Willowbank School, KilmarnockLast week the boys in transition visited Underwood House and had their work cut out. They were all Confident Individuals when working to build their very own flower bed. everyone had their own jobs to do but also had to come together as a team to build the bed. here are some progress pics of how everyone got on. We are heading back to Underwood on Tuesday to finish off the last wee bit and enjoy a well deserved picnic with some games.
The Bluebells were responsible while playing outside today and enjoyed singing songs and playing parachute games.
Although there were no cookies involved there was a crumble. The Transition boys made quite a large Apple crumble on Thursday in cooking and it was delicious. Everyone did their jobs very well and were all Effective Contributors during the morning. None managed to make it home and for a change it wasn’t Mr Jenkinson’s fault.
Today is the longest day of the year. We spent lots of time outside doing lots of fun activities. We made out own bubble wands and tried to put ourselves inside a huge bubble. We also went into the garden and made our own outdoor sensory bracelets. We made our own pin wheels and went out to see if the wind moved them. We also did some rubbings of different materials in the playground.
All the boys in Transition got a chance to go over to the Kay Park to do some work this week. They all had to do a small nature trail and choose things they spotted on the ground on the way to the park. They were all Responsible Citizens when walking to and from the park. Everyone got a shot of the swings as well to finish off a great afternoon.
The boys in transition had a bit of fun this week with a sensory story about a haircut read by Mr Nicoll. They were all Effective Contributors and as you can see their favourite part was when they got a hair cut. Ethan quite suits it I’d say.
The Stars class have had a good ‘Play on the longest day’ week. We created nature’s crowns, painted with natural paint brushes, did leaf printing, had a picnic in the garden, planted peas and green beans, did number work, had a colour treasure hunt, played on the playground equipment and had story time. We had a busy and enjoyable week.
This term our theme was France. During our cookery sessions we made a variety of different French foods. The boys then chose what they wanted to make and a class to invite to our French morning. We made croissants, pain au chocolat and French toast. We even used our building skills to construct our very own Eiffel Tower from biscuits. It was very delicate work. The boys chose the Daisies to come and we opened the door connecting our classes and presented it was the Euro Tunnel. All pupils helped to make a poster. Some pupils took orders from our friends and gave them what they asked for.
We looked at our favourite wildlife animals and found out some fun facts about them.
Elizabeth chose an elephant. It can drink 210 litres of water a day!
Tyler chose a mouse. It eats up to 20 times a day but never goes further than 8M from it’s burrow.
Ewan chose a turtle. The have been around for more than 251 million years!!!
Amber chose the tiger. Tigers love to swim, just like Amber.
Alysse chose the meerkat. They make 6 different sounds depending on the level of danger.
We have had so much fun spending the longest day of the year outdoors. We have been confident individuals applying our knowledge of different curricular areas to complete lots of outdoor activities.
We have been ordering letter and number pebbles to make number lines and spell our names, have used problem solving skills to build out own den, have taken part in a colour hunt and have used natural resources of our own choice to make imprints into clay.
