Willowbank School, KilmarnockToday we came to school dressed in red or in our pyjamas for Sport relief and brought in a kind donation. All the infant classes gathered in the atrium – we had music and did lots of activities. We made a tower with red lego, pin the nose on the celebrity, red egg and spoon race and an obstacle course. It was great fun and all the Sunflowers participated in all the activities and were super confident individuals at moving around when Miss Hill shouted it was time to change. 
This week, we have been confident individuals by exploring lots of different areas of science.
On Tuesday, we welcomed visitors to our school and took part in lots of activities. we particularly enjoyed exploring stars and planets in the planetarium, and creating out own stomp rockets before competing to see who’s would travel the furthest.
We have also been taking part in experiments within the class and created our own hypothesis by discussing what we thought might happen after each experiment. We were responsible citizens by taking turns with peers.
We enjoyed exploring sound using boomwhackers (plastic tubes that are different lengths) and a cajon drum (wooden box with a hole in the back).
Everyone focused their attention and were confident individuals when listening to soundtracks and playing their instruments. We all were actively engaged in making a sound and creating a beat in time with the music playing in the background.
This week the Sungazers will get the chance to participate actively in lots of different science experiments and activities. This afternoon we have had great fun trying out 4 experiments – ‘Cornflour Slime’, ‘Balloon Pop’, ‘Make Your Own Volcano’ and ‘Rainbow Milk’.
The pupils all showed a great interest in all of the experiments, paying attention to the steps involved and participating actively when asked to.
Balloon Pop
Rainbow Milk
Make your own volcano
Cornflour Slime
The Stars class enjoyed World Book Day with lots of activities. We were effective contributors and made shortbread men alongside the story, ‘The Gingerbread Man’. Some of us were confident individuals as we dressed up on World Book Day and enjoyed the story, ‘The Old Toy Room’. We made story masks and explored a selection of old fashioned toys. We made a cup and ball game and enjoyed books we had brought in to share.
Apologies there is an issue affecting the upload of pictures. The Transition boys participated actively in making naan bread from three ingredients. They used their numeracy skills to each weigh out 50g of flour and 50g of yoghurt. They combined this with 1/4 of a teaspoon of baking powder and a pinch of salt. The boys were very safe and sensible as they cooked them in a very hot frying pan. Each naan was very soft and tasty when eaten with some Indian style dips!
The Stars class made a recycling poster and discussed how we can recycle at home. We decorated a canvas bag so that we can use it every time we go on outings to save using throw away plastic bags. On a supermarket outing we recycled used batteries from the school.
We have had two blocks at the Galleon for swimming lessons. Everyone worked very hard and were successful learners as well as being confident individuals.
Ethan, Blake and Jack have been swimming lengths of the pool from the shallow end down to the deep end!
Fantastic determination and concentration when taking part in their lessons.
Blake started to learn how to dive in at the deep end and Ethan has made great progress with his front crawl technique.
Jack has made amazing progress! He finished his final swimming lesson by swimming six lengths of the pool with only the support of a pool noodle! He was so confident!
Well done everyone!
As part of our Eco topic, Responsible Consumption and Production, we have been making piggy banks out of recyclable materials. All the children really enjoyed painting their bottles.
The Stars class were pleased to be back at school after the February break. We enjoyed Valentine’s Day activities and looked for Fairtrade produce at Morrisons. We also recycled batteries too!
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