Willowbank School, KilmarnockWe had lots of fin today and all looked super cool in our Friends of Willowbank t-shirts. We had lots of fun on the bouncy slide and everyone had a turn. We also got to see some very lovely ponies and take them for a little walk around the atrium. 
Another fantastic week in the Sunflowers class. The children are settled into the routine of school and this week we focussed on some numeracy tasks as it is National Maths Week. The children were confident individuals and able to choose a song from the app “Number songs” on our Interactive Whiteboard. There are lots to chose from and the songs are very good. We also played lots of interactive games. We all loved the one where we had to give the teddy the correct number of cakes.
We also went on a number hunt around the school. We had a sheet with numbers and had to find the same as we explored around the corridors of the school. 
Yesterday the Sunflowers went to the cookery room for the first time. They listened well and were able to sit at the table. We then all washed our hands so we were clean and ready to touch the food. All the children were confident individuals and were able to come and choose a piece of bread and put it in the toaster. We then used a knife to spread butter on the toast. 
Last week we used lots of different coloured paper to collage the first letter of our name. We used glue to stick the paper inside the lines of our initial. We were all successful learners and completed this with some support.
The new children in the Sunflowers class have settled in well to their new school. They are enjoying the structure and routine of the day and have been trying new things.
On the first week we just enjoyed exploring our new surroundings and investigating toys in our classroom. We also made some lovely sunflower pictures for our wall.
Last week enjoyed collaging raindrops, clouds and a sun for our class charter. We then added symbols to show the rights we have. We chose the right to feel safe, to be happy, to have clean water, to food and a house.
Today is the longest day of the year. We spent lots of time outside doing lots of fun activities. We made out own bubble wands and tried to put ourselves inside a huge bubble. We also went into the garden and made our own outdoor sensory bracelets. We made our own pin wheels and went out to see if the wind moved them. We also did some rubbings of different materials in the playground.
This term our theme was France. During our cookery sessions we made a variety of different French foods. The boys then chose what they wanted to make and a class to invite to our French morning. We made croissants, pain au chocolat and French toast. We even used our building skills to construct our very own Eiffel Tower from biscuits. It was very delicate work. The boys chose the Daisies to come and we opened the door connecting our classes and presented it was the Euro Tunnel. All pupils helped to make a poster. Some pupils took orders from our friends and gave them what they asked for.
The Sunflowers have created these amazing watercolour pictures, inspired by famous French artist, Claude Monet.
The boys gathered fallen leaves from the sensory garden and placed them onto paper which was saturated with water. They then added droplets of paint and left the pictures to dry before peeling off the leaves. A very interesting art resource which created impressive results. Successful learners all round!
We visited the library for the last time this term and enjoyed listening to a story about a shark in the park with bookbug. We then went a walk around the Kay park to see if we could see a shark in our park. We didn’t see a shark but we did see lots of ducks and little ducklings too. The boys enjoyed watching the mummy and daddy bring twigs etc to add to the nest and then the ducklings venture out onto the pond.
The Sunflowers did amazingly well as Sports Day yesterday. I am so proud of them they were confident individuals and very independent in their races. All the boys helped to create our resources for the spectacular French novelty race. We made onion garlands and our sensory flag to hold up at the opening ceremony. The boys listened to instructions and walked around the playground showing our flag and then sat well between races. They all race their flat race, completed their French novelty race and we won the relay race which most of the boys were able to complete independently. Well done boys!!!
