Willowbank School, KilmarnockSuccessful Learners Responsible Citizens
As part of learning about zero hunger. The Moonbeams were learning the difference between needs and wants. They were able to sort a variety of things including shelter, fruits and vegetables, sweets and electronics into the two categories.
We also made up some different Christmas meals, some with lots of food and some with very little. The children were then able to match the different of emotions displayed on children’s faces to the dinner plates.
For Saint Andrew’s Day we were successful learners and created some lovely art.
Thistles using different colours of wool.
We have enjoyed our Autumn Stories, especially ‘There was an Old Lady who swallowed some leaves’, so we made some cool artwork using coffee filters, felt pens and the water spray.
There was an Old Lady that swallowed some leaves
We also made some lovely suncatchers for the windows
More St. Andrew’s Day Art – Scottie Dog – we made our choices “should they be white or black?”
“Who made all the mess?”
Well MOVE just got a lot more exciting for this young man!!!
Are we ready for the Pine Class Ceilidh??
The DJ is ready…
The Gay Gordons – step in time Boyle.
Forward for 4 back for 4 – great counting!!!
Strictly Come Dancing isn’t an option for us, we would lose points for laughing!!!
Sorry about the lack of photos – but we were all just having too much fun dancing!!
Some links to what we loved as a class.
Ya cannae shove yer Granny aff a bus!
This week in Literacy we are working on the Letter G, looking for lots of words that start with this letter.
Below are a few song links for the letter G, they have one for each letter if you want to have a look.
Beautiful Goose Art work
A flock of Geese!!!
Have a great weekend everyone.
Effective Contributors Responsible Citizens
The Moonbeams donated money to the Children In Need Charity and came dressed in spots to help support and raise awareness for the excellent work the charity do to help ensure every child in the UK is safe, happy, secure and has the opportunities they need to reach their potential.
The children enjoyed some Pudsey inspired activities today and put their cooking, counting and colouring skills into practice. Take a look at our fun day!
Successful Learners Confident Individuals
As part of our Food theme the Moonbeams wanted to explore bird seeds and make bird feeders. The children worked well together to make the feeders. The Moonbeams will hang them up around the sensory garden on Monday and hopefully observe the birds eating them.
The Moonbeams had great fun singing songs about food using the stretchy band.
This is National Maths Week we have been doing even more counting than usual in the Pine Room.
We were successful learners and make some cool Willowbank buses, we counted the silver squares, added two wheels and a Willowbank badge and decided which of our friends we wanted to join us in the bus.
Amazing Work!!!
We starting working on our SQA Baking Unit – making choices of what we liked!
Continuing with our Literacy and Art Sessions and the Letter B – these confident individuals worked on some Brown Bear Pictures.
We have been working on our Food Theme – Don’t Waste your Food – and got some work done for our Display Board, bananas, bread, apples and lettuce, we used lots of different art techniques.
Reading Spinderella for Numeracy ….lots of counting and clapping not always in time!!!
Counting the GOALS for these two football mad boys!!!
A class number hunt.
But don’t forget the MOVE!!!
We love to count the blocks …and knock them down!!!
These Responsible Citizens were learning all about where to put your recycling, lead by or Vice-Eco Captain.
Have a fantastic weekend everyone.
Successful Learners Confident Individuals
The Moonbeams have been learning through a variety of math concepts this week. They have been identifying shapes and making pictures. They have been counting objects related to their theme. The children enjoyed making musical instruments using foods. They were counting out and measuring the dried foods using measuring jugs and pouring them into bottles of different sizes.
Hello!!
This week we were successful learners learning a new paint technique in Art – pulling the paint across the paper using a ruler, very effective BUT we cannot tell you what we are doing with it – it is a Christmas secret!!!
WOW!!!
I am a happy happy boy!!!
Ready for some Animal Boogie??
Making masks for next weeks’ MacMillan – responsible citizens.
Great friends in the Pine Room.
Sensory Cookery involves lots of skills numeracy – counting the cases, identifying the different objects and colours, working on our motor skills and our MOVE when we exercising our hands.
Oh no – they just jumped out of the tray!!!!
Literacy and Art – working on the letter ‘A’ – all will be revealed next week!!!
This successful learner working on her I-gaze skills!!
Confident individuals working on their matching skills.
Our fantastic 50 Things Art from last week.
More Literacy work – matching the ‘A’ pictures and we love the Alphabet songs…
…..successful story sequencing.
Sun is out – so lets go bowling – STRIKE!!!!
Have a great weekend everyone!!!
It has been great to be back in School!
We thought we would just show you some of the things we had been getting up to since the beginning of term.
Selecting the Golden Rule we are focusing on – Number 2 – Working Together.
MOVE and working on Days of the Week.
Successful Learners in Numeracy
Knock it down!!!!
Right Respecting School – what is Right thing and what is Wrong thing to do?? These responsible citizens knew the answers.
Stretching out in MOVE
Ready for Parachute Fun!!!
Sensory Play – great fun!!!
Making Choices. – planning our MacMillan Event.
Colour Sorting in Numeracy
Confident Individuals in Art
We are Artists – ROAR!!!
We love The Wonky Donkey Story – using a single message device for the ‘Hee-Haw’ sounds.
Sensory Fun with Shaving Foam!
Band Practice!!
UNCRC Article 24 – making a poster with all the appropriate information.
Health and Well-being – Outdoor Learning.
A great afternoon Bowling. – STRIKE!!
Making Choices and place mats.
Numeracy with Spinderella, . story about a spider that wants to learn to count!
Stretching for MOVE
Autumn Art
Using Technology during Morning Group
Exploring Ingredients – Flour Sensory Play
Oh dear!!!!
Where is the hoover?
Literacy and Art
Outside in the Sunshine.
Our new Food Theme is based on the book ‘Don’t waste your Food’
We are looking at food spoilage.
Won’t look like this next week!!!!
50 Things making Art with things we have collected outside.
Smelly the lavender.
Have a great weekend everyone,
Well – Welcome Pinettes!!
It is lovely to see you all back at school. Everyone has settled in really well and working very hard.
We have all been actively participating in all the Moring Group Activities, using the different AAC Devices, making choices, studying the weather and seasons, learning the days of the week, and practising our Makaton.
Enjoying the different stories we have been reading during Literacy, there are links below to a few favourites .
We have been successful learners in Numeracy, we have practised our numbers skills in a variety of different ways, listening to counting songs, playing BINGO, pinning clothes peg legs on spiders (not real ones!) and counting bricks, building towers…then knocking them down!!! We also enjoy watching Counting with Rodd.
In Enterprise and Expressive Art we have taken impressions of our hands for our ‘Evidence Tree’, and made some cool Splash Art Monsters!!!
During our Health and Well-Being sessions, we have worked hard on our MOVE programme, enjoyed sensory play and relaxation, and had fun being outside bowling when the sun was shining.
We choose Golden Rule Number 2 – A chance to be involved, and we are planning the MacMillian Coffee Morning Event for the School.
This is only some of what we have been up to …so we have been pretty busy!!!
So have I great weekend everyone.
Take care
The Pine Ladies
x
Confident Individuals Effective Contributors
The Moonbeams have enjoyed their outdoor learning sessions today. They had lots of fun creating potions and recipes in our outdoor kitchen and played well together while on the outdoor apparatus and playground equipment.
The class also enjoyed visiting the Swans and feeding them during our outing to Kay Park on Monday.
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