Willowbank School, KilmarnockWe were delighted to receive a Civic Recognition Award from the Provost, Jim Todd following our recent success in the West FM Cream of Ayrshire Awards.
Also recognised were Friends of Willowbank for their ongoing support of the school, our pupils and their families.
The Stars class started celebrating St Andrew’s day by making St Andrew’s flags and roller painting tartan with toy cars! We had fun trying different ways to propel balls across the table but not by touching. We had a lovely time when Bella and Zeus visited us at Pet Therapy.
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The Moonbeams class made burgers this week during our cookery session. We were very careful frying the burgers and used tongs and a spatula to do so.
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The Moonbeams class had a construction challenge this week. We set a visual timer on the Promethean board and the pupils had to try and construct a model before the time ran out. They loved doing this and could tell us or show us what they had made when the time ran out.
The boys in the Sungazers have been confident individuals, getting their items ready to sell at the Christmas Market tomorrow.
We all worked together, made choices and helped each other.
We hope you enjoy our tasty treats – limited numbers, only while stocks last!
Today in the Transition class we were effective contributors when making delicious pizzas, we also added our favourite toppings. Bella Bella!
The week has been a busy week in the Sunflower class. We have started learning the songs for our nativity. We went a walk around the local area and visited the new Remembrance garden and the Cenotaph to see the poppy wreaths that we laid last week.
We have been busy making our tree for the wall display in the atrium. We were drawing round our hands of different green material and the attached them to the tree shape and added glitter to make it sparkle.
We read a story about how to build a snowman and then cut out the pictures and stuck them down to sequence the story using the pictures.
The Bluebell pupils have been working hard to create fantastic Elf Door decorations for Willowbank’s Christmas Market. The pupils were all effective contributors as they worked hard to paint all of the parts of the doors, stick the parts together and decorate them. They also made posters for their stall and to send home to their parents. The Bluebell boys were very proud of the finished product .
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The Moonbeams class have been working very hard this week contributing to the planning and preparation for tomorrow’s Christmas Fayre. We created a Christmas tree display for the wall and also made unicorn party cups to sell.
We all watched staff demonstrations and helped contribute towards these enterprise products.
The Eco group recycled an item that would usually be thrown in the bin. The pencil shavings from sharpened pencils were gathered and then used to create a picture of a tree and a butterfly.
It was a very relaxing and fun activity to create something beautiful from rubbish that would have been thrown away. The boys were effective contributors using items to recycle and creating something new.
There will be a lot more exciting recycling projects happening over the next few weeks, with a Christmas theme.
