During his class’s France theme, Leo learned how to play Frère Jacques on the bells! What a confident individual!
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Mexican Music
We have been having lots of fun exploring Mexico through our new theme. Today we listened to mariachi music, and played along with our own instruments.
We were effective contributors through playing along with our own instruments and were successful learners as we explored two new instruments- Guitars and Drums!
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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Science Week
The Stars class had a great time during science week. Some ‘experiments’ worked better than others however we couldn’t wait to try out the next one! We definitely had fun learning experiences!
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LGBT Purple Day
We had a busy fun day on Friday for Purple day to raise awareness on LGBT.
In the morning we were effective contributors and each class joined up with another class to create a purple activity for everyone to take part in. Here are some of the activities.
The press up competition was as an added extra that Blake decided to add in.
In the afternoon the secondary department all came together to showcase our learning on LGBT.
Firstly each class paraded around the hall with their LGBT flags.
The Oak boys were confident individuals when standing to present in front of their peers.
Jack and Blake took part in an interview based around their book ‘Tango Makes Three’. Everyone took part to perform to the song ‘This is Me’ and letting everyone know to be proud of who they are.
Nathan played the bells, Anthony, Jack and Blake played the chimes, Sean was on the tambourine and Cameron sang along using his Makaton signs.
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LGBT at Willowbank
The Stars class did lots of LGBT activities this week. We read the book, ‘Together’, and discussed friendship. We explored different families and how to be a good friend then chose what activities we would most like to do with our friends. Parachute games was very popular! We created rainbow flags, a friendship poster and made rainbow cakes at HE. On Purple Friday we had a showcase of our learning in the hall where we showed a video of us singing, ‘I Love You’.
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Activities this week
We made a variation of Pigs using paper and milk cartons. This year it is the year of the PIG for Chinese New Year.
We have been confident individuals when carrying out our jobs within the class. Jack was excellent at using full sentences when asking is his friends what they would like for their lunch.
Patrick came to pay us a visit at snack time, I think he could smell the toast. Anthony cleaned the table after snack, whilst Jack washed the dishes and Blake dried them. Very effective contributors working together to tidy up after snack times.
We created our own clocks to help us understand how to tell the time, using analogue and digital formats.
The Oak boy band are still working hard and being successful leaners when learning new songs to play on the keyboard and their other chosen instruments.
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Musical Talents
SQA Music group today had a busy afternoon! We had a mini talent show with two very different performances. Gemma and Oliver were confident individuals to stand up in front of their peers and perform. We had a singing performance of ‘Never Enough’ and a dance performance to ‘Grease Lightening’. I will let you work who did which performance.
We all played instruments to be effective contributors to work as a group and produce music to the song ”Happy’.
We also explored sound through the sound beam and switches. Jacob, Jessica and Lyle were Gemma’s backing group. They explored and created the sound effects whilst Gemma sang her song.
As it was Robert Burn’s birthday we enjoyed a morning of Scottish activities. We dressed up in kilts and tartan sashes and enjoyed shortbread at snack time followed by Scottish country dancing. We danced to the St Bernard’s Waltz and Canadian Barn Dance before doing the Hokey Cokey in Scots. We played tattie boccia then finished by doing ‘turns’. We did ‘Buy Me a Banana’, ‘Wee Willie Winkie, ‘My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean’, ‘Three Craws’ and ‘Coulter’s Candy’. Lunch was haggis, neeps and tatties. We all had a grand time.
