Willowbank School, KilmarnockApologies there is an issue affecting the upload of pictures.The Transition Boys had a wonderful time on Word Book Day. We had a couple of new faces in class. Ali Baba and The Boy in the Dress came for the day! The boys were really focussed as we read excerpts from each book. Some boys did a short study on David Walliams and some designed new characters. Everyone successfully made masks based on their favourite book.
We haven’t just celebrated books on one day but all week. We all really enjoy experiencing and reading the “That’s not my ….” books, so on Monday we collected all the books we had along with different materials and read them together. We touched the different materials then used to create capes and headbands.
On Wednesday we had lots of fun participating in activities around “Goldilocks and the three bears”. We had a large tuff tray full on oats and were confident individuals exploring the oats finding the images underneath and scooping it up into the different bowls. We played with bears deciding who was mummy bear, daddy bear and baby bear. We watched the story on the board and enjoyed playing with the puppets alongside.
Today is the big day World Book Day. Today we are focussing on the book Snow White and seven dwarfs. Miss Hill even dressed up as Snow White. During our morning group we read parts of the story. For cookery we made rice krispie treats made the read and moulded them to look like apples. We decorated out own mirror design and added tin foil to the middle so well all have our own magic mirror and explored the Snow White inspired tuff tray in the afternoon.
The Makaton literacy group this week were experiencing vegetable signs and symbols. We looked at the symbols and tried to copy the signs. We then had fun printing and painting with the vegetables. They were all confident individuals rolling and moulding the playdough do make different vegetables and add details to the different pies.
The Transition boys were Successful Learners when they used their Literacy skills. The boys matched descriptions of witches from their class book to the sensory art that they all made. They all listened very well to each description then found the witch on the board.
Jacob busy whisking up the cream so we can enjoy this with the meringues we made – yummy!
Working on matching the pictures with the seasons.
Adam having a great time building the bricks up…..and knocking them down!!!!
Jessica loves singing 10 little sausages and using our new resources.
Relax girls!!!
Melanie using the I-gaze – good job!!!
Great visit for the Clown Doctors – lots of lovely interaction!!
Adam was very vocal.
Melanie did lots of copying.
We all enjoyed a story sack today – The Animal Boogie!!!
Shannon enjoyed listening to Mrs Wilson’s Singing!!!! No account for taste.
Reece liked the monkey!
Melanie loved the Bear!!!
Reece says Shannon liked the flamingo!!
Adam liked the leopard!
New Bok for Shannon – it makes loads of noise!!!
The Sungazers have been enjoying their theme story called ‘No Such Thing As Nessie!’ They are good at picking out some of the characters and key words in the story. We have also been having great fun with bubbles as part of our 50 Things Challenge.
The Transition boys had a great time this week when they shared games. They were Confident Individuals and worked very well together. Some great numeracy skills were on display using dice, counters, spinners and timers. Some boys used the time to practice literacy skills. A great effort by all.
The Transition boys were Successful Learners in their SQA Residential class. They used the computer to find out about Dumfries House and print extracts of what they found. The boys went even further and used their literacy skills when they asked if they could type up short summaries or titles for each photograph they selected. They worked extremely hard!
The Transition boys were Successful Learners this week when we used our remote control bug to practice listening and following directions. The boys were set directional challenges and managed to get the bug the correct way around an obstacle and back to the start. Some even managed to get the bug under the obstacle!
This week the Oak room have been working hard on their ILP targets. they were confident individuals and successful learners when completing all the tasks set.
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