Willowbank School, Kilmarnock
Today it was snowing. We enjoyed watching the big flakes falling from the sky at morning group. We bought some snow inside to put in out tuff tray and explored it with our hands. It was very cold we made snow balls and even added some food colouring to change the colour of the snow. In the afternoon we went outside to the playground to explore the snow beneath out feet. We heard it crunch and it was slippy so we had to be very careful.
We had a lovely Christmas Jumper day in the Pine Room and Friday means ‘FRIYAY DISCO!’ and lots of MOVE.
Are you dancing?
Have Mustang will travel!
A lap of the room and back to the board to put on some good tunes – no more ‘Let it go’ or ‘Baby Shark’ PLEASE!!!
Now for some science, we were successful learners using bicarbonate of soda and vinegar in a zip lock bag to make growing snowman heads!
Waiting….
What cool outfits!
‘What are you having for lunch?’
We have a Santa in the Classroom and everyday as part of Numeracy we pop a balloon on his beard – our Countdown to Christmas!
We have been doing lots of Christmas Counting too here is a few favourites.
Ready to PARTY Pine Class! A wee game and lots of dancing – MOVE too!!!
Few Songs we are loving this week.
I Ho, Ho, Hope its Santa Claus
All I want for Christmas is you
Sensory Play or is it just messy play!!
Literacy – Some of the books from our Advent selection this week that we really enjoyed.
Santa’s Twelve Days of Christmas
The Unicorns are coming to Town
Santa and Joannie the Elf played us a wee visit all the way from the North Pole! Photos will be sent out.
Little bit of Craft.
We all had a fantastic time listening to Singing Hands.
Well have a fab weekend everyone.
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We actively participated in many St Andrew’s Day activities this week. We did art work, music, sensory handling, a treasure hunt and tasted some Scottish food. We enjoyed the activities very much.
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We have participated in loads of fun activities for Children in Need. We have made Pudsey ears and a mask as well as a playdoh Pudsey. We have had a duck race, iced Pudsey cakes and enjoyed spotty sensory activities. We thought Children in Need day was a good way to collect money to help other children.
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We embellished CD’s with jewels and glitter then hung them in the sensory garden. They spun in the wind and sparkled in the sunshine. They made lovely garden ornaments.
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We used a spray for rain, fan and ribbons for wind and a torch for sunshine to discuss the weather. Afterwards we chose our favourite type of weather using symbols. There was no real preference for any type of weather among the class.
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We were busy doing Diwali activities today. We watched a powerpoint to tell us all about the ‘Festival of Light’ then afterwards made salt dough and used this to create diva lamps. They have yet to be dried and painted but they’re looking good already. We watched Diwali videos and made colourful Rangoli pattern window decorations which looked wonderful with the sun shining through them.
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We had good fun guessing which objects would move in the wind. We used a hand fan and a hairdrier to create wind. The leaves and paper were so light they blew everywhere!
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The Stars class enjoyed many Macmillan day activities. We made Percy Pig cakes, took Percy photo’s, made pig masks, decorated a large cake and had sensory water and foam play. A happy, fun filled, day.
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We cut the bottom off a used plastic lemonade bottle and lined it with paper. We planted a sweet pea plant through the hole then filled the bottle with compost. Afterwards we hung it in the garden. We must remember to keep it well watered.
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