Willowbank School, KilmarnockFor Mother’s day we made cards. We were confident individuals and were able to choose from a choice of three images on the SMARTboard. We then counted the votes to see which card had the most votes. We were able to choose the materials we needed and stick the pieces together to create the card to be sent home.
LAVA LAMPS
All the pupils were able to help fill a bottle a quarter of the way with water. Most pupils were able to carefully add vegetable oil to the bottle and some pupils were able to use a dropper to add some food colouring to the mix. It was lots of fun seeing the reaction it made and watching the movements within the bottle.
The Sungazers Class love science and have all participated in various science activities over the term, making lava lamps, volcanoes, sensory snow, and slime. Their favourite experiment is making the cornflour slime as not only is it a good sensory science activity, it’s also good messy fun!
The boys are now able to follow the steps and make their own slime with minimal assistance.
The Sungazers Class have enjoyed exploring different weather types through various science experiments. This week we watched a video all about torandos then had a go at making our own ‘tornados in a jar’ using vinegar, water, food colouring and liquid soap. We even added some sequences to see them get sucked up into our torando. It was great fun!
Successful Learners Confident Individuals
The Moonbeams pupils have being learning about the importance of identity. The pupils can identify their name or photo and they have been practicing writing their names. The Moonbeams know they live in Scotland and were able to identify or colour in the Scotland Flag.
The Comets have been successful learners this week when they were learning about how to build a light circuit. After listening to instructions carefully we were able to make a battery powered electrical circuit. The Comets were confident individuals when some of our circuits did not work at first. We worked hard to identify the problems and fix them.
* SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS *
The Planets class made a choice of which Easter card they wanted to make for their family. They used materials to make their chosen card and used their best writing skills to sign the card inside.
The Planets class want to wish everyone a very Happy Easter!
We have been confident individuals creating some yummy tasty treats for our families!
We were responsible citizens, sharing the ingredients with our peers and carefully spooned the chocolate mix into the cake cases.
* SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS, RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN, CONFIDENT INDIVIDUAL *
The Planets class loved decorating our hard boiled eggs. We looked for ideas yesterday and decided to create a range of designs including a shark, an Easter bunny, Super Luigi, frogs and minions. We had lots of fun!
The Sungazers Class are enjoying lots of lovely Easter activities this week. They have been very creative in making their Easter cards and had great fun using the glass pens to decorate their Easter sun catchers to take home as a gift. We have more Easter fun planned for the next couple of days as well.
We hope you all have a wonderful Easter holiday, stay safe and enjoy some lovely weather (fingers crossed!).
