Willowbank School, KilmarnockThe boys and girls in the signing group and learning new signs and developing their signing skills weekly. We focus on hand shape and placement of the sign and the boys and girls are confident individuals trying all the signs throughout the afternoon. This week we focussed on the colours.
Please click the link to see the super video of us sharing our knowledge of colours.
The Bluebells were effective contributors today and responsible citizens as they litter picked in Kay Park. They worked hard to identify litter on the ground. After all the hard work they enjoyed a play at the park! Well done Bluebells!
The Bluebells have been confident individuals this week as they have been using Digital technology as part of their learning. The children took photos on the ipad of each other as they were planting outside. They enjoyed using the smart board to copy exercises to songs. They watched and copied Makaton signs from YouTube and had a listen to some songs on earphones.
Today is National Numeracy Day so instead of doing literacy steaming this afternoon we did numeracy tasks with our groups. We were successful learners and effective contributors throughout the afternoon. We signed the numbers to ten. We all tried really hard despite the hand shapes being rather tricky. We then completed numeracy rotations we had to find numbers on the tuft tray and used a paintbrush to make them disappear. We had to count the number of flowers and then had to build a tower with the same number of blocks. 
The pupils have been successful learners today as they participated in a variety of activities for number and shape. The enjoyed listening to songs on the smart board about number and shape and were able to identify the same shape from a choice. The pupils were confident individuals as they worked independently to count and sort cubes, find and identify numbers in sensory trays and match shapes. Well done. #National Numeracy Day
Today we raised money for cash for kids and came to school dressed up as a superhero or a princess some of the boys and girls even came in their pjs.
This morning we had a special visitor Shirley Husband who wrote the Harris McCoo books she read us the stories and even brought Harris to visit us. We listened well to the stories and danced with Harris. He then opened our new soft play and we were able to have a go. We really enjoyed the ball pool and the new plane soft play to rock on.
In the afternoon we made our own crowns and shields and the Daisies and Buebells joined us to have a fabby superhero afternoon. We had soft play, a dvd, dancing and some craft. We mixed with different friends and had a SUPER afternoon!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Bluebells have been confident individuals today as they have all dressed up in different outfits to celebrate Superhero Day and raise some money. The children had great fun in their costumes and even got to say hello to their friend Harris McCoo who came in for a visit and to open up our new Soft Play room. The children had great fun playing together and enjoyed listening to some of the McCoo stories read to them by author.
The Bluebells have been successfully learning about protecting our species for this years Earth day awareness. The pupils have been learning that Bees, Elephants, Whales and Giraffes are now endangered. We looked at videos about water pollution and the affect they are having on whales. The children made posters about these animals and selected their favourite one. They told the adults using words and AAC devices how they would feel if there were no more of these animals left.
The Bluebells were responsible citizens and confident individuals while out a walk to Kay Park today. They used their safety skills when crossing the road and while walking around the park. They also enjoyed some play time on the slide and climbing frames! 
The Bluebells have had lots of fun this week preparing for Easter. They were very responsible citizens when they saw the Lambs. The children were quiet and gentle with them and enjoyed petting them. The children worked hard when painting their eggs and had great fun rolling them. Tyler managed to roll his the furthest. Happy Easter everyone!
