Willowbank School, KilmarnockMrs Macdonald has discovered two large boxes of scrap material and cloth in the art room cupboard.
The Pine class were able to use some of this material to make a map of Swallow Falls from the film ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’.
We enjoyed some sensory play with the larger sheets of green material before beginning the collage using various sensory materials
Lots of effective contribution today! Well done!
The pupils in the Pine Class have chosen to do a book study as their topic this term.
The apples were chopped into prints which would create the trunk, apples and leaves. I’m sure you’ll agree that everyone has done very well!
Excellent work from out successful learners today!
Successful learners/Effective contributors
The Snowdrops have all made great responses to our new theme story about the Enormous Turnip. Everyone has explored and handled story visual aids during story sessions. Pupils have been able to point to story characters and pictures, and explore tactile story versions. We have had lots of drama fun, pretending to ‘pull’ the enormous turnip as well!
SAVE THE DATE – Wednesday 18 September, 2:00 – 3:30
Makaton Taster Session for parents/carers.
A free taster session for parents will be held in school on Wednesday 18 September. You will have the opportunity to learn around 30 signs and symbols as well as finding out what Makaton is and how it can help develop communication skills.
If you are interested in attending, please book in below.
For more info, please call the office on 01563 526115 or email kris.campbell@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
Today the boys from Transition Class have been working with recycled materials to create fabulous 3D apples.
Willowbank School have been gathering 2l plastic bottles as part of our greenhouse project. The bottom part of the bottle is not required for the structure so the children used their creative skills to make these models.
Wow! Excellent work by some very confident individuals!
There was a slight change of plan on Wednesday afternoon when the boys in Transition got a free taster session with a Virtual reality headset. Some of the boys went Deep sea diving, up in a hot air balloon and even went wing suit flying. Patrick took the deep sea diving very seriously and was swimming about the classroom. They were all very Responsible Citizens with the equipment and were very thankful to the man who brought it in for us to try.
Now all the boys in Transition are all settled and enjoying their time with new classmates, it was time to see what each boy was looking forward to the most for the upcoming year. There was a selection of words given to them and each boy had to make a list of things they were looking forward to being a part of around the school. (We didn’t mention the C word even though its only 16 weeks away). All the boys were Confident Individuals and have all set some very interesting goals.
For our Health & Wellbeing section this week, the boys in Transition did a quiz to see what foods were healthy and what foods weren’t. Everyone took turns to come up to the board and select a food and put it to the correct side, healthy or unhealthy. The boys were all Effective Contributors and even chose their favourite foods to eat and put this on a worksheet. Crisps seem to be a majority favourite.
*Responsible Citizens* *Confident Individuals*
As part of their Food and Technologies theme, this week the Moonbeams enjoyed working together and being responsible while cooking spaghetti and toast and making milkshakes in the cookery room. They demonstrated that they were confident while enjoying some exploratory art with food and kitchen utensils.
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