Willowbank School, KilmarnockThe class were Successful Learners this week when they continued their study of ‘His Dark Materials’. This week we looked at the emotions of Iorek the polar bear. Everyone matched what happened to different emotions expressed by Iorek. We also had a quick look at some characters and their behaviors. Excellent work everybody
It was the turn of the second half of the class to cook their neeps this week! Some great skills shown by Confident Individuals. They worked with hot water and hot equipment. They used kitchen utensils safely and tidied up well at the end of their session. Well done!
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!!
Following on from their neep preparation last week some of the Transition class used their neeps in their cookery class this week. They were Confident Individuals dealing with hot water and pans to boil their neeps before mashing them. They had to have a wee bit of haggis just to help the neeps go down! They confidently used the microwave, kettle and stove top along with different preparation implements.
The Transition class were Successful Learners when they worked on their SQA topic. They used character descriptions that they had made to identify characters displayed on the board. The class must have made very good character descriptions because they scored 100% in the identification quiz.
The Transition class were Successful Learners when they worked on their SQA topic. They counted Nativity symbols and applied each total to their pictogram. Great numeracy skills on show. Well done everybody!
There was a Christmas feel to the Transition class SQA numeracy lesson this week. We took time to sort out out baubles by colour which was a task that related to their SQA Numeracy topic. They were all Successful Learners creating lines of each colour and then totaling them. We discovered that the most common colour was Gold with 12 baubles, followed by 11 Red baubles. There were a few baubles that were on their own. Well done everyone!
The Transition class were Successful Learners when they worked with pictograms. They made a pictogram to show different eye colours in the class and the number of people with each colour. They then spent some time understanding a made pictogram about screen time. Some pupil matched numbers from the key, some totaled each bar and others answered short questions to provide conclusions.
Some of the Transition class had their turn to cook bacon and eggs in a healthy way this week. They were all Confident Individuals safely using a hot grill, whisking, making toast and spreading butter. They chose grilling bacon and microwaving scrambled eggs as their healthy preparation choices.
Our Eco Captain kept us in order this week and made sure that our school community was in good order. A group of volunteers was assembled to sort out the corridor recycling into the correct outside bins. They were all Responsible Citizens.
