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Robert Burns

On Tuesday we celebrated Robert Burns.

In the morning we listened to some Scottish poems – our favourite was ‘Crocodile’ by JK Annand. We then created our own acrostic poem choosing different words that started with each of the letters in the word Scotland.
In the afternoon we used strips of paper to create our own tartan design for our kilts that will be displayed on our Katie Morag display outside our classroom. We were all confident individuals at choosing which strip of colour we wanted to use each time. We added a black semi -circle to be the sporran and gold detail with our name.

Last week were were confident individuals mixing up icing in a bowl and using a spoon to create a Scotland flag design on a biscuit.

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IDL – Literacy

This week after reading some of the Katie Morag stories we matched some of the characters and places from the stories.  All of the pupils were successful learners and able to glue either the pieces or the paper. Some were able to match picture to picture and some were able to match picture to word. They enjoyed the stories and we discussed each of the characters and the different places Katie Morag visited in some of the stories.

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Scottish Activities Morning – IDL – HWB

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We enjoyed a Scottish activities morning in class where we recited Robert Burn’s Selkirk Grace before our snack of pancakes. We used rhythm sticks to tap out the rhythm of ‘Donald Whaur’s Yer Troosers’ and danced the St Bernard’s Waltz. We played boccia with tatties, instead of balls, and had fun welly whanging where we hurled wellies at a target. We played the Hokey Cokey my putting ‘oor richt airm in’ and sang Scottish children’s songs.

We played hopscotch in the garden and created a Robert Burns silhouette picture.

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Successful Learners – Community Travel

The second half of the Transition class had their chance to work on photo route cards this week. They were Successful Learners following last weeks’ photo route to find marked stones. They then set their own trail, learning how to make a route for others to follow. This is a skill that they will put in to practice when they compete their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition.

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Successful Learners – SQA Character in Literature

The Transition class were Successful Learners when they worked on their SQA topic. They used character descriptions that they had made to identify characters displayed on the board. The class must have made very good character descriptions because they scored 100% in the identification quiz.

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Responsible Citizens – Virtual Burns Supper

The Transition class were Responsible Citizens this week when they recorded a virtual Burns Supper for the rest of the school to watch on Burns Night. They set up the classroom to look like a real Burns Supper, setting the table and dressing the room and then took the responsibility for different elements of the ‘night’. We had the haggis piped in, speeches and we finished with a sung and signed rendition of Auld Land Syne. The videos were then uploaded to the school computer to share with all the other classes. Well done everyone!

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This week in the Pine Room

Successful Learner using the AAC Device to tell us how he is feeling at Morning Group.

Fun making Confetti Pictures.

Our lovely Scottish Art Display, that we have been working on for our IDL.

Confident Individuals working with the stickle bricks in Numeracy.

Using the light box and gel numbers in Numeracy.

SQA Baking working on our mixing skills to make Krispy Cakes.

Touching all the different ingredients…snap, crackle and pop!!

SQA Communication – we started watching the film Inside Out, we have also looked at ICE Pack ‘How I feel?’ and talked about what gave us JOY and what made us SAD.

Painting character plates.

 

 

For our 50 Things we painted with things we found in the garden – very cool!!

This week in literacy our letter was ‘I’ words starting with I are hard to find BUT we managed!! And made some lovely ice-cream pictures.

Have a great weekend!!

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Successful Learners – ILP Targets

The Transition class continued their excellent progress through their ILP targets. They were all Successful Learners working on writing skills, time telling, literacy with technology, planning for future events, numeracy language and pattern matching. It was a real hive of industry this week!

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Confident Individuals – Burns’ Supper Preparation

It has been a busy week of Burns’ Supper preparation in Transition class. The class have been Confident Individuals making name tags and hats, trying on kilts, rehearsing singing Burns’ songs, practicing signing and refreshing our memories on setting a table. Everyone played their part well and we are all looking forward to filming our efforts next week.

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Effective Contributors – New Year work

The Transition class got straight back into the swing of things working on New Year activities. They reflected on their holiday and discovered the traditions and meaning behind different ways to celebrate the New Year. Some pupils read information and answered questions, some used their pen control skills to create a colourful New Year message. We all made New Year’s resolutions and then sang Auld Lang Syne.

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