Willowbank School, KilmarnockWe have been working hard on our 50 Things activities throughout the year.
We have been playing in a mud kitchen, enjoyed parachute games, had fun in the snow, created our own kites, explored a big tree, and played with bubbles.
Look at all of our busy work:
Chalk Art
We have experienced making marks on the ground using chalk. We have explored making shapes and colourful pictures. We were confident individuals holding the chalk and using it to make marks on the ground outside our classroom.
Picnic
Now that we are getting better weather and the sun is out we have had our snack in the playground with peers. We have prepared snack and taken it to the outside environment to enjoy it with peers. We chose snacks we like an pd collected our plate to be taken outside. We sat at the picnic table and enjoyed eating out snack outdoors.
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We enjoyed exploring a range of water related activities this week. Some of the class had a water fight in the sensory garden. We also all explored objects that floated and sank in water.
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The Daisies Class enjoyed preparing for a picnic in the park. We looked at Tesco online and chose our desired snacks and drinks.
We enjoyed finding the perfect spot at the Kay Park, setting up our picnic blankets and having a social snack.
Bird feeders
Yesterday we threaded cheerios onto pipe cleaners and then tied them together to make a love heart shape. Today we took them into the garden and hung them on the trees for the birds. Next week we will go out and see if they have been eaten by the birds over the holiday weekend.
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.
The Bluebells love being outdoor. We enjoy going to the garden on a walk. At the start of the school year we explored bubbles in the garden which was lots of fun. We revisited it this week using our bubble rocket launcher in the garden. The children thoroughly enjoyed seeing the rocket fly into the air and the bubbles that it produced. Some even tried to stomp hard to make the rocket soar into the sky. They enjoyed running and catching the bubbles and bursting them with their hands.
We had lots of fun creating some Autumn art with leaves we collected from the garden. We explore the different shapes and colours and then used them to create a mane for the lion. It was lots of fun. The children we confident individuals and able to choose which leaves they would like on their artwork.
Staff then supported by using sticky clear seal to cover the artwork to keep the leaves on the page.
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The Daisies class enjoyed participating in one of our 50 Things Outdoor activities. They explored the grass in the sensory garden using their bare feet. They all really enjoyed doing this!
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We also took turns blowing bubbles for our friends. Some of us preferred blowing the bubbles and some of us preferred to run around and pop them!
