Willowbank School, KilmarnockSuccessful Learners Confident Individuals Effective Contributors
The Moonbeams worked together to create a wildlife scene for the animals they have been learning about. They researched some ideas online and chose from a selection of resources to help create their vision. All pupils worked well with an adult to create these lovely scenes.
This week we have been focusing on taking turns and playing games. We have used games from the cupboard and enjoyed exploring them and then with support from staff playing them together.
We played animal dominoes and had to find the same animal to put down next. A class favourite was “Wally the washer”. Each person had a washing line and had to push the button on the washing machine to see what items fell out. We were confident individuals pushing the button which opened the machine door. We then had to put their coloured clothes onto our washing line. We had to wait a long time as each person had a turn. We all waited really well. It was a fun afternoon.
This week we have been outdoors lots. We have been playing lots of games and having fun. Some of the children have been running playing tig with peers and staff. We took a ball out and played catch. We stood in a circle and threw the ball and tried to catch it when it was thrown to us. It was fun and everyone enjoyed it. We also took some scarfs out to throw up in the air. They came down much slower than the ball.
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The Snowdrops have been enjoying the Glasgow Gruffalo story and have enjoyed looking at and talking about the different animals in the story. We played an online game and the Snowdrops were very confident at choosing the correct animal to match the word. Some of the Snowdrops actively participated in matching the animals to their correct shadow shape. Well done, Snowdrops!
This week in the Oak class we have been confident individuals and successful learners in all hard work tasks set across the curriculum.
Everyone has returned to school and completed the first full week back with a motivated frame of mind. We have had many great personal achievements this week, a great start to 2022! Keep this up team Oak!
Everyday before lunch we take part in some active movement, this is us showing our flexibility during yoga, using our foot as a telephone. Then we all enjoy a relaxing meditation story before lunch comes.
We worked hard during numeracy work, theme was sorting and ordering coins, months, days, seasons and special seasonal events.
Independence and confidence during cooking lessons is improving well. This week group 1 enjoyed making toast and scrambled egg. Everyone really enjoyed it despite the pepper lid falling off and falling into the mixture.
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We used brushes and toy car wheels to create colourful tartan designs. We used our designs to make paper kilts.
Water Wheel
We looked at a video of a ship on the River Clyde which is called the PS Waverley. It is a paddle steamer. We made our own water wheel to show how water can make things move.
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We learnt the Scottish words for the song, ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’. We got really tongue tied the faster we sang!
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The Sungazers have been really busy this week and we took some time to learn more about how we recycle. As well as recycling in class, we had a look at how we recycle in the school and the wider community. We had a go at sorting our recycling into paper/cardboard, plastic & cans, and mixed glass. We are doing our part to help the school be as eco-friendly and sustainable as possible.
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The Daisies class enjoyed role playing one of the characters from Thistle Street. Agnes Auld is the street’s cleaner so we used our feather duster to dust the class furniture and used our friend Henry to do some hoovering.
