and creating a beat in time with the music playing in the background.
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The Bluebells class had an amazing time during Willowbank’s Science Day. We had lots of volunteers visit the school with some amazing activities including the planetarium, electrical circuits from Dumfries House, stomp rockets, robots and model heat engines!
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The Snowdrops have been actively engaged in many science activities. All pupils have been focussing attention on different reactions and changes that have been happening during our class or school experiments. The Snowdrops have shown lots of interest and used many skills – pouring, shaking, pressing, mixing. Lots of good listening, choosing and following simple instructions for all the Snowdrops! It’s been super fun so far.
Monday started with a bang to our week of experiments for Science Week.
We made our predications of our success rate and already we have had quite a few passes!
Everyone had a great day making their predication on success of the experiments, then watching and waiting for the experiment to happen to see if they were correct. We were effective contributors when taking part in all the experiments. Also successful learners all round as everyone was keen to get involved and try things out.
We made lava cake and enjoyed eating it, we explored air power through a variety of different experiments. We made a stick man dance in a plate of water and we attempted to make slime, however again we failed at successfully making slime! However the everyone really enjoyed exploring, playing and describing how the slime felt on their hands.
This week the Sungazers will get the chance to participate actively in lots of different science experiments and activities. This afternoon we have had great fun trying out 4 experiments – ‘Cornflour Slime’, ‘Balloon Pop’, ‘Make Your Own Volcano’ and ‘Rainbow Milk’.
The pupils all showed a great interest in all of the experiments, paying attention to the steps involved and participating actively when asked to.
Balloon Pop
Rainbow Milk
Make your own volcano
Cornflour Slime
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The Bluebells class enjoyed observing the changes that take place during today’s Science experiment. We filled a cup with still water and a cup with sparkling water and added some raisins. We noticed how the raisins in the still water sank to the bottom. However, the bubbles in the sparkling water helped the raisins to ‘dance’ by bobbing to the surface. We got very excited by this!
We were also brave enough to taste the sparkling water which some of us had never tried before. Most of us didn’t like it.
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The Snowdrops participated actively in a variety of World Book Day activities. Everyone took part in our assembly and shared their favourite story from our class library. In class, the Snowdrops engaged well with our story about Winnie Wagtail – participating in drama, songs and roleplay. For homework, the Snowdrops all brought in a favourite story from home and shared this with their friends. We also created farm animal masks related to our story and all pupils made personal choices.
The Stars class enjoyed World Book Day with lots of activities. We were effective contributors and made shortbread men alongside the story, ‘The Gingerbread Man’. Some of us were confident individuals as we dressed up on World Book Day and enjoyed the story, ‘The Old Toy Room’. We made story masks and explored a selection of old fashioned toys. We made a cup and ball game and enjoyed books we had brought in to share.
The Stars class read the book ‘No Matter What’ for LGBT month. We were all responsible citizens and felt we are all the same no matter what we look like or what our families consist of. We did lots of activities including making rainbow flag cupcakes, rainbow love heart pictures, rainbow hand prints and printed a purple picture of grapes. Our week finished with purple activities in the hall which were great fun.
