Willowbank School, KilmarnockAfter all our preparation it was finally Burns’ Day. The Transition class were Responsible Citizens taking part in lots of activities and setting up the classroom for lunch time. There were lots of literary skills on display sequencing stories and adding sentences. Well done everyone!
It was our last Scottish dancing lesson this week when Transition class went to P.E. The class were all Effective Contributors when they took part in a minion zumba warm-up. The class were excellent when they tried the Virginia Reel for the first time. Everyone took part with real effort and enjoyment. We finished up by testing our memories by doing a dance from a previous week. Everyone showed that they had been paying attention and danced a flawless St Bernard’s Waltz. Well done everyone. A new P.E. activity will start next week!
It was hot and cold this week in the Transition class during our Health and Wellbeing lesson. We looked at how our skin and muscles felt when hot and cold. We held an ice cube and identified different sensations that we could feel. We then turned a hairdryer on to feel the heat and identify those sensations. Words chosen by the class included hot, cold, jaggy and calm.
We then took advantage of the frosty day to go outside and bare our forearms to see how our skin and muscles felt. Everyone was very brave and even placed a frosted leaf on our forearms to feel even more cold! Well done everyone!
The second half of the Transition class had their chance to work on photo route cards this week. They were Successful Learners following last weeks’ photo route to find marked stones. They then set their own trail, learning how to make a route for others to follow. This is a skill that they will put in to practice when they compete their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition.
Following on from their neep preparation last week some of the Transition class used their neeps in their cookery class this week. They were Confident Individuals dealing with hot water and pans to boil their neeps before mashing them. They had to have a wee bit of haggis just to help the neeps go down! They confidently used the microwave, kettle and stove top along with different preparation implements.
The Transition class were Successful Learners when they worked on their SQA topic. They used character descriptions that they had made to identify characters displayed on the board. The class must have made very good character descriptions because they scored 100% in the identification quiz.
The Transition class were Responsible Citizens this week when they recorded a virtual Burns Supper for the rest of the school to watch on Burns Night. They set up the classroom to look like a real Burns Supper, setting the table and dressing the room and then took the responsibility for different elements of the ‘night’. We had the haggis piped in, speeches and we finished with a sung and signed rendition of Auld Land Syne. The videos were then uploaded to the school computer to share with all the other classes. Well done everyone!
At our Drake Music time this week the Transition class were Confident Individuals. After our warm up things started to get more complicated! The class listened well and followed hand signals to make different sounds, some high and some low. They then followed colours and shapes to contribute to a class performance of Auld Lang Syne. We are all looking forward to next week!
The Transition class had a very busy and happy time in the PE hall this week. They were all Effective Contributors marching, bouncing and drumming in time to the music. We then used our rhythm skills to take part in ceilidh dancing. Everyone followed instructions well and had a great dance. Well done!
The Transition class continued their excellent progress through their ILP targets. They were all Successful Learners working on writing skills, time telling, literacy with technology, planning for future events, numeracy language and pattern matching. It was a real hive of industry this week!
