Willowbank School, KilmarnockThe Stars class invited the Sungazers class for a golden ticket treasure hunt. As it was raining we had to have it indoors but nevertheless we had a fun time. We made tasty chocolate crispie cake to serve for snack.
We had our second visit to CC’s Chocolate Creations where owner Carol warmly welcomed us. We saw all the chocolate creations she’d made and enjoyed dipping marshmallows in melted chocolate. Yum! We used our new eco bag when shopping.
Scone!!! (it’s gone)
This week the Transition boys made pumpkin spiced scones. the boys were all Effective Contributors as they all enjoyed mashing the roasted pumpkin and grating the cold butter (which felt very strange!). The scones were a clear winner judging by the photographs!
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Some of the boys in the Sungazers class will soon be big brothers! We have been doing a mini-topic about babies in the class which all of the boys have really enjoyed. They have been really good at holding their baby dolls correctly, taking them for walks and identifying all the equipement needed to look after a baby.
Yesterday we had a visit from Mrs Skinner’s newborn niece, Chloe. All of the boys were delighted to meet her and were so kind and gentle.
We have been exploring different classroom settings from around the world. It was interesting to find out that not all children learn from within a classroom in a school building. Some are taught from inside tents, some outdoors and some from underneath trees which are used for shade. We had good fun completing activities in different learning environments this week.
Theme Story time in a tent (effective contributors/successful learners)
Literacy Skills
In some countries children don’t have pencils and paper to write with. Instead they use chalk and write on their desks or on the ground.
Numeracy Skills Outdoors
Science activities under the shade of the trees
Every Friday the Sungazers have been successfully making a healthy breakfast and taking it in turns to serve it to their friends. We have also prepared breakfast snacks are served them to our peers in other classes as well. We have all enjoyed making, serving and tasting a variety of different healthy breakfast ideas. Our favourite ones were toast and bagels. 
As part of our Charlie and the Chocolate Factory theme we made ‘lickable wallpaper’ just like in Willy Wonka’s factory. We used ‘Fruit Winders’ to make patterned wallpaper which we were able to lick. It tasted of strawberries and apples.
The Stars class made ice cream by shaking a zipped bag of milk, sugar and cocoa powder within a zipped bag of ice and salt. We were amazed how quickly ice cream formed. It tasted delicious.
The Stars class ground wheat to show how flour is made then baked a tasty loaf of bread which we enjoyed for snack. We collected groceries for the Harvest assembly which was then donated to the local food bank.
The Sungazers Class have had great fun exploring the class parakite over the last couple of weeks. Everyone has enjoyed taking a turn to get it to fly with some adult support. We have talked about how we need a windy day to get it to fly more effectively and when there is no wind, we need to run fast with it in order for it to fly! After the holiday we will be making and decorating our own kites to fly!
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The Stars class visited CC’s Chocolate Creations in Kilmarnock to watch the owner, Carol, make fantastic chocolate bars and shapes. Carol invited us to dip marshmallows in melted chocolate. They smelled and tasted delicious. As Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is our theme this term we bought not a golden ticket but a golden bar of chocolate for class. Yum! The rest of the class will visit CC’s Chocolate Creations on our next allocated bus day.
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