Willowbank School, KilmarnockFor our school Christmas market all classes make something to sell. We decided to make hot chocolate reindeer. All pupils were able to pour hot chocolate into the cone shape bags. Most pupils were able to stick on the details to add faces to our designs. Some pupils were able count an amount of marshmallows for each cone.
We investigated candy canes. We held them in our hands feeling whether they were hard or soft. We hung buckets on the end of our candy canes and then filled the buckets up to see how many objects the candy cane could hold. We then put the items back in the box counting them as we went. It was great fun.
We were very lucky yesterday and Santa came to school to visit all the classes. He was in the sensory room and all the classes got to go and see him. We all put on Santa hats etc and stood next to Santa to get a picture. 
All the children seemed to really enjoy seeing Santa and received a sensory present. We were all confident individuals and all stood next to Santa.
This week we enjoyed the sensory assembly all about Hanukah. We made our own little wallets and put a gold chocolate coin inside.
We enjoyed using the mobile magic carpet and using light toys in the dark tent. It was great fun. 
Yesterday at cookery we tasted lots of different Scottish foods. We tried haggis, neeps and tatties. Poppy really liked this. We also tried scotch broth which Maja really enjoyed. We also had pancakes and tattie scone which was a huge hit with Callan, Kayden and John. We will be learning about Glasgow as this is going to be our new theme.
We have been learning about different global goals. We watched clips on YouTube about global goals 8 and 9.We are improving resource efficiency by only using a maximum of 2 paper towels. We have also been talking about small businesses around our local area and looking at the shop fronts and signage.
Today is Children in Need. We wore spots and brought in a donation to give to Children in Need. We had lots of fun with a Pudsey face tuft tray with edible materials. We also went around the infant classes doing lots of Pudsey related activities. We had playdough mats, made masks, finger painted Pudsey’s bandana and decorated Pudsey biscuits. We had lots of fun for a good cause.
Last week because it was Bonfire Night we made our own firework/sparkler inspired treats.
We melted chocolate and the added giant stars and sprinkles to make them look lovely. We let them set and then some of us ate them for our snack.
