Willowbank School, KilmarnockSuccessful Learners
For one of our fine motor skills tasks this week, we have been working on the threading of the magic harp from the Jack and the Beanstalk story. We worked on following the pattern of the harp and carefully threading it to match the picture from the book.
As part of our Aladdin topic, we made our very own magic carpets and tiger tail snacks! We practised spreading, cutting and mixing to make our snacks and waited very patiently for our turn to choose all of the ingredients we wanted to use. Everyone used big voices and did some great choosing when deciding what they wanted to use to make their snacks.
“Are you Dancing?” – “Are you asking?”
“Come on Logan step in time!”
Working on our Interdisciplinary Learning (IDL) we are making some Forest Art work, using paint and bouncy balls – CLEVER!
Rolling side to side!!
WOW!!! What a Successful Learner!!!
A Confident Individual having fun carrying out his hard work,
Ready – this successful leaner is multi-tasking, doing her Art in her Standing Frame – ART and MOVE.
Working on our gripping skills – holding on to the bags, then dropping them on to the mat.
“What a score!”
“See if you can beat her?”
Rainbow Numeracy at Morning Group
“Paying for Snacks” Great money exchange from this effective contributor.
Money Matching
Great counting and building skills.
CRASH!!!!
“Lets make it higher Logan”
MOVE Rolling from side to side!!
Working on our Numeracy Skills.
A very successful learner working on his MOVE skills – great core muscle strength, fantastic reaching and stretching.
More Multi-purpose Flapper Skills – Fencing – go Boyle!!!
Science – We are Planting our Morrison’s Seeds of Hope.
MOVE great Sitting.
Now for some well earned Sensory Play.
Working on my fine motor skills and trying to pick out the bouncy balls with the tongs – HEY!! not as easy as it looks!!!
Auditioning for Santa in the Christmas Show!
So much fun – but we are also stretching out our hands and fingers.
Mmmmm…. is there something in your hair?
Secondary Assembly
Enjoying to listening to Singing Hands and then using the AAC Devices to tell everyone ‘I am Happy’
IDL work – recognising the characters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,
Benefits of Sensory Play, developing fine motor skills, gripping and stretching skills, and building up tactile tolerance.
Welcome to the Pine Class Snack Café, we are working on our numeracy and money exchange skills.
Even offering a Speedy Shopper delivery service.
Global Goals 16 – we are looking at the roles of the Police in our Community.
There has been a robbery in the Pine Room, someone has broken in and stolen the Jaffa Cakes!!! Dial 999 and ask for the Police!
Lets look for clues, a fingerprint – who’s is it??? We need to take everyone’s fingerprints.
So WHODUNIT? “Sorry young lady you have been nicked”
OH NO!!! someone has eaten all the evidence!!! Case dismissed!!!
Creating cause and effect making the unicorn laugh – MOVE – looking good in your new Standing Frame!
Finishing our IDL Art
Message for the ECO-CAPTAIN use everyday objects clipped on clothes pegs to create mini pain brushes – very creative.
WOW!! What amazing work
Get ready for FRIDAY DISCO!!! Music and MOVEment!!
Hard work time – Colour Sorting and Fine Motor Skills.
MOVE – Great sitting – Have a lovely weekend everyone!!!
*Successful Learners, Effective Contributors & MOVE*
The Beech class worked really hard in Numeracy this week, concentrating on recognising & ordering numbers, recognising coins, and telling the time. We got our bodies moving as we went on a hunt in the playground to find some hidden numbers. We then worked together as a team to put them into the correct order – brilliant teamwork!
As part of their SQA class Personal Presentation, the Transition boys were Responsible Citizens when they proved that they could select appropriate cleaning products to do the laundry. The also demonstrated that they could neatly fold clothes to put them away. No excuses at home now!
The Transition boys were Responsible Citizens this week when they researched and produced an information pamphlet about Climate change. The boys watched a new BBC programme about climate change and two different approaches to helping. They boys then selected small changes that we can make and made them into an information pamphlet.
The boys were Successful Learners this week when completing individual numeracy work. The tasks included balancing numbers, telling the time in different parts of the world, sharing a whole item, counting money and matching activities to morning or afternoon. Each boy showed excellent understanding and great effort at their numeracy work.
The Transition class were Confident Individuals when using their numeracy skills again this week. They counted out sunflower seeds as they planted them out into pots. They boys counted the seeds so we could sow them as recommended on the packet.
Last Friday the Transition class put their numeracy skills to good use. They were Effective Contributors . They collected all the small pots they could find and shared them equally among 13 classes. This was to let the classes plant their sunflower seeds that were kindly donated to the school by Morrisons. The boys also shared the seeds equally among the classes. Once they start to grow the sunflowers will be planted all together to create a whole school sunflower meadow,
Successful Learners Effective Contributors
The Moonbeams enjoyed being Scientists this week as they investigated how to build Rapunzel’s Tower with blocks of ice and salt. The children worked together to take turns to place the ice cubes on top of one another making sure it did not fall down. The children then decorated the Tower with colours, glitter and sprinkles. Finally they observed the Tower as it started to melt and fall down. Take a look at our fabulous photos.
Well done to Morgan who kindly donated her hair to MacMillan Cancer Charity this week. She has been growing her hair for a very long time!
