Willowbank School, KilmarnockThis week we went on a treasure hunt looking for theme pictures. Our theme is Katie Morag and we were looking for pictures of the characters and places from the stories. We went to the garden to see if we could find any. We were confident individuals exploring the garden to find all the pictures that were hidden. Some of the pictures were big and some were small making them tricky to find. We had to look high and low to find all the pictures around the garden.
The Asteroids have enjoyed learning and singing some Scottish songs as part of our topic, Brave.
We have all made good attempts to sign some of the words in the songs and some of us have been singing too.
We laughed at some of the funny Scottish words. One of our favourite songs is ‘You Cannie Shove Yer Grannie aff a Bus”.
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The Daisies class enjoyed role playing the shop keeper role. In Thistle Street, there are some shops like bakers, greengrocers and DIY shops. We took turns using the basket and shopping for some items and also had turns being the shopkeeper and using the interactive till.
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The Daisies class enjoyed exploring the thistle. We looked at the colours -green and purple and explored them through a sensory tray. We also painted paper plates green and drew round our hands on purple card to make effective thistle crafts.
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The Snowdrops all showed interest in creating rain gauges using recycled plastic bottles. They responded well to fun water play activities, making lots of rain using our class watering cans. It has been raining a lot lately and we have also experienced playing in the rain; splashing in puddles is fun! We have visited our school garden and found places to put our rain gauges. We will keep checking them to see how much rain has fallen.
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We collected yogurt pots from snack and lunch times to fill with a mixture of bird seed and lard. We hung them from trees in the sensory garden for the birds to feed on this winter.
We are learning about Scottish Islands for our IDL work this term. We are exploring island life, the type of work done on the island and sorting photos of busy mainland life compared to quieter island life. We have been successful learners when taking part in class discussions.
Everyone in the Oak class are being confident individuals and responsible citizens whilst working towards our Duke of Edinburgh award.
The physical section is where we are learning to improve and evaluate our performance through curling sessions.
The skill section is where we are learning how to create a tune and work with others to create some music together.
The Volunteering section we are cleaning up our community by taking part in weekly litter picking trips.
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As part of our health and wellbeing global goal task, the Sunflower’s loved making their own rainbow wraps at cookery time. All pupils were able to choose the fruit and vegetables they would like and roll them into their wrap. Most pupils were able to touch, chop and prepare the foods and some pupils were able to name and taste the ingredients too. Each child also enjoyed food related games. Well Done Sunflowers!
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During a theme lesson the children made bird feeders using pipe cleaners and cereal. The children worked hard to hook the cereal on to the pipe cleaners and then molded them to create different shapes. During our outing to Kay Park this week, the children hung the bird feeders on a tree and next week we will go back to see how much the birds have eaten.
