Willowbank School, KilmarnockThe Transition class were Responsible Citizens, taking part in ceilidh dancing at their PE lesson this week. We all took part in a warm up then danced the Military Two Step and the St Bernard’s Waltz. Everyone paid good attention to listen and learn the steps.
The Transition class got straight back into the swing of things working on New Year activities. They reflected on their holiday and discovered the traditions and meaning behind different ways to celebrate the New Year. Some pupils read information and answered questions, some used their pen control skills to create a colourful New Year message. We all made New Year’s resolutions and then sang Auld Lang Syne.
We have been working very hard this week on our IDL topic, Brave. Merida and her family stay in a castle and so, we have been exploring castles. We have been learning the names for parts of castles by looking at clips on the board, completing worksheets and we even designed and made our own cardboard box castle so we could decorate and label it.
Super work, Asteroids!
We are all very happy to be back at school with our friends.
We have been working on our addition skills for our SQA Numeracy Unit by using the large building blocks, playing Dominoes and watching some number videos we especially like Addition with Rodd.
Counting with Rodd, Adding 2 to 2
SQA Baking this week involved making some shortbread for sensory play, we mixed it up, rolling it and stretched it and squashed it – it smelt really good!!
We have been successful learners in literacy concentrating on the letter ‘H’ making the sound, looking for words that start with that letter, and then we made some lovely Horse pictures for our alphabet books.
SQA Communication we have started studying Inside Out, so we watched a little bit of the film and we are going to decorate plates to look like all of the characters, starting with ‘JOY’
Our IDL Theme this term is Scotland, we are reading Hamish McHaggis and the Edinburgh Adventure, we learned some more Scottish Words and made Haggis Pictures, using different colours and textures of wool.
Even while doing your MOVE you can’t get out of doing your Art work!!
We played a game of Haggis Drive, using our new big dice.
Who’s Haggis will be completed first?
*Successful Learners* *Effective Contributors* *Confident Individuals*
We have been busy working on our Scottish topic this week with lots of fun learning experiences. We researched the Highland Games and learned about the different events during this day. We had a go at our own ‘Haggis Toss’ & ‘Farmer’s Race’.
We watched some clips from the film Brave and talked about the different ways we all show bravery. We agreed that it is ok to feel scared at first but when we find courage, we can overcome our fears. We played a games to experience feeling a bit scared and being brave.
We got to experience some Scottish Country dancing and Scottish drumming.
As part of our Brave theme, we have been looking at castles this week. We have enjoyed looking at castles on the board and finding out where there are castles in Scotland, Do you know there are over 1000 castles in Scotland?
We made our very own castle, using pictures to help our design. We chose which castle to try and copy and which box to use. We also decided which colours and materials to use to decorate it.
We were all very happy with the way it turned out!
Confident Individuals and Effective Contributors
The Sunflower class enjoyed making some Scottish artwork as they decorated kilts. Each child was given a variety of paint colours and practiced painting along the lines of the kilt pattern to make a tartan effect. We then added a sporran and legs to finish.
Successful Learners
As part of our Scottish theme this term, the children enjoyed drawing and colouring Scotland flags in the garden. Each child was able to recognize a Scotland flag and draw it on the ground using blue and white chalk. They then enjoyed colouring them.
*Effective Contributors*
We have done a few things in class to learn about and celebrate the new year!
We learned to play along to ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on percussion instruments by following music notes.
We made colourful firework displays out of salt and paint!
We made sparkly slime and play-dough !
We enjoyed time on the Magic Carpet making lots of firework designs:
We also decorated biscuits with writing icing to make a fireworks display!
We worked hard this morning on recognising and identifying different signs and symbols we might find in our local environment.
We looked at the different shapes and colours of signs and what they are telling us. We then made up our own signs for our class rules. We were very responsible citizens as we walked around the community.
