Willowbank School, KilmarnockThe Stars class recycled batteries at Tesco’s and were ‘energy detectives’ where we checked that empty classes had remembered to turn off their lights, taps and computers. We built a dark den and read a book by torchlight. Snack time was held in the dark too. This showed us the importance of conserving energy and how difficult it would be without electricity.
The Stars Class had a week full of Easter activities. We made, and ate!, Easter egg shaped pizza’s, decorated eggs for rolling, created an Easter card and Jelly Bean Bunnies and made chocolate nests to send home. We met spring lambs and explored the different ways people celebrate Easter.
We mixed together melted chocolate and cornflakes to create yummy Easter nests complete with a chicken and eggs. We took one home to share with our families.
The Stars Class have been making cards and treats for our special mums and dads this Sunday. Hope they like them! We have also started preparing our planter for sowing seeds.
Toni climbing the steps by herself
The Stars class enjoyed World Down’s Syndrome Day activities, especially our sock box. We also tackled the Big Pedal assault course with gusto! Music Therapy was great too! It was a fun week for all.
The Stars class had a great time during science week. Some ‘experiments’ worked better than others however we couldn’t wait to try out the next one! We definitely had fun learning experiences!
The stars class took science into the kitchen this week and made our own paint to use on bread . We were all confident individuals at identifying colours with food colouring and mixed it with milk to make our ‘paint’ .We then used paintbrushes to make a pattern on our bread before putting it in the toaster . We were all surprised at how bright the colours were and that it tasted just like toast.. super successful learners.
The Stars class enjoyed various World Book Week activities. We created bunting, dressed up and had a parade, brought in our favourite books to share, had a book swap, treasure hunt, enjoyed an author visit and read books on video, e-book and at the Dick Institute. We all enjoyed the experiences very much. However, let’s not forget, we made pancakes on Shrove Tuesday too!
We had a special visitor come into school today. Greta Yorke and her friend Moira came to Willowbank today to read Greta’s book “The Tartan Witch”. The whole school got to listen to Greta and Moira tell the story about the tartan witch. Greta had also organised some lovely activities related to the book for the children to do after listening to the story. The activities were : exploration of the characters from the book, creating our own tartan using special wooden blocks with different lines on them, a matching game and a potion station. Everyone really enjoyed listening to the story and were effective contributors when engaging with the activities.
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