Willowbank School, KilmarnockBacon and eggs were the order of the day when half of the Transition class took part in their practical cookery lesson. There were all Confident Individuals when they chose a healthier way to prepare bacon (grill) and eggs (scrambled). They used the hot grill very safely and microwaved the eggs. Some pupils used the switches to help start and stop the microwave so that the eggs were cooked to perfection. Only one complaint – Mr Nicoll never saw a scrap of bacon or eggs!
The Transition class had some more sweets to sort into groups this week. They were Successful Learners when they made rows of sweets to compare numbers. We discovered that the split of sweets in a Heroes packet is fairly even. As usual, the sweets that no-one likes were present in the highest number (toffee eclairs – yuck!), and there was one solitary Twirl.
We combined music and bonfire night this week by creating a small performance using gym balls, beaters and dance moves. We beat the gym balls using beaters in time to the music of Katy Perry’s ‘Firework’. We followed the dance steps on the board to go along with the beat and the song.
The Transition class broke into their Hallowe’en stash early this week! They were Successful Learners when they categorised the tub of sweets to see how many of each they had. We started off on the floor but Mr Nicoll suddenly remembered that he was old, so we made the final rows of sweets on the table. We discovered that the most common sweet was a refresher bar closely followed by parma violets (yuck!)
The Beech class had a really fun morning experimenting with percussion instruments and playing along to a spooky Halloween song on the board. We were confident individuals as we followed the music notes on the board and played our instruments at the right time by recognising our percussion symbol and playing our instrument when our symbol appeared on the board.
Continuing their excellent healthy eating work, the Transition class were Confident Individuals when working hard to discover the names and sources of different meats. The answers were spread out round the class and there was lots of discussion and fun to try and match meat to the correct animal!
As part of the Healthy Eating unit, the Transition class were all Effective Contributors when they worked together to discover where common fruits and vegetables grow. The class had to chose different fruits or vegetable and match them to trees, bushes, vines or under the ground. The class completed the task and their own sheets. Well done!
The Transition class were Successful Learners when they completed some more work on their class book. Before the October holiday the class used tea to stain some fake fur to represent the first time we meet Iorek the bear and he is working in a factory. The class compared their dried fur to original fur to confirm it looked dirty enough! They added it to their physical description sheet where they had coloured Iorek using warm and cold colours.
We also looked at Lyra’s physical description and discovered that she wears denim and can be quite grubby. We got some old jeans and matched them to the character Lyra in our story.
The Transition class were Successful Learners when working on their SQA topic Recognising Character in Fiction. They class worked on physical descriptions of Iorek the Bear from ‘His Dark Materials’. The class noticed that fur (fake of course) that we had was too clean compared to Iorek when we meet him for the first time. The class had lots of fun staining the fur with tea.
The Transition class were hard at work planning their Healthy Cooking SQA class for after the October Break. They were all Confident Individuals when they chose a local product (Eggs) and selected a local producer. They then identified healthy and non-healthy ways of preparing them. After the holidays the class will prepare the eggs in different ways for a photo shoot.
