Willowbank School, KilmarnockWe had great listening this week in cookery to choose different vegetables to make a rainbow pasta salad.
We were successful learners and learned about chopping safely. We added our chopped ingredients to a bowl, taking turns with our peers and had super stirring.
On Thursday we added ingredients to a bag and placed inside another bag to make our own ice cream. The cold ice and salt when we shook the bag and it froze the ingredients to make the ice cream. We were all confident individuals shaking the bag to create the ice cream. We even had a little try of the ice cream with our own spoons.
Well Hello Pine Class!!!
How are you all?
This week we are at PURPLE in our rainbow!!
Wonder what the Pine ladies have been up to and if they found any Purple??
So lets see what activities we can do around purple???
Cookery 
It is quite difficult to find a purple food but what about Blueberry Muffins?
Below are a few different recipes you might like to try – remember to send in some photos if you do!
Art 
and Science 
Starry Night Glitter Jar
There is a link below of how to make one of these.
You can use a plastic bottle, if you don’t have clear glue that is fine – but don’t use white glue I made that mistake!!
The science bit it that the glue is thicker so the stars and glue take longer to fall – I have put clear glue on my shopping list this week so I can make another one!!
This is a link for a site that has a live webcam that shows the Northern Lights over Lapland – check it out!! Lights over Lapland
Other Art Activities
Pinterest have a lot of other ideas below there is a link to some cool ideas.
Numeracy 
Literacy 
Get someone at home to write out the word Purple in big letters and then you can trace it with your finger or a pencil.
Lets go round your house and count how many purple things you can find? Jardine’s favourite colour is purple so bet she can find lots of things!!!
Even Butterflies!! 
If you would like to make some purple or rainbow coloured rice for sensory play or tracing letter and numbers, I have popped in a link of how to do this. Colouring Rice
Music and Singing 
Film
Books
If you haven’t seen it what about watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory OR Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
A funny scene is with rude Violet – I won’t spoil it!!
Violet Blows up like a Blueberry!
Or you could start reading the book.
It’s one of my favourites!!
Or a Story about Purple the Little Bird by Greg Foley
Nature 
Some beautiful colours in nature these are two purple parrots posing in Vancouver Aquarium – how cool are they? You can check out their site and watch some of their webcams – remember they are 8 hours behind us! Vancouver Aquarium
Beautiful Emperor Butterflies Purple Butterflies
Why don’t you do an internet search and see if you can find any other purple animals?
Not to forget about the Wizard of Oz – Mickeys Clubhouse has a nice wee episode called: Wizard of Dizz
Willow the Bear 
Hi Pine Class, how are you all?
Well myself and Heather have been doing some online shopping and getting some bit’n’pieces for our new flat – it is really exciting when things get delivered!! Heather says it’s not as exciting for her bank balance – whatever that means?? The postman rang the doorbell and delivered some lovely pictures – and I helped Heather get them on the wall. And then she took me for a walk to ASDA to get some food shopping, I travelled in her bag, because it was quite a long walk and had a wee bit of a sleep. She bought me a new pretty plant to sit on the window sill with me, it is a succulent – so it does not need very much water!! On Saturday Night we watched TV, it was Heather’s turn to pick, so we had to watch another 4 episodes of Grey’s Anatomy!!! I much prefer Frozen – but I suppose we need to take turns so Frozen next Saturday for the tenth time!! Have a great week Pine Class xx
Have a lovely week Pinettes 
Love the Pine Ladies
xxx
Hello!! Pinettes – How are you all?
Well today should have been Sports Day at Willowbank, but we hope you are all going to take part in some of the different activities at home.
Collect 7 different coloured items from around your house and then place them around your garden or house – get into teams – first team – start the clock – collect all the items and put them into rainbow order – what was your time?? Now second team – who was quickest???
DONE!!!
Can you do it again and beat your time?
Well what have the Pine Ladies been up to in the sunshine??
Boyle has been doing lots of exercise in her garden – Mr Boyle is getting very good at taking action shots!!
Aitken has out and about and found a big but very pretty plant – name that plant??
Jardine has been helping to build a greenhouse – wonder what she will grow??
Wilson has been doing some planting and getting out on her bike – what do you think she prefers??
Gardening 
Well hopefully the Postman or Post lady has been and delivered you some Sunflower seeds – it would be great if you could plant them and hopefully over the summer the will grow nice and tall.
Just something cute!
A little bit of music for Olaf 
Cookery – it’s too hot lets make ice lollies!!
If you don’t have lolly stick or moulds you can make them up in small plastic cups and add a plastic straw OR put your mixture into ice cube trays.
What has Willow Bear been up to?
Well Hello Pine Class – hope you are all enjoying the sunshine!
Well Heather has been on Night Shift and I haven’t been too happy about that, because I want to go outside and enjoy the sunshine and she wants to sleep! So I keep trying to wake her up, firstly by poking her, this seems to make her quite annoyed!! Then I did a bit of really loud singing – she didn’t seem to enjoy this either?? So she has shut me in the other room, and told me to practice my keyboard skills, as I have a duet to prepare for with a certain young lady in the Pine Class.
Take Care Pine Class xx
Have fun in the Sunshine Pine Class
The Pine Ladies xx
It’s June! Hope everyone has been enjoying this wonderful sunshine and is keeping safe!
This weeks task is a cookery one. At the weekend, Mrs Skinner and Mrs Coulter were busy making ladybird biscuits with their families and thought you would like to join in too – it was great fun!
We have used – digestive biscuits, red icing, icing pens to decorate and any other icing decorations we could find in our cupboards. Why don’t you have a go too – they were really tasty!
We also have a lovely story about a ladybird. It is called ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ and you can find it on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu9mPX7DuLA
Have a great week!
Team Sungazers
Hello Pine Class – How are you all???
This is DIGGABLE Week – so technology, technology, technology!!!
Your task is to use social media to make someone smile!! Using Zoom, FaceTime, What’s App, Messenger …. contact someone and make them HAPPY!!!! Sing them a song, play an instrument, just be there – all the Pine Ladies love seeing their friends and family just now in this way!!
We are continuing with our rainbow theme and this week our colour is GREEN
Firstly, we are responsible citizens in the Pine Class and keep our classroom recycling up-to-date, how are you doing at home – are you all helping with the sorting? The Pine Ladies have been doing this at home.
Here is a link to a video all about Reduce, Reuse and Recycle if you want to watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOvcW8l3RzE
Quiz Time 
Numeracy
How many different colours of Green wool can you see?
When you are out on your walk or in the garden count all the green things you can see.
Below is a clip from the Wizard of the Oz – how many times did the horse change colour??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur7GnxTkS-M
Art
What about making some little green frogs – because you draw around your hands on the paper or use them to make an impression with the paint – they could be a really special present for someone.
For lots of great ideas check out the following link.
Music
Well it has to be The Little Green Frog – two member s of the Pine Class love this song!! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyD0L_HTz3I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjYkG8jDsJU
And a different frog song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziGG_L9C12o
Sorry we like a bit of crazy frog too!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85mRPqvMbE
Cookery 
Well green isn’t everyone’s favourite colour of food is it …..SO lets eat something green!!! I challenge you !!!
Here are some ideas for you
I know the weather is a bit warmer but the Pine Class do like soup.
Cream of Broccoli Soup – simple to make and delicious
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/creamofbroccolisoup_88693
Or some Pea and Ham Soup – from a Chicken??
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/how_to_make_pea_and_ham_17426
Green Jelly – dissolve the jelly according to the packet instructions then add as many different things that you like as you can – they don’t all need to be green!!!
Hello from Willow Bear
Hi Pine Class!!
How are you all?
Well I am still in Aberdeen, I was on my way back to Kilmarnock to join the rest of my Willowbank Friends at school, but then Lockdown happen. So I am still with Heather, I think she is very happy that I am still here and keeping her company. Heather is working at the Hospital, we have watched the TV and we do a lot of singing while Heather plays her keyboard. I like to look out of the window and see which of the neighbours are out doing their daily exercise, and report to Heather who has been getting things delivered after doing their online shopping.!!Wilson and the rest of the family FaceTime and tell us what they have been up to – have to say that isn’t that interesting!! I like reading the Willowbank Blog and enjoy when the children send in photos so I can see what my Willowbank Family are doing.
Take Care Everyone Love Willow the Bear xx
TV
Well this week I started watching something cool on TV called The Big Flower Fight – there is a clip below – some of you might like it, lots of lovely flowers and plants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6ZxASdQkVU
Gardening
This week has been a good one to get out in the Garden, to tidy up and pop in some plants – I will ask the Pine Ladies to send me some some photos of their garden for next week – send us some photos of yours and if you have planted anything.
Take care Pine Class
Love
The Pine Ladies
Hi everyone, Hope you are well.
I hope you enjoyed the activities last week and helped out at home doing some different jobs. This week we have lots more fun activities for you to try.
Activity 1 – Music
We love exploring different musical instruments in class. Do you have any instruments at home? Explore the different noises they make. Don’t worry if you don’t the ladies and I have been very busy making our own instruments. Watch the video to find what materials around the house we used to make our own musical instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnvBoKWmy4&feature=youtu.be
Activity 2 – Numeracy
Numbers are everywhere in our environment in our house and outside. Create you own number scanner by cutting a whole in a bit of paper or card. You can then explore your house or the outdoors on your daily walk having a number hunt. How many different numbers can you see?
Activity 3 – Art
This week I made my own chalk paint to create pictures on my patio. The great thing is you can wash it away with water and create more or wait for the rain to wash it away. Just add a small amount of water to some tablespoons of cornflour then add some food colouring and mix. Then use a paintbrush to draw your pictures outside. The possibilities are endless.
Activity 4 – Health and wellbeing
The ladies and I had lots of fun creating a bowling game in our garden. Watch the video. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUETPPnWYqo&feature=youtu.be
You can create your own it can be indoors or outdoors. You can make it with anything bottles, cans etc and then use a ball or an orange to see how many you can knock down. Play as a family and see who can knock the most down.
Activity 5 – Health and wellbeing
This week we decided to work on spreading skills. You can make a meal all your family will enjoy – a pizza Mrs Russell had fun making pizzas with wrap for her lunch. Mrs Adair didn’t quite have the ingredients so she improved and made a dessert option. She spread chocolate spread on a pancake and the used other ingredients to create a face – she is very creative.
Good Morning Pine Class – how are you all today??
This week we are going to be continuing with our Rainbow Theme
And the colour
PINK!!!
Below are some activities for you to do if you would like – remember to send us some photos or put in some comments.
Signing and Singing
First a little music with Fairy Sarah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RXlLgEimO8
Were you all singing and signing – Wilson was!!!
Give a Socially Distancing Hug!!
Mia, a friend’s daughter, did a wonderful thing for her Granny last week. She hasn’t been able to see her to give her a hug so she decided that drawing round herself on a large piece of cardboard and colouring in it was the next best thing! I saw the photo her Granny looked very happy!!
So perhaps some of you would like to do this – draw around your body or your hand, and then colourfully decorate – make someone smile!
Thanks Mia!!
Art
Chalk painting was an activity I tried out last Friday with my neighbours’ children – Amy and Adam – they are keeping me entertained during the Lockdown with their chatter and singing while they are out in their garden.
I mixed up the Chalk Paint ready for us to use, we has separate paint brushes and maintained Social Distancing while we did this.
2 Tablespoons of Cornflour, 4 Tablespoons of Water and Food Colouring – I made 4 different colours Pink, Blue, Green and Yellow.
You brush or splash the paint onto the pavement and then it dries and looks like chalk – and the rain will wash it away – hopefully it won’t rain for a wee while!!
So if this is an activity you try please send us some photos!!
Cookery
This week recipe is Coconut Ice – If you like something sweet and are able to eat coconut, I have managed to get all the ingredients at the supermarket which was a bonus!! I am going to make this at the end of the week.
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/coconut-ice-squares
Numeracy
Can you spot different pink objects in your Living Room and count them, what about the kitchen, or your bedroom – some of the Pine Class might have more Pink things than others!!
Some counting songs that we like in class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Ajq682yrA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR-cfDsHCGA
Film Clip – Olaf drinks Pink Lemonade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYlSq2_kGEY
Lots of different Pink Activities
https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/pink
Have a great week Pine Class
Love the Pine Ladies
Hello Pinettes!
How are you all doing?
This week we are continuing with our Rainbow theme.
And we will focus on a couple of activities that you might like to do.
Singing
First the Singing Walrus – in the Pine Class we love the singing Walrus!!
And a song all about colour!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLZcWGQQsmg
What about some singing and signing – with Mr Tumble!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLpEGM34Fic
And while we are listening to some Rainbows songs here is a nice one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXtpjBzPMeY
Colour Sorting 
We love to colour sort in class – so a wee challenge for you all!!!
If you like you could find us 5 different red things and 5 different yellow things – can you take a photograph and send it in so we can see what you have collected – things from outside, from the kitchen or from your toy box.
For lots of our colour sorting activities – check out these on Pinterest – Wilson loves Pinterest!!!
Art
If you watched the film Wizard of Oz – did you like the song?
“If I only had a Heart” with the Tin Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU_QsEnogTg
For Art this week what about some Heart Art?
Why don’t you put this in your window for everyone passing by to see – it will make them smile.
Another activity is to cut some hearts from some cardboard you are going to recycle, such as cereal boxes – responsible citizens and cover them in tinfoil, you could punch a hole in the top and string them up and watch the sunlight reflect off them, even decorate them if you want with beads, stickers or feathers.
Cookery 
First a Red cookery idea, what about Strawberry Jelly? Make up the Jelly according to the packet instructions, allow it to cool down a little and then add something else you like that is red – what about chopped up strawberries or red smarties?? Any other ideas?? What does your jelly smell like? Does it wobble? Was it tasty?
Next a Yellow Food, couple of ideas, custard a favourite in the Pine Room – do you like it hot or cold??? Or yellow vanilla ice-cream if you prefer, or if you parents would like a challenge what about helping them to make some scones!!! Jam and cream OR butter and jam????? Yummy!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/tea_time_scones_77839
Numeracy
If you are out and about either in your car, or out for a walk or watching from your window why don’t you count the red and yellow cars going past, was there more red or yellow cars???
VE Day
This is Friday the 8th of May. Why not have a picnic inside or outside – remember this was just after the Second World War so food was limited and no Supermarkets – so keep it simple!!!
Jam sandwiches, a pork pie, a plain bun, jelly and custard!
Have a lovely week Pine Class, do what you want to do in the blog, sent us some comments and send us some photos – we would love to hear and see what you have all been up to.
Jardine, Aitken, Boyle and Wilson miss you all!!!
Love the Pine Ladies
Good morning Pine Class!
How are you all?
Have you been outside in your gardens listening to the birds? Jardine has and she managed to photograph a Blue Tit that has taken up residence in the bird box in her garden – amazing!!
!
What about feeding the Birds? Aitken has been doing that and made some lovely feeders – Well done Aitken give yourself a Clap!!
Below is a link of some lovely bird feeders – if you would like to make one and then watch some happy birds in your garden. 
Boyle has been reading her cookery books in the sunshine, looking for some inspiration – she would love to know what you have all been reading?
Birdie Meatballs anyone?
I have made some Rainbow Birds from scraps of fabric I had left – what is your favourite colour?
Has anyone watched Mary Poppins? Did you have a favourite song?
And did any of you enjoy the silly parrot and the Birdie Song?
Our topic this Term was going to be Open Season – but due to the current situation we have had a wee rethink and decided to have some small topics that run over a week or two… or five!!!
Remember just do what you want to do and if you want to revisit any of the topics or ideas please do so – and post some comments and sent in some photos – we would love to hear from you all and see your lovely smiley faces!!!
Out in the Garden 
During Morning Group, we look out the window or door and check the weather, we then look at the BBC Weather to see if they got it right? We like to sing and sign ‘What’s the Weather like Today’ – sing along!! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUSbazn3STo
Next is a link to Mr Tumble singing and signing some songs about the weather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_AWoTsx_FE
Also, if you look up Singing Hands you can see them signing individual signs for different weather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t9Tt_JlYd8
So what is the Weather like today?
If you are out in the garden or on a walk look and see if any rainbows appear!
Or some Highland Cows!!!
Can’t wait to see a photo of the calf.
In class we have Sensory bottles for each different type of weather – these are really easy to make – plastic bottles, buttons, beads, water beads, Hama beads, elastic bands, food colouring, cotton wool, sequins are just a few things you can use. Below is a link to some ideas if you would like to make your own.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Sensory+weather+bottles&FORM=HDRSC2
Art and Games
This morning I have been watching the news and a feature I really enjoyed was about the ‘Posties’ – our local Postmen and Postwomen have been extremely busy just now!! My Postman is actually my friend Andy, and I have known him for about 30years, so when I bake I always bake for him too!! Lots of children have been putting thank you pictures and messages on their doors, and some have been playing games with their Postie, such as Noughts and Crosses – where you put the grid on your door fill in a square the Postie has a shot and this goes on over a couple of days until someone wins!!! What do you think!! If you have a game, leave a note or make a picture send us a photo – and it will make your Postie SMILE!!!
Cookery
Now the weather, sadly according to the BBC Weather is going to be a wee bit colder and rainy over the next couple of days, so what about making a pot of soup? You probably have a favourite but below is a link to some different soups which you may want to try?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/collections/easy_soup
When making your soup
Film Choice
Ok – I will give you some clues.
Did you get it??
The Wizard of Oz
Have a great week Pine Class
The Pine Ladies
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