Willowbank School, KilmarnockAs part of our outdoor leaning, another of learning experiences this term was to take part in a bird watching session. We all wrapped up warm and we’re ready for an afternoon of bird watching in the garden. We were effective contributors to work together with our class friends to point out as many birds as possible.
The Transition class spent a nostalgic afternoon looking at photographs. They were Effective Contributors selecting pictures that show friendship and working together at this task. It was great to see photographs when everyone was much younger.
It was Drake Music time again this week in Transition class. They were all Effective Contributors taking full part in all sections. We used our voices well and played along on chime bars at the end.
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We enjoyed a variety of activities for Chinese New Year. We learnt how the calendar is names after animals, made fruit fireworks with apples depicting peace and tangerines depicting good fortune. We tried using chopsticks and opened fortune cookies. We had fun making fans and dusted the classroom to clean it for New Year. We created Dragon Kites which flew well in the wind.
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We had a treasure hunt in the garden to find stones to paint then looked on the internet for ideas of patterns to paint on them. Hope you like our designs.
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We followed the recipe by putting milk, sugar and vanilla extract in a zipped bag. We put this in another zipped bag with ice and salt. After taking turns to give the bag a good shake the milk froze to make ice cream. It tasted rather good and most pupils asked for extra spoonfuls!
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There are lots of places of interest to see in Glasgow. We searched for them online and chose our favourites. We watched a video of inside Kelvingrove Museum and learned that Dippy the Dinosaur had visited there.
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We watched power points and discussed reasons why people might be hungry and needed to use Food Banks. We made a poster showing reasons which included poor crop yields due to pollution and drought. We did a science experiment where we grew two trays of cress, one watered by ordinary tap water and the other watered with a water and lemon juice mix which depicted acid rain. The seeds watered with acid rain developed poorly which showed how pollution can effect crop growth for farmers.
The Transition class had their usual appointment with Drake Music and were Effective Contributors with the group work. We had our usual songs, silly noises and a play along with the chime bars. Very harmonious!
We have been exploring different jobs people may have. When reading the stories we have been exploring the jobs people have on the island. We were confident individuals and completed jigsaws matching people in their work uniform. We had to pick the correct head, body and legs to create a whole person. We also dressed up and were effective contributors and completed some jobs in the classroom. Some pupils had hi-vis vests on and put rubbish in the bin pretending to be bin men. We pretended to have a train the class and boarded the train to take us to the shop where we decided what we wanted to buy. We also dressed up and pretended to go to see the doctor and she used the phone to talk to her patients.
