Willowbank School, KilmarnockAs part of their Personal Presentation topic, the Transition boys focused on repairs this week. They were Successful Learners when they sewed a button onto material. They were very patient when threading the needle and pushing the needle through the button. We can now replace missing buttons and may start a small business charging 20p a button!
The whole Stars class were delighted to be back together again this week, especially as it involved Red Nose Day. We did lots of activities including making faces, icing biscuits, creating superhero masks, playing promethean board games and doing a red volcano experiment. We even enjoyed a red nose and spoon relay race! We had great fun.
Well we are welcoming back some Pinettes this week!
Monday, Numeracy and MOVE was our focus these confident individuals were building towers …and having great fun knocking them down!!!
Following the Rainbow Dots 1,2,3…..
Someone needed a rest – great sitting!
This happy boy was enjoying some new Singing Hands Videos.
So lets practice our signing and our numbers.
Tuesday – well we decided that because some of the boys wouldn’t be in for Comic Relief on Friday we would have some Comic Relief Fun.
Making Monster Faces with Red Noses, picking Superhero Mask …Guess Who?
Red Nose Cupcakes – yum!!
This Successful Learner is making choices.
Tuesday was a beautiful sunny day so we managed to get outside to the playground.
On Wednesday this successful learner practiced her Fine Motor Skills and Numeracy Skills.
Exercising today we were dancing to some 70’s Disco and ‘Danced ourselves Dizzy!’
Great sitting – Mrs Smallwood can we get a Drum kit in the Pine Room???
Another lovely day – out to fed the birds – tuppence a bag!
What a pout!!!
Friends watching a Snow White Story.
MOVE – Standing, Walking and Sitting practice!
Hiding from the camera!!
BOO!!!
We decorated cupcakes for Comic Relief.
Cool Cakes!!
Great spreading skills – yummy!!!
Making Choices.
One bite or two????
This new board is AMAZING – I feel like I am at Bon Jovi’s concert!!!
Hello Friend.
Playground FUN!!!
Guess who these Comic Relief Superheroes are??
Making choices and funny faces.
Have a lovely weekend Pinettes
Love
The Pine Ladies
xxxx
The Transition class were Successful Learners this week when completing their numeracy tasks. They boys had to sort tins by type onto a shelf and match times and timings to different activities. Great work boys!
We have had lots of fun taking part in different science activities to celebrate Science Week. We were confident individuals making predictions about the outcome of different experiments, and were successful learners following different instructions.
Hope you are all happy and well. 
We are in the middle of Fair Trade Fortnight, this is Science Week and Sunday is Mother’s Day. Phew! What a busy week! Find below a few activities you might choose to do, associated with this.
Fair Trade Fortnight
When we buy goods with the Fair Trade logo on it we know that the producer has been paid a fair amount of money to produce it. This means they can afford to pay their bills, buy enough food, clothes and any needed medicines for their families and ensure they can educate their children. Look in your kitchen cupboards and see what Fair Trade items you can find. You might find the logo on sugar, chocolate, cocoa, tea, coffee, ice cream and bananas. How many can you find? You’ve maybe had Fair Trade roses in your house.
Listen to the Fair Trade Mark Song.
Bananas are well known Fair Trade Goods. They are easy to chop as they are soft. How many pieces are you able to chop one banana in to?
You could maybe have a wee competition with your family.
In the game below you can make a peanut butter, banana and honey sandwich. You can find Fair Trade varieties of peanut butter (provided it is safe for you to eat it) and honey too.
Banana Loaf
3 very ripe bananas
3 large free range eggs
100g soft light brown sugar
150ml sunflower or vegetable oil
275g white self raising flour
1 tsp ground mixed spice
1 tsp baking powder
Peel the bananas and mash. Tip into a large mixing bowl and add the eggs, sugar and oil. Whisk to combine.
Add the flour, spice and baking powder and whisk together until thoroughly combined. Pour into prepared tin. Bake for 40 minutes, or until cake is well risen and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Serve warm or cold in slices. Spread with butter if you like.
This Sunday is Mother’s Day but really it is a day to thank all those who help and look after us at home, not just mum’s. Help your mum, dad or carer around the house. Try doing the recycling, dusting, tidying up, hoovering, setting the table or washing the dishes. These are just a few ideas. You do not have to do them all! Just do your best to be a good helper.
Amazing Bananas
You will need:- bananas, lolly sticks, plastic knife, silicone paper and oven tray.
1. Peel and cut bananas in half.
Place the bananas on the tray with silicone paper and put into the freezer.
Wait a few hours for the bananas to freeze.
Take bananas out of freezer.
How did freezing effect the banana’s taste, texture and colour?
If you want you can dip the lollies in chocolate or liquidise the frozen bananas to make healthy banana ‘ice cream’. Yum!
I hope you enjoy trying some of these activities.
Have Fun! Stay Safe!
Hi there. Hope all is well with you. This week sees World Book Day fall on Thursday 4th March. Find below some activities to do if you wish.
‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’
Listen to the story, ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’. Try and do the actions and noises.
Book Scavenger Hunt
For this task you will need a lot of books! Count how many books you can find in your house that have the following items in them. Will you be able to find them all?
A castle
A frog
A witch
A bus
A teddy bear
A dog
A pirate
A train
A king
An elephant
A farm
A bike
A tiger
A balloon
A hug
Indoor Picnic
Plan a picnic to have indoors as it will probably be too cold to have outside. You could lay a rug on the floor. Make your favourite sandwiches , some fairy cakes or simply enjoy your favourite crisps, fruit and juice. Why not send some photographs of your picnic.
Build a Den
Use rugs, old sheets, cushions off the couch, dining room table and chairs or clothes horse to build a den. These are only suggestions. Read a book inside your den. It’s fun when using a torch to read.
I hope you enjoy trying some of these activities.
Have Fun! Stay Safe! 
Hello the 1st March, it is officially SPRING!
This week we are learning about Fairtrade and what we can do to help others and improve their quality of life.
Can you type the following title into Youtube – Tipping the balance (What is Fairtrade?) and then listen to the story.
Next can you type the following title intoYoutube – Paddyrasta – Fairtrade Bananas get and show off your best dance moves.
Buying Fairtrade products gives others more opportunities in life and opens many doors for them to improve their life. Can you create a picture with doors opening, like the picture below.
If you are in a shop, can you count how many Fairtrade labels you can see. Can you buy Fairtrade chocolate and bananas for your weekly cooking task.
Please click on the date below for your weekly Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Well Being tasks, 1st March
Hi everyone. Hope all is well with you and your families. Find below some activities to do should you wish. Some of them are LGBTQ related. 
Read the story ‘I am Jazz’ if you choose to. It is the story of a boy who would rather be a girl and do what are thought of as girls things.
We are all very different. Draw or list some of the things that you like. Compare them with the likes of another member of your family. Are they the same…….or different?
You might have a favourite animal, school subject, TV programme, colour, sport, food, game or type of weather. These are just a few ideas.
Play the game Shape Monsters.
Try and find things around your house with the shape of a….
Circle
Square
Rectangle
Triangle
How many can you find of each shape?
Paint can feel cold and slippery on your hands but is fun to touch with your hands to create pictures. Paint the colours of the rainbow on your hands to make LGBTQ rainbow handprints. Make a handprint of everyone in your family if you can.
Friday is Purple Friday. Why not make a purple octopus picture or ice some biscuits with purple icing.
Make your own musical shaker using an empty plastic bottle, coleslaw tub or two yogurt pots stuck together. Fill your shaker with lentils, dried peas, broth mix, pasta, rice or small stones then shake. Do they sound like the maracas at school?
Here is a music game to play.
I hope you enjoy trying some of these activities.
Have Fun! Stay Safe!
Hope all is well with you and your families. 
Find below some activities to do so if you wish. Friday 12th February is the Chinese New Year. 2021 will be the year of the ox. The ‘Chinese Zodiac Story’, sometimes called ‘The Great Race’, tells the story of how the Chinese calendar follows a 12 year cycle, each year named after a different animal.
Below are two video’s showing preparing for and celebrating Chinese New Year.
Preparing for Chinese New Year
Dragon Dance
One of the colourful activities to watch is the dragon dance.
Create Your Own Dragon
Make your own handprint Chinese New Year dragon. You will need:- paper, pen, glue stick, sellotape, two sticks and scissors.
Seeing Red
Red is a lucky colour in China. How many red things can you find in your living room.? How many can you find in your kitchen?
Chinese Dragon Game
Find below a Chinese Dragon Game for you to try.
Noodle Handling.
Handle a tray of cooked noodles with your fingers. Try to lift noodles using chopsticks. If this is too difficult, use kitchen tongs. Try cutting noodles with scissors.
Paper Lanterns
Make paper lanterns to hang in your house. You can decorate them any way you like. Maybe use stickers or glitter.
I hope you have good fun doing some of these activities.
Have Fun! Stay Safe!
