Willowbank School, Kilmarnock* SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS *
This term, we are looking at the global goal Quality Education. We looked closely at our school. We recognised our school badge and made an attempt at drawing this.
We also looked at all of the activities and specialist rooms we have in Willowbank School and sorted them into activities that made us happy or sad.
As a class we ALL agreed that we love coming to Willowbank School and think that it is great!
Confident Individuals/Responsible Citizens
The Snowdrops went to Tesco this week for our social outing. Everyone made confident choices of snack and enjoyed sitting in the café with their friends. In class, we have been looking at traditional Scottish foods and so had an ‘eye spy’ picture shopping list to find some foods in Tesco. We even found some small Scottish flags on the shelves which gave us a hint of where to find Scottish foods. The Snowdrops are looking forward to tasting some of our Scottish foods back in class.
As part of the build up to Burn’s Night the Transition Boys started to practice their dancing. I am pleased to say that each boy was very enthusiastic and listened well to the dancing instructions. The boys were all Confident Individuals
It might have been the first day back but the Transition boys were Effective Contributors when they launched straight into planning for the next event, the School’s Burns’ Supper. The boys worked through a presentation which told them what a Burns’ Supper was and what they needed to include in their plans. The boys then selected different planning jobs as part of their SQA work experience.
The Sungazers have had a busy first day back after the Christmas break. We enjoyed our session with Centrestage – using the parachute, singing songs and dancing catching the bubbles.
We have also been busy doing lots of number work and made a number line based on the Chinese New Year ‘Great Race’ story. We then used our number lines to find out what order the animals finished the race in. We also made Chinese Dragons using a variety of different shapes during maths time.
*Confident Individuals *Successful Learners *Effective Contributors
Here are some of our favourite snaps from Christmas 2019! We have had a blast and been responsible citizens and confident individuals by embracing all experiences offered to us.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Christmas Jumper Day 2019
Knitting stocking gifts!
Meeting Santa (mid-rehearsal!) 
Designing ginger bread houses!
Meeting Santa (take two!) 
We made snow globe ornaments to take home as well as salt dough decorations and melting snowmen biscuits!
The Transition boys were Effective Contributors to school life when they used their Work Experience skills. It might have been Christmas time but The Grinch (Mr Nicoll) put the boys to work to help take down the Christmas decorations and generally tidy the school. The boys listened to multi step instructions and followed them. They also focussed well on their tasks and completed all that was asked. Well done!
The Transition boys were Responsible Citizens at their Christmas Party. They showed good patience as our lovely big school got their presents. The boys took part in games and dancing with great enthusiasm!
* CONFIDENT INDIVIDUALS, EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTORS *
The Bluebells enjoyed a game of ‘Reindeer Toss’ this morning. We wore reindeer headbands and took turns trying to toss hoops onto the antlers. This was lots of fun!
The Transition boys were Effective Contributors during Lights, Camel Action! All of the boys were excellent and played their parts very well!
