Willowbank School, KilmarnockThe boys were Successful Learners this week when completing individual numeracy work. The tasks included balancing numbers, telling the time in different parts of the world, sharing a whole item, counting money and matching activities to morning or afternoon. Each boy showed excellent understanding and great effort at their numeracy work.
The Transition class were Confident Individuals when using their numeracy skills again this week. They counted out sunflower seeds as they planted them out into pots. They boys counted the seeds so we could sow them as recommended on the packet.
Last Friday the Transition class put their numeracy skills to good use. They were Effective Contributors . They collected all the small pots they could find and shared them equally among 13 classes. This was to let the classes plant their sunflower seeds that were kindly donated to the school by Morrisons. The boys also shared the seeds equally among the classes. Once they start to grow the sunflowers will be planted all together to create a whole school sunflower meadow,
We were all so HAPPY to be back together in the Pine Room – Hooray!!!
Have you met Mrs McLaughlin, she is a new Pine Lady!
Our Interdisciplinary Theme is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, we are working on character identification – this is Sleepy!
And this is Happy!
Lets get moving and get our exercises done.
In Science we are planting and watching things grow – order your Lettuce and Spinach from the Pine Class – ready about June!!
Remember the water!!!
“I can use my Flapper to pat down the soil”
Ready for Assembly.
It was great to see all our School Friends and we loved this new song
“Hello…Mr Campbell”
Time for some MOVE – hand exercises and stretching out.
MOVE and Numeracy – making choices!
This successful learner is helping others with their counting skills.
Responsible Citizen – getting the lettuce watered.
BINGO!!!
An unimpressed winner!
Sensory Fun.
Getting ready to work on our Motor Skills.
“Hello! Welcome to the Pine Class, today I will be talking to some of the Students about their experiences so far this week”
” We had Fantastic Chocolate Cake today for snack – will that happen everyday?”
“I am having a great week and have loved seeing all my friends.”
“This coming to school is great!! BUT not as great as KILLIE!!!”
“No Comment!”
Shields sing us another song!!
Another Sunny Song to practice your signing.
Dancing ourselves Dizzy – MOVE Fun!
Some Storytelling after snack – think there was a goal scored??
Global Goal 17
World Earth day is observed every year on the 22nd of April to help create awareness about pollution and to celebrate the environment of our blue planet. Today we made lovely sun-catchers, kept the lights turned out (as much as possible) and made a parachute den, that we had a sing song in!! Click the link below to watch and listen to a lovely wee story.
“Happy Earth Day”
Again, using my multi purpose flapper for this task!
WOW!!!!
Look up !!
The view from the floor – Amazing!
Fun with Torches.
Pine Class Friends.
Friday Morning DISCO!!! What a confident individual.
Baby Shark Rap!!!
First week of all being together has been great, we are all very tired and ready for the weekend.
See you all Monday
xxxxx
We are very happy to have almost the everyone within the Oak class back for their first full week!
We have jumped straight back into our usual routine and back on top of things with a very busy week filled with lots of hard work.
They have all been confident individuals in all the tasks that have been set.
In literacy we have completed lots of listening and comprehension tasks, along with working on our reading and forming sentences in a logical order.
This week in numeracy we have been recapping and checking our knowledge on our time and money work.
We love to be very active in the Oak class and we have enjoyed lots of sensory movement breaks to help us refocus between all our hard work tasks. Here we have two very flexible young men taking part in our yoga session. We do yoga every day before we have lunch.
This week as part of our Health and Well-being work and Rights Respecting School we have been thinking about talking about what makes a good friend. Everyone confidently identified their friend then gave some great answers as to why they are their friend.
We have been working on our individual activities that have been set for us to help improve our fine motor skills and hand grip.
The Transition were Effective Contributors when they finished one of their upcycling projects. The roads and road signs are ready for delivery to the primary classes after the Easter Holiday. The boys at the beginning of the week used their numeracy skills to measure and count to make up their order to finish one of our other projects, the bottle greenhouse. Well done boys!
The Transition boys were Confident Individuals this week when planning the end of their greenhouse build. The roof needs to be completed but we are low on materials. The boys successfully measured the length of each cane to make sure we could get the correct ones. They counted rows on the back of the greenhouse to calculate how many canes would be needed for the roof. Finally they counted the number of bottles in each row to work out how many bottles we would need. 33 rows with 10 bottles on each equals 330 bottles! We also took the opportunity to neaten up the top of the canes and tidy up.
Well we are welcoming back some Pinettes this week!
Monday, Numeracy and MOVE was our focus these confident individuals were building towers …and having great fun knocking them down!!!
Following the Rainbow Dots 1,2,3…..
Someone needed a rest – great sitting!
This happy boy was enjoying some new Singing Hands Videos.
So lets practice our signing and our numbers.
Tuesday – well we decided that because some of the boys wouldn’t be in for Comic Relief on Friday we would have some Comic Relief Fun.
Making Monster Faces with Red Noses, picking Superhero Mask …Guess Who?
Red Nose Cupcakes – yum!!
This Successful Learner is making choices.
Tuesday was a beautiful sunny day so we managed to get outside to the playground.
On Wednesday this successful learner practiced her Fine Motor Skills and Numeracy Skills.
Exercising today we were dancing to some 70’s Disco and ‘Danced ourselves Dizzy!’
Great sitting – Mrs Smallwood can we get a Drum kit in the Pine Room???
Another lovely day – out to fed the birds – tuppence a bag!
What a pout!!!
Friends watching a Snow White Story.
MOVE – Standing, Walking and Sitting practice!
Hiding from the camera!!
BOO!!!
We decorated cupcakes for Comic Relief.
Cool Cakes!!
Great spreading skills – yummy!!!
Making Choices.
One bite or two????
This new board is AMAZING – I feel like I am at Bon Jovi’s concert!!!
Hello Friend.
Playground FUN!!!
Guess who these Comic Relief Superheroes are??
Making choices and funny faces.
Have a lovely weekend Pinettes
Love
The Pine Ladies
xxxx
The Transition class were Successful Learners this week when completing their numeracy tasks. They boys had to sort tins by type onto a shelf and match times and timings to different activities. Great work boys!
…Well Pinettes this is how all good Fairytales start!
The story of Snow White was taken from a 19th century German Fairytale written by the Brothers Grimm. It was Walt Disney’s first full length movie and was released on the 4th of February 1938.
Literacy 
One of your tasks in your Lockdown Pack was to come up with words to decribe Snow White – did you think of any? What about Gentle, Charming, Cheerful and Kind – now what words would you use to describe the Queen?
Music 
Dance 
We love music in the Pine Room, so what about a couple of Princess songs to listen to and dance to?
Numeracy 
This week lets concentrate on the Number 2 and pairs of things – can you find pairs of matching things in your house? Also can you find things that you use together in twos – an example a toothbrush and toothpaste!
Science 
2021 British Science Week 5-14th of March so it is is actually ten days long and is a celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths.
In the Pine Class we are going to look at the Human Body and our senses.
What are the parts of the Human Body
Below are some activities for each of our senses.
Hearing using plastic eggs, good time to get these, there is a great sounds matching game and some other sensory games on the Play to Learn site.
Touch making up bowls of different things in them, for you to put your hands in – what do you like, what do you not? You could use dry rice, cooked pasta, cut up pieces of wool, sand or set table jelly. Or you could make a a poster like this from mandeeandbrandy.blogspot.com – not as messy as the first idea!
Smell there are lots of different smells in your house – what about making a chart on one side you have ‘likes’ on the other side ‘dislikes’. Now start smelling and decide what you like and what you don’t!!
Taste now this is one time to get adventurous and try and taste a few things you haven’t tasted before – well did you like them?
Sight try looking at things differently – through a magnifying glass, through bincoulars, through coloured cellophane or through the bottom of a glass – does this make things look different – BIGGER, smaller, different colour, or fuzzy.
One other important thing to remember Pinettes on Sunday we need to celebrate some special Ladies – so don’t forget Mother’s Day!!
Have a good week Pinettes
Love
The Pine Ladies
x
