Willowbank School, KilmarnockWe were successful learners last week when we invited our peers in the Sunflowers class to visit a café to share what we have been learning all about Mexico.
We enjoyed trying lots of Mexican foods, dressing as traditional Mariachi musicians, and listening to Mexican music.
We had lots of fun and were confident individuals trying lots of foods that we hadn’t tried before.
We have been enjoying the nice weather and have been taking parts in water play.
We were Successful Learners and explored the properties of water by moving and pouring water from one container into another. We also enjoyed applying our maths skills to count how many jugs of water it took to fill a fish bowl.
The Snowdrops have been enjoying using percussion instruments to accompany songs by playing loudly or softly. They are also very good at knowing when to play and when to stop playing during songs. Our new song we are currently learning is called ‘Bang, Tap, Stop!’ which requires the class to play loudly and quietly as well as follow directions such as start and stop. They are having really good fun and love playing the variety of drums that we have in our music room.
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The Daisies have been learning a new song at music called ‘We’re Going Around The World’ as an introduction to their new theme. All pupils have enjoyed coming along to do music in our music room and being able to explore and play a variety of percussion instruments. We have been learning some key signs and actions for our song as well as playing the claves, castanets and clackers to accompany the tune. Hayden also enjoyed performing a solo for his class which we managed to get on video too.
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Skittles science
We have been exploring science materials all week. This afternoon we put a small layer of water into the bottom of some white plates. Some of children lined the skittles around the plate and waited patiently for the colour to run to create our own rainbow art as the colour runs from the skittles. We also used some M&Ms to see the difference in the colours.
The Daisies were successful learners during World Book Day. We participated in a book swap, and chose what books we would like.
We spent time in the sensory room and had great listening to different stories while relaxing in our pajamas and costumes.
We were confident individuals when taking part in our costume parade and enjoyed seeing everyone fantastic costumes and favourite books.
On Friday, we enjoyed a visit from author Greta Yorke who read ‘The Tartan Witch’. We were effective contributors and took part in lots of sensory activities linked to the story. The daisies especially enjoyed making a magic potion!!
Water Use
All the boys in the Sunflowers class are really good at washing their hands. They are able to turn off the tap when they are finished washing their hands to save water. We looked at different ways in which we use water at school. A homework sheet was also given out so the pupils could circle the different ways they use water at home.
We all read the story “The Gingerbread Man” and then took lots of little gingerbread men to complete some experiments. We put the gingerbread men into different bowls of liquids and materials.We all observed what happened to the gingerbread men when he fell into different substances. Some of the boys were able to tell us what happening to the gingerbread men in the different substances.
We all went in a winter walk around the Kay park. It was very cold and some of the pond had frozen over. The ducks, swans and birds were all walking on the ice. We touched the frost on top of the wooden fence.
Some of use looked at the talking clipboard to complete a winter walk checklist, marking what they saw. We even used binoculars to see further.
We were all superstars when taking part in our infant nativity. We all learned our different roles and especially enjoyed getting on our costumes and performing to friends and family.
