Willowbank School, KilmarnockWe have all been using our class recycle bin. We made a sign for our bin so we knew where to put our bottles and paper. We all have the opportunity to take our recycle bin to the big recycle bins in the corridor. We helped and put the paper in one bin and the plastic in another. Most of enjoyed having a peer into the bin to see what else was inside.
The Stars Class have enjoyed a fantastic week where we saw not only Harris McCoo but Singing Hands too. What a treat! We’ve worked hard too and made an Autumn sensory bottle, added to our Nanny McPhee wall display and made yucky ‘worm’ sandwiches at HE which actually were very tasty!
The Transition boys were Effective Contributors really enjoying their pizza party (and alliteration!) to celebrate Willowbank’s success at the Cream of Ayrshire Awards. They enjoyed themselves so much that we forgot to take any more pictures! Just imagine lots of fun, dancing and yummy pizza!
The Transition boys were Successful Learners when they worked hard on their literacy skills. They picked a book which they thought would be enjoyable and told Mr Nicoll all about the main theme from text and picture clues. Good book detective work boys!
All the boys (and staff) form the Transition Class had an absolute ball today when we were visited by Suzanne and Tracy from Singing Hands. The boys were all Confident Individuals as they sang and danced their hearts out all afternoon. A massive thank you to everyone involved and we hope they come back to visit soon.
The daisies have enjoyed looking at photos of our families, and have created our own family trees to show the members of our family.
This week in Transition, the boys have been hard at work to create a McCoo portrait in time for Thursday when we had a visit from Harris McCoo himself.
All the boys loved practising the Harris McCoo song and danced along when we had our visitors; Steven Brown, Murray Gee Mac and Harris McCoo
We are so lucky at Willowbank School. This week we had special visitors visit our school. On Thursday Harris McCoo visited us in the morning. We all went to the hall to see him dance on the stage with Steven Brown and his friends. Miss Hill and some of the older pupils were at the front too as they had been learning the signs to his special song. We also joined in with some of the signs too.
Today Suzanne and Tracy “Singing Hands” came to Willowbank School. It was amazing. We did lots of singing, signing and dancing.
The Bluebells have had a fun filled few days that has included meeting some famous faces! The pupils have been working hard to learn Makaton signs for Steven Brown’s McCoo Song and they were practicing their signs for Happy performed by The Singing Hands.
The boys in the Bluebells demonstrated their successful learning by performing with the whole school, Steven Brown and Harris McCoo. They loved watching The Singing Hands and singing and signing along to some of their favourite songs. They were very confident when asked to stand up and perform. 
The Bluebells were effective contributors this week as they made posters to take home to ask their parents for some food to donate to others. The pupils then enjoyed a Harvest Celebration at Assembly where they learned about what food needs to grow. They then placed their donated food on the table.
