Willowbank School, KilmarnockAs the Transition boys near completion of their SQA work there is an opportunity to reflect on the unit. The boys were Confident Individuals when they thought about their Eco unit. The boys selected ‘like’ or dislike’ for each activity then the gave reasons for liking or not liking two aspects. The boys were very focused and could give excellent responses to the questions.
The Transition boys were Confident Individuals this week when they had an opportunity to work on their listening skills. The boys played a series of computer games where they had to wait for the bell before pressing the switch. However, if they waited too long after the bell then they missed their opportunity to score points. Two favourite games were scoring goals and playing through different adventure levels to find the treasure.
Confident Individuals and Responsible Citizens
Whilst out in the garden, the Sunflowers were on the look out for some coloured bugs! Each child used our magnifying glasses to find the bugs and collected them with their trowels. Afterwards, the bugs were sorted into their colours and matched to their partners. Everyone also completed a cut and stick activity by sticking their favourite bugs to their jars.
We were given sunflowers seeds to plant as a class. All the boys were confident individuals we used a trowel to scoop and fill the pots, we added a sticker with their name on them. We then picked a seed and put it inside. The boys have been responsible citizens are have been watering them throughout the week. We are looking forward to seeing how tall they grow.
The Bluebells had great fun yesterday doing some yoga. We had to copy different shapes and become different animals. We were confident individuals at copying the pictures and the ladies. We listened and worked together to try all the different poses. A favourite was the lion pose as we got to stick our tongue out . Everyone tried really hard to make the difficult poses of the bridge and the crab.
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We had lots of fun this week exploring a range of digital technologies. We had a Traditional Tales themed afternoon where we used different technologies to aid our story-telling skills! We were all effective contributors as we took part in each activity and concentrated hard on how to operate each device.
Successful Learners Confident Individuals
The Moonbeams enjoyed taking part in a Science experiment with some colourful sweets. The children all explored the ingredients and helped to place the sweets and pour some warm water. They all observed and reacted to the change in the water as the sweets melted. Take a look at our cool experiment!
This week we are highlighting Diggable Technology in School , this also ties in with Article 17 of the UNCRC which states all children and young people should be able to access information, particularly from the media. Just now we are using technology every Wednesday to access school information via Teams for Assemblies, and we also get to see our friends in other classes on the big screen – Well done Mr Campbell, we think you should get a Diggable Technology Certificate next week!!!
In the Pine Room our favourite pieces of Technology are our AAC Devices, we use it to communicate in different ways, telling the Pine Ladies how we are feeling or making choices.
During Morning Group we are effective contributors and communicate our news to each other using our Big Macks.
Now at home how do you use your technology – do you listen to music on a phone, watch movies on an iPad, skype family members on your computer? Bring in some photos please from our information wall.
We have been successful learners in Science and taken our knowledge outdoors and planted our lettuce, spinach and some onions – in amongst our flowers!!!
In Social Studies we were working on SDG 17, sustainability and being part of a team.
Finishing out IDL Art ready for our wall display.
Practicing for Sports day.
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
The Beech pupils have been exploring different aspects of personal care this term. This week we focused on hair care by opening our own salon enterprise! We took turns in our small groups to explore different aspects of running a salon from dealing with hair care, to operating a till and scheduling appointment times. We looked at lots of different products and even designed our own hair styles and colours. We were very successful learners at each activity station.
As part of our IDL topic work we were engaging in ballroom dancing. We were rein-acting the scene from Beauty and the Beast, ‘Tale as Old as Time’.
We were working on our movement and coordination whilst working with a partner. We have some very confident individuals and elegant dancers within the Oak room.
