Willowbank School, KilmarnockIn our SQA Signs in the Community lesson this week we took part in some role playing. We were successful learners when we discussed the safe areas we could identify on the road map to cross. We then acted out what we do when a car was coming, we had fun playing with speedy pull back cars too.
This week in the Oak class we have been responsible citizens, we have been working hard during out SQA personal hygiene lessons. We have been identifying the body parts that need to be cleaned daily.
More responsible citizens, delivering the save energy posters they created after we delivered our climate change assembly.
We enjoyed learning about Remembrance Day, making beautiful poppies to stop and think about the soldiers who fought for us. We enjoyed a walk to the Remembrance Garden to pay our respects.
Confident Individuals Responsible Citizens
The Moonbeams have been learning about the meaning of Remembrance Day. To show we were thinking about all the people who lost their lives we made some symbolic pictures including Poppies.
The Transition class made a start to the school decorations for Christmas. We started forming parts of the snowman’s head so we can assemble it next week and hang it with the other classes’. The class were Effective Contributors.
It was Remembrance Day this week and the Transition class took the opportunity to visit the Memorial Garden. They were all Responsible Citizens when they explored the poetry cut into the metal, looked at the figures on the benches and looked at the information in the garden. All pupils represented their class well by being very respectful.
Some of the Transition class had their turn to cook bacon and eggs in a healthy way this week. They were all Confident Individuals safely using a hot grill, whisking, making toast and spreading butter. They chose grilling bacon and microwaving scrambled eggs as their healthy preparation choices.
Our Eco Captain kept us in order this week and made sure that our school community was in good order. A group of volunteers was assembled to sort out the corridor recycling into the correct outside bins. They were all Responsible Citizens.
The Transition class were hard at work rehearsing for their Christmas performance. They were all Effective Contributors listening to the music and following instructions. Numeracy skills were called upon to count steps. No clues yet to what our theme is!
*Responsible Citizens* *Successful Learners*
The Sungazers have been busy this week learning about Remembrance Day. We visited the monument on our local walk and could see some poppies through the glass doors of the Kilmarnock War Memorial. We then made our own Poppy Wreathes and lay them outside the classroom today.
Today, the Asteroids were responsible and participated well in Remembrance Day activities.
We looked at poppies and their colours and how poppies are produced in Scotland. We made our own poppies using different materials: we used red and green play dough to make poppy shapes, we made a poppy sun catcher using tissue paper and we decorated a biscuit with red icing and a chocolate button for the centre.
