Willowbank School, Kilmarnock
Today is Children in Need. We wore spots and brought in a donation to give to Children in Need. We had lots of fun with a Pudsey face tuft tray with edible materials. We also went around the infant classes doing lots of Pudsey related activities. We had playdough mats, made masks, finger painted Pudsey’s bandana and decorated Pudsey biscuits. We had lots of fun for a good cause.
*Effective Contributors* *Responsible Citizens*
The Moonbeams participated in Children In Need activities today and raised some money. They enjoyed some sensory fun with the Magic Carpet and explored objects in water beads. They also made some Pudsey faces and delicious Spotty biscuits.
The Stars class enjoyed lots of fun activities including a Pudsey game, icing biscuits, collage work, cake counting, a story and sensory time. We had a great spotty, dotty day!
* SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS, EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTORS, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, CONFIDENT INDIVIDUALS *
The Bluebells class had lots of fun celebrating Children in Need. We drew Blush the bear, finger painted Pudsey’s bandana and coloured by number some Pudsey images.
In the afternoon we moved around the Infant classes enjoying some fun activities including decorating Pudsey biscuits, making Pudsey masks and playing Pudsey bingo and bowling.
The Transition boys were Successful Learners this week when they learned how to use a die cutting machine to cut intricate designs for the class Christmas snow globe. If you want to see our fabulous design come to the Christmas fayre.
Massive congratulations to four of our Transition boys who recently received their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Last week they received their badges at the Council Awards Evening and this week Mrs Smallwood presented the boys with their certificates at the Secondary Assembly. Well done! They are all Confident Individuals.
The Transition boys were Effective Contributors this week when they were working in the cookery room. They used their literacy skills to follow the recipe and their numeracy skills to weigh and measure ingredients. The boys successfully made delicious chocolate cakes
The Transition boys were Responsible Citizens this week when they took part in their SQA Work Experience class. They used their literacy skills to carefully read each bin label so the contents didn’t get mixed. They also helped to sweep the leaves that had been blown into the school.
Last week because it was Bonfire Night we made our own firework/sparkler inspired treats.
We melted chocolate and the added giant stars and sprinkles to make them look lovely. We let them set and then some of us ate them for our snack.
For our new Theme – Scottish Cities – we are studying Aberdeen. So Willow the Bear is packing his case and heading off to explore the Granite City! On Saturday he is getting the train to Edinburgh with Mrs Wilson, and then Mrs Wilson’s daughter Heather will be taking him the rest of the way.
Willow has been getting in on all our activities this week.
We having been working on our numeracy skills this week – one of our activities was a game of BINGO – Adam won!!
During the game Shannon tried to distract Reece by getting the remote for her chair and making it go up – Reece thought this was really funny!!
Melanie laughed when Reece was helping her with her numbers and had the 5 upside down.
Reece has been a successful learner and used the ICT to do some of her numeracy – Adam enjoyed this too!
For cookery this week we made Children in Need Biscuits – yummy!!!
