Tag: SQA Baking

Burns and more in the Pine Room.

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Post date 28 January 2022
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This successful learner has been using his numeracy skills to count the magnetic…

…then used then to successfully help weigh out our cake ingredients.

Successful Learning – sieving and mixing for SQA Baking

Now using our numeracy skills to count the paper cases.

Think they are ready for the oven!!

We have been listening to lots of Scottish music and stories this week – but the Highland Dancing was a real favourite for this young lady. And on the 25th we enjoyed the Transition Classes Virtual Burns Supper.

SQA Communication we made 5 sensory bottles, one for each of the Inside Out Characters, using a funnel to put in small coloured beads, glitter and sequin.

We also managed a little bit of sensory play too.

Making Kilts for Burns Day, counting colours as we go!

Our kilts display.

We are continuing to work on some Scottish Animals, this week Badgers…we will show them next week they may take a few days for the glue to dry!!!!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

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Football and Dancing in the Pine Room.

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Post date 26 November 2021
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For our SQA Baking Unit this week we worked with eggs and made meringues, we put the egg whites and sugar and the big mixture and whisked them up.

Will the mixture fall out on the bowl????

Working on our Snowman Display.

Making choices and picking our teams for football, we had great fun and scored loads of goals.

We were confident individuals and worked with Karen on our dance moves.

Numeracy fun for these confident individuals during a game of dominoes.

This week in Literacy we have been working on the letter F, we made lovely Frogs mixing the three primary colours.

Great Art Work!!!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!!!

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Something Spooky in the Pine Room!!!

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Post date 29 October 2021
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We have been successful learners working on our SQA Numeracy Unit, counting whole numbers while enjoying a game of BINGO!!!

HOUSE!!!!

In our SQA Food Preparation – Baking Unit we are exploring the ingredients through sensory play, sieving the flour, using our fine motor skills to look for the small spiders, mice and pumpkins, and exercising our hands.

…well that isn’t a small SPIDER!!!!

“5 little pumpkins”

In Literacy we are working on the letter D, we painted baking trays….

..then pressed our pictures on to them.

Press down with your swatter!

D for Dinosaur

Pumpkin Counting

We continue to work on our SQA Communication Unit matching the characters with their colours.

I lovely morning of Indian Dance with Karen.

Howie was turned into a Dragon!!!

And Logan was a Deer!!!

Making Haunted Houses in Art.

Our IDL Work continues ‘Don’t Waste your Food’

A word from the Vice Eco Captain “Don’t buy more than you need”

Working on our re-use symbol.

Ready for our Halloween Spooky Snack and some Halloween photos – we were too busy having fun!!

Have a Spooky Halloween!!

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National Maths week in the Pine Class

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Post date 1 October 2021
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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.