Willowbank School, KilmarnockOver the past two weeks we have enjoyed going out a walk in small groups. We have had great conversation, interaction with our friends and played ‘I Spy’ to take in what we could see around us.
Confident individuals when working on communication, everyone initiated conversation with their friends and adults.
Whilst we were out our walk the route was to cross as many roads as possible to give us the opportunity to work on road safety and awareness.
For Mother’s day we made cards. We were confident individuals and were able to choose from a choice of three images on the SMARTboard. We then counted the votes to see which card had the most votes. We were able to choose the materials we needed and stick the pieces together to create the card to be sent home.
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All the pupils were able to help fill a bottle a quarter of the way with water. Most pupils were able to carefully add vegetable oil to the bottle and some pupils were able to use a dropper to add some food colouring to the mix. It was lots of fun seeing the reaction it made and watching the movements within the bottle.
This week we were using different digital technologies. The children are confident individuals at using the SMARTboard at morning group. They are able to use the pen to overwrite their name and some can even use the tools at the side to change the colour independently. We used the Beebots this week and the children loved exploring them. They were able to push the arrow buttons in a sequence to make the Beebot move a specific way. Some were even able to remember to press the cross before starting a new sequence. They loved that the Beebots had a light so we explored them in the dark too.
We used the SMARTboard to play lots of different games to. Everyone really enjoyed the shape game. We had to feed the correct shape to the correct shape monster. They were successful learners and able to use their finger to drag the shape to the mouth of the shape monster. We also played literacy games finding the beginning letter of CVC words.
We also had lots of fun with a noise activated spider. We had to make a noise to get the spider to move the louder the noise the faster it moved around the floor. We were confident individuals working on using our voice to make loud noises.
Throughout our school week we use loads of technology to help us learn. See some of our IT activities this week. We also enjoyed our weekly ‘virtual’ assembly.
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We collected leaves and flowers from the garden and used them to paint dinosaur pictures. We were amazed what good paint brushes they made.
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The Stars class made fabulous dinosaur fossils. We measured ingredients to make salt dough, divided the dough equally among us and imprinted with our favourite dinosaur shapes. After allowing the dough to dry we painted them. Don’t they look good?
Week beginning Monday 17th May
The Sungazers were ‘Confident Individuals’ as they took part in our explosive science activity. They had great fun at our hands-on science session which responded to the children’s natural curiosity. They used simple every day ingredients and made their own volcanoes, developing skills of observation, prediction and team work.
A sneak peek at the week!
The Pine Class have been investigating the use of dark and light colours. Lots of paper tearing was needed to create these fabulous zebra pictures.
Confident individuals! Well done!
The Transition boys are currently exploring Scottish Myths & Legends as part of their in-class topic. This week we discussed Scottish Kelpies and tried a new technique, using a tissue paper overlay, to make these wonderful 2D watercolor creatures.
Successful learners! Excellent work!
The Beech Class created their very own ‘Super Hero Me’. Each pupil decided what their individual superpower would be and the learners worked with staff to design the characters. Lyle can zap lightening bolts!
Confident individuals! Superb!
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The Planets Class enjoyed making theme related slime today! We attempted to make it blue and added silver glitter and sprinkles.
We loved mixing the solution and watching as it thickened and consistency and were all very brave at touching the slime when it was ready!
