Willowbank School, KilmarnockWhat fun we have had today learning about Chinese New Year. We paid good attention to watching a family get ready for Chinese New Year on the board. We saw them decorate their houses and so we made paper lanterns too and decorated our classroom. We even made our lanterns light up as we enjoyed our snack.
After we made our dragon, we took them outside and used them as kites. What a great blowy day for kites!
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We watched power points and discussed reasons why people might be hungry and needed to use Food Banks. We made a poster showing reasons which included poor crop yields due to pollution and drought. We did a science experiment where we grew two trays of cress, one watered by ordinary tap water and the other watered with a water and lemon juice mix which depicted acid rain. The seeds watered with acid rain developed poorly which showed how pollution can effect crop growth for farmers.
After all our preparation it was finally Burns’ Day. The Transition class were Responsible Citizens taking part in lots of activities and setting up the classroom for lunch time. There were lots of literary skills on display sequencing stories and adding sentences. Well done everyone!
The Asteroids were learning about ‘wonky’ fruit and the difference between ‘wonky’ fruit and the ‘perfect’ fruit you find in the supermarkets. We were learning that misshapen fruit tastes just the same as perfect looking fruit and so to help the farmers, reduce waste and help the environment, we should try and use ‘wonky’ fruit when we can.
We looked at pictures of different fruit, identified them and sorted them into perfect fruit and wonky fruit groups.
We used ‘wonky’ blueberries, strawberries and over-ripe bananas in our smoothie. It tasted delicious!
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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We collected yogurt pots from snack and lunch times to fill with a mixture of bird seed and lard. We hung them from trees in the sensory garden for the birds to feed on this winter.
The Transition class were Responsible Citizens, taking part in ceilidh dancing at their PE lesson this week. We all took part in a warm up then danced the Military Two Step and the St Bernard’s Waltz. Everyone paid good attention to listen and learn the steps.
The Transition class were Responsible Citizens when they met Santa and his Elf in the Grotto. They were very safe when they roasted marshmallows and were very sensible not to eat them straight away!!! An exciting morning all round!
The Bluebells had lots of fun today. We had a special visit from Santa this morning and his special elf. He gave us all a lovely gift and we also got to toast marshmallows with Mr Nicoll. We were confident individuals getting our picture with Santa and responsible citizens when around the fire toasting marshmallows. All of the children really enjoyed this.
We also had lots of fun at our class Christmas party. We played games like pass the parcel and danced to songs. We loved dancing to the “hokey cokey”. We also jumped on the trampolines and played with balloons. In class we played pin the nose on Rudolph and did some festive bowling. It was a super day.
The second half of the Transition class had their opportunity to show that they were Responsible Citizens this week. They used their community travel time to complete a litter pick. This also contributed to the school Eco aims. Great effort!
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